- i-Poster My USA – Interactive Talking United States Map for Kids Ages 5-12 to Learn States, Capitals & Fun Facts

I recommend to parents

I ordered this as a birthday gift for my 5 year old niece who recently went on her first airplane ride and loved it so much, that she kept asking to go on another vacation and see other places in the world. So we bought her the "My USA Map" thinking that it would be a good gift and learning opportunity. Although I received confirmations from Amazon and the vendor showing pictures and descriptions of the correct product, unfortunately I received the "My Body" from the same company (Best Learning). I wrote to the vendor via Amazon, and quickly received a response from a very sympathetic agent. Although she tried to rectify the issue by requesting Amazon to resend the correct product overnight, unfortunately I again received "My Body". After contacting Amazon directly, they confirmed they have an issue with their inventory, and removed the product temporarily to try and fix the problem. In the mean time the vendor arranged to ship me one of the correct games directly from their factory, as opposed to going through their typical Amazon distribution. So although I can't comment yet on the "My USA Map," as I didn't have a chance to give it to my niece, I can comment on the "My Body", as we ended up needing to give this as an interim gift. She absolutely loved it. Although the description lists the actual size of the pages, for some reason from the pictures on the box, I was expected 4 small posters, maybe 8x10". But much to our surprise they were much larger (not too large, maybe ~18"x20"). Once she pushed the on button, she was quickly entertained and fixated on the toy. She could press the buttons on the different body parts and the voice would announce what she was looking at. There was also some quizzes which she liked. The easy quiz simply required her to press the name of the body part, such as where is your knee. So it forced her to try and read and guess where to look based on where she thought the body part was located on her own body. The hard, was too advanced for her at this age, but seemed very good in that it asked which part does what, such as which body part allows you to smell? Although the instructions didn't clearly say how to change the pages and see other body parts, it ended up being easy (although I originally thought we had to unscrew the computer from the first page and reconnect the others. (This would have been a real pain). Instead we discovered the new page simply needed to be laid on top of the original sheet with the electronics up top, allowing the magnets to engage. Once you pressed the "GO" button, the computer quickly changed to the new sheet. Was impressive, and it seems like well constructed pages. Once the correct product arrives and I see my niece again to give the gift to her, I will try to review again. In the meantime, although Amazon had an issue with their inventory system, I was very impressed with the level of customer support the vendor provided, and the quality of the product seems very good!.

5 year old loves this! Makes learning fun. Eye catching color, size larger than expected which makes reading and interacting with easier.

This product is really good. -> I loved the way, they gave different selection tabs for capital and country, landmarks, flags, population, fun facts. -> Even these options have, info mode and ? Mode. -> I am thankful for the volume up and down buttons. -> It would be even nicer, if we had a tab that said national bird, animals or emblem. Idid not try the fun facts tab yet, so i do not know, if they are listed there. But! It does have some things that left me wishing for more: 1. There are some countries(named in white) that the map does not give any info about. I wish they could do all the countries and oceans too. Since the world has both continents and oceans. 2. There is an ocean missing. Southern ocean. The reason might be that the space has been covered by all the flags. Still the southern ocean should be mentioned, as the map acts as a direct/indirect teaching tool. Leaving out one of the oceans is giving half knowledge. Half knowledge is dangerous. 3. It would be nice, if they had given a sturdy support width wise, as a strip right under the electronic controls(green part). Map keeps drooping at the ends of the green control box(I have the ‘My Body’ poster, which is not so wide, but started tearing at the ends of it’s yellow control box). That is the reason why, i pasted the world map, using painter’s tape. To distribute the weight and stop the map from drooping. I removed one star for this point (and the missing ocean). Listed are the changes recommended for the manufacturer and also notes for customers, so they know what to expect. Good luck.

Good quality. Educational. Appropriate for an age range.

Best purchase ever

Some of the facts are just lazy. ‘Pakistan is the first Islamic country to have nuclear weapons’ is not a fun fact for kids. China’s fun fact is about pandas…Now I have to explain what Islam is and what nuclear weapons are to a six year old!

Will make an amazing gift for Great Grandson

Es súper chulo o por sea ponerlo en el aula, funciona muy bien

情報が細かすぎ、高学年向きですね。幼児や低学年には難しすぎました。 もっとシンプルな情報をコンパクトに発信していると英語を学び始めの日本の子どもたちにも使えると思います。」

I highly commanded this talking map to all the mums as it is so useful that it tells your children what they need to know on the map, my little girl has already learns so much about the countries and flags.

Un gioco comprato per mio figlio di quattro anni e mezzo ma che e' divenuto il passatempo per tutta la famiglia. Molto divertente, facile da usare e con un inglese molto chiaro e comprensibile.

El mapa interactivo no tiene el idioma español, solo viene en Inglés y los niños ni caso le hacen, pues no entienden