This Is Great for Kids with a Short Attention Span.
by
badbonz0007
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in Pets, Home and Garden at Epinions.com
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May 12, 2008
Pros:
This will keep the small children occupied so that you can take a break.
Cons:
None at this time.
The Bottom Line:
I would highly recommend this to any grandparent that does not have those expensive game systems in the house to keep the children at bay.
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Author's Review
My wife and I were looking for a toy for grandkids to play with when they came over. We wanted something different than they already had at their own homes. That is when we stumbled across this fisher Price Smart cycle learning game system. My grandkids already had a lot of other stuff at their house, but we did not have no game systems or anything as such, like that at our house. We found this particular game system and Toys "R" Us for less than $100. Fisher-Price is well-known for its toys for the younger kids. I myself have grown up with Fisher-Price toys all around me.
Description
As I said earlier, this game system is for the younger generation, not for the teenagers. The approximate size of this cycle learning system, when assembled is 25 inches in height, by 18 1/2 inches in width, and 27 inches in length. This also requires four D-batteries, these are not included in the package. The main body of the cycle is gray in color and the seat and the feet that is on this cycle are a vibrant purple in color. This will not take you long to assemble this steering wheel and steering column just basically pop in to place. Everything that you will need to put this together comes inside of the box. On the handlebars, you will find the controls and approximately where the thumb is on a child's hand is a little red button, which they will press, and on the other one, it looks as if there is some kind of a camera symbol or something on it. Just like on a real motorcycle. There is a dashboard which will have a speedometer, a fuel gauge, and a RPM gauge. Between the two handlebars, down below the console in the middle you will see a gear shifter. This is what you control the directional arrows with, plus the seat will only adjust to a limited height, but it is very easy to adjust when needed. This is basically a stationary bike and game system rolled into one.
How to Use
This is pretty basic and simple to use. Just make sure that the seat is at the right height for your child and also make sure that you are far enough back away from the TV. There is a long enough cable to attach to your TV. Then you need to find the cartridge that comes with this cycle and insert it in the appropriate spot. After this all you have to do is hit the red button to turn it on. Once disappears on your television. You will have the choice of a car a bike or a boss and you can also use the different declarations on each of these. But if you have a hard time deciding what to do with the computer will take over and do it automatically for you. The game that comes with this bike is the learning adventure game. This actually is six games in one, they include alphabet barn, the big race, Mountain math, letter Creek, number fields, and shape Lake. All of these games are going to be a little hard at first for your child. But the basic age to be able to understand these games is from three years old to five years. Basically, as they peddle and go through each of these games will take them on different roads and races.
Other Games
Fisher-Price does make other games with this cycle learning system. They will run you'll approximately $20 apiece, and you can usually find them at any place that sells this learning game system. There are eight different games to choose from, and they are Discovered the Dinosaurs, Dora the Explorer Friendship Adventure, Diegos Animal Rescue, Thomas and Friends, Sesame Street On the Road with Elmo a Happy Healthy Day, SpongeBob SquarePants Ocean Adventure, Barbie Fairytopia, and Hot Wheels.
Learning
You wonder what your child will learn if you purchase this. Well, I can tell you that by them playing this. They will learn balance by trying to stay on the cycle, and they will learn math. It teaches letters and counting, spelling, shapes, this also will give them the creativity of imagination. Every time my grandkids come over and get on this is hard to get them off of it. They just do not want to stop. This is made up of a very hard durable plastic, but remember, these are kids that we are dealing with it is not indestructible.
Final Conclusion
A couple of other points that I did not mention, is the fact that they should wear hard sole shoes of some kind while riding on this. I would highly recommend this to any of the grandparents out there that have small grandchildren. This will keep them occupied for hours, but if you have teenagers as grandchildren. You can just forget that idea for them, they will destroy this and a fraction of a second.