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Summary: What a great surprise!
Review: We love this game! When I was searching for new games for my girls, 8 & 11, I came across this game, but made the mistake of not ordering it. One day, my daughter came home from her computer class and raved about this game - I ordered the Logical Journey and Mountain Rescue...I am so glad that I did. My 8 year old and I enjoy playing Logical Journey together - its a little more basic and easier for her to understand. My older daughter prefers the Mountain Rescue - the graphics are a little more advanced and she enjoys the games more. I would recommend these games to anyone looking for fun, safe, and mentally challenging entertainment!
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Summary: Does it work on Macs?
Review: Although Zoombinis Mountain Rescue works fine on MacOS X (Panther), neither of the other two Zoombini adventures (Island Odyssey and Maths Journey) work on either my iMac or my eMac - they either crash after the opening video or don't run at all. Island Odyssey claims to be X compatible. Maths Journey ought to run under Classic. The Reader Rabbit CDs work fine under Classic.Tech support don't bother to reply or say they don't support it any more.
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Summary: Zoombini's Logical Journey
Review: Zoombini's Logical Journey
• Grades 3-7
• Mathematics
COMMENTS:
There is no time pressure as in many games, player must think mathematically and use logic skills to problem-solve, arcade type game that teaches classification skills, problem solving skills used as obstacles are encountered, not a typical math program with numbers and arithmetic operations. Instead, the player develops skills working with attributes, patterns, groupings, sorting, comparisons, and problem solving while helping these unusual characters succeed in life.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION:
Logical Journey is an exceptionally well-designed program that will clearly develop math thinking skills. It is challenging, visually captivating, and should hold a student's attention and interest. It is beneficial if someone is available to explain how each obstacle can be overcome as students/children use the program. Logical Journey is also a good program for small groups and independent use in a classroom setting. It should be used to introduce and practice critical thinking and logical reasoning skills.
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Summary: Zoombinis are great
Review: I love Zoombinis.They are very funny. I also like the games,wheather it's for education or not.
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Summary: Excellent game
Review: Originally my daughter was afraid of the game. For some strange reason she was fine with games featuring dinosaurs, but the sneezing mountains frightened her. Anyway, now this is a game she loves (she's 5). It is good for teaching set theory. The 'bubble' puzzle is good for building thinking skills needed for programming computers.
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Summary: The best math game for kids of all ages
Review: I originally purchased Logical Journey for my son back in 2001. As of now, two years later, we still have yet to save all 600+ Zoombinis from the wretched Bloats. That is not to say that this game is boring. On the contrary, no. I have played the game alongside with my kids and sometimes the puzzles stump me as well. When the kids play, they are never bored. My son, who is now 9, and my daughter, who is 5 play the game together. The best thing about this game is that every time you play, every puzzle is solved differently. For example, when you come to the Allergic Mountains, you have to figure out which Zoombinis can cross which bridge. I have seen the mountains accept or reject Zoombinis based on physical features as well as gender. One marked improvment I have seen in my son is his math skills. I originally bought the game because my son needed to learn to think logically. That was a skill that neither I nor his teachers seemed to be able to instill in him. Zoombinis helped him do that. While he still needs more practice in the skill, I have noticed that he is able to solve math word problems and simple logic problems with ease.
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Summary: Zoombinis 1 & 2 Great Zoombinis Island OK
Review: Zoombinis Logical Journey is great my son & I love to play it over and over. Zoombinis Mt. Rescue is great too. Very similar to ZLJ. Zoombinis Island Odyssey is OK. Definitely not as creative or challenging as the first two.
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Summary: Zoombinis Island Odyssey
Review: My son & I love Zoombinis Logical Adventure. Zoombinis Island Odyssey has not been so well received. It's much shorter & not as creative as the first. If this had been our first Zoombinis game I would have not bought another. The challenges within the game are good to a waste of time. There are none that are truly spectacular like the Pizza / Arno challenge and the Fleens / Tree challenge of the Logical Journey.
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Summary: Big fun and Great Game for Teaching Logic Skills
Review: This game is just what we were looking for. Our (...)daughter really enjoys it. She only needed some assistance at first and has really taken off at figuring out the patterns and logic involved to help the zoombinis travel to their new home. She even figured out the basics for helping the Zoombinis get by the fleens (something her mom and dad were slower to pick up). I would highly recommend this for 2nd graders and helps to teach math skills as well.
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Summary: One of the best logic games, all in a fun package
Review: I'm a 13-year-old boy, I loved Zoombinis ever since it came out about 7 years ago, and I still love it now. Zoombinis is a great education game, it teaches logic and mathematical skills essential to learn, and also lets children (and adults) have fun while doing it. Zoombinis is set apart from so many other logic games by adding characters that are enjoyable and funny to a 2nd grader, while not being so annoying or childish that a 7th grader cannot enjoy or laugh at them as well. Another way Zoombinis excels is in the way it adjusts to the user's ability. The game will start out easy and teach more simplistic concepts, and after the user is comfortable with that, it will move on to more complex problems. A nice thing about this game is that it will encourage someone to learn and keep going. It can all happen because the game is both educational and fun, and the child will get a sort of self-satisfaction when they accomplish something. Whenever a puzzle is completed, the user gets a little bit closer to the goal of saving all the Zoombinis, and this gives them something to work for. Zoombinis consists of 12 different puzzles for the user to go thru, and one of the factors that have made it so successful is how it makes the user actually think. Instead of letting you just guess the answers, Zoombinis has you think about why a certain answer does or doesn't work, then lets you come up with some sort of practical method to solve such problems, which can later be applied to more advanced levels of education (I am currently taking geometry, and I still use many of the methods I learned here to help me solve problems). In all, Zoombinis is one of the most valuable and fun game (educational or not) that I have ever used. It is a great product, and I would certainly recommend it.
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