Leap Frog - Math Circus
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Movie Reviews of Leap Frog - Math Circus
Movie Review: The only mediocre "Leap" video
Summary: 3 Stars
My sons likes this DVD, but doesn't ask to watch it over and over, like the other three Leap DVDs we own (which he loves, and I think are wonderful). As for me - apart from teaching what zero means, I find this one repetitive and a bit creepy (Mr. Websley has morphed into somewhat of a stalker). There is a meaningless barrage of addition and subtraction, which goes too quickly to cement the concepts. And Mrs. Leap appears NOWHERE - her ever-decreasing presence in these DVDs has diminished to NOTHING. So if you are the sole, female parent of a small child, and you are concerned about your child seeing only males as imparters of knowledge (Tad's dad, Prof Quigley, and Mr. Websley), this isn't the video for you. Message to the "Leap" makers: let Mrs. Leap teach the kids something, too!Movie Review: It's ok....
Summary: 3 Stars
We got the letter factory for our little one and were very pleased. It is engaging, and set at a good pace. Our little one knew the alphabet before age 2, I believe, in part due to this video. Then we bought math circus. We are sooo dissapointed. The pace is ridiculous. It begins counting 1-10, with some imaginary thing called a Quidget(?). Then it proceeds to addition and subtraction at an incredible pace, and ends with multiplication, 10x10. So basically your child is expected to go from counting to 10 to times tables. I wish they had devoted one video to learning to count, one for addition/subtraction, and one to multiplication. I really DO Not recommend this video.Movie Review: Too much for one video
Summary: 3 Stars
We have both Letter Factory and Talking Words Factory, which were amazing at teaching beginning reading to our preschooler. Those were definitely five star videos. This one, although fun, tries to pack in too much information at one time. Ideally they should have made two separate introductory math videos: one for addition and one for subtraction. If it stuck to the nice slow pace it began with, and stuck to addition it would've been great. But it speeds up too quickly with addition, and then starts throwing subtraction at you as well. Maybe the Leap Frog Company will realize this and decide to make some new, better versions of this video.Movie Review: Could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to agree it was disapointing. I would not go as far as not teaching anything, But there is definitly a hotch potch of information here. I think it reinforces the visual numerals, and shows there is more than counting to numbers, but I do not think the adding and subtracting in the way they have shown it will teach much to a child without previous adding and subraction knowledge. Maybe a good reviewing tool. However compared to their other products this is not at all comparable. Maybe rent it or borrow from a friend before buying this one...I had high hopes for this product, glad I purchased the video not the DVD!Movie Review: Lacks the magic of the letter factory, but OK
Summary: 3 Stars
I'd hoped Leap Frog would take on numbers, and unfortunately I was a little disappointed with the result. We own every Leap Frog DVD, and this is the only one that I really don't care for much. The concepts are a lot to fit into the time, so there are problems destined from the start. My kids both count pretty well already, so I'm hopeful that over time the adding and subtracting will sink in. My main annoyance with this is that Quigley's voice is different. The redeeming point is one great song that gets stuck in our heads. Other than the song, it's just OK.