Tiny Adventurers STEM Microscope

My son (age 7) LOVES this toy. He has fun with the quizzes. The facts are great and go with the slide image. It would be cool of you could order extra/new slides. He zooms through them fast!

My nephew loved this so much! He's one of the smartest kids I've seen and could match all of his letters with letter sounds and a word beginning in the letter by 2 and a half. I got this microscope for his third birthday and it was such a hit! His mom sent me videos of him looking at the "blood cells" and "butterflies". It's so adorable! I bought another one for a different nephew for Christmas!

As others have mentioned, this is not really a microscope, it's a toy. That said, I thought it would be a great way to get my kids interested in science, since at ages 2 and 5 using a real microscope might be daunting (focusing, etc). I figured if they liked this and learned the process of the slides and looking through the eyepiece, that eventually we could "step up" to a real kid's microscope.I bought it for my son for Christmas and I wasn't sure how it would go over... but lo and behold- the kids are both fighting over playing with it constantly. They absolutely love it. The facts are interesting that Bindi recites, the little slide tray is easy for even my 2 year old to use, and my 5 year old enjoys taking the quizzes. He even tells me random interesting facts now and then I know he learned from the toy. So far it's a month after Christmas and they are still playing with it. I do wish more slides could be purchased for it, that's my only gripe.

We bought this for our 5 yr old grand. Talk about a hit! She absolutely loves it. We look at the slide, listen to the info and then she always wants to know more. So we google, YouTube and find books on a variety of subjects. This is perfect to spark the interest of our riding kindergartener.

Was apprehensive about the purchase because of some negative reviews. However, I am extremely please with the product. There is a volume control and you are able to change to diff languages in French/German/Spanish. My kids have been fighting over it. No problems with the slides either. Thumbs up, except Amazon delivered the package not in a box so the package was dented when it came. Not a problem for me but could be if you are purchasing as a gift.