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Good fun for the kids. The kids age 4 and 6 loved playing with this toy. It is even more fun when they have a few friends over to play.

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Cute, fun, educational Princess games. This is one of my 5 year-old’s favorite game cartridges. She likes the other Disney Princess cartridge also. The games on this one are:

(Ariel games which focus on shapes, numbers, math)

Hermit Crab Shuffle – use the stylus to help Ariel select the hermit crab with the correct answer written on it’s shell

Sea Searchin’ – use the D pad to help Flounder swim to the bubble with the correct answer in it

(Belle games that focus on letters, phonics, spelling, memory)

Dish Dash – use the stylus to help Chip select the dish with the correct answer on it

Snow Ride – use the D-pad to help Belle ride her horse through the snow to reach the log with the correct answer on it

In all four games there are special objects which can be caught for bonus points.

The package lists the features this way:

Mathematics Skills;

Shapes

Line of symmetry

Greater then/less than

Counting to 100

Skip counting to 100

Skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

Odds and evens

Addition to 18

Subtraction to 18

Phonics Skills;

Uppercase and lowercase

Letter sounds

Sight words

Substituting sounds in words

Consonant blends (fr, sl, mp)

Consonant digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, ck)

CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words

Silent e words

The other Disney Princess cartridge, which features Ariel and Cinderella instead of Belle, has more games than this one, but those extra games are less challenging. If you’re trying to decide between the two, I would suggest the other cartridge for players who could use more practice writing and using a pencil/stylus. Other than that, both cartridges require the same skills and offer room for growth at different levels.

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excellent. My four year old stayed up until 2 am playing this game and he had to be coached to go to sleep. He than woke up at 6:00 am the next morning to continue playing. He loves LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game: SpongeBob SquarePants Saves the Day and has not but it down since we purchase it.

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