Xmas gifts.
Excellent educational toy. My granddaughter is learning about the continents at this time (she's 5 years old) and she loves playing and answering the questions correctly.

Globe Fun
My five year old and seven year old daughters love this globe. It teaches about different continents and significant landmarks on those continents. It also has the local music and specific words spoken in the language common to the countries. It's a lot of fun.

so many choices
My 5 year old grandson loved the joy sick and the plane - but with all teh options - he easily slides the pointer along the choice options in mid sentence. We are afraid he is going to burn out the motor. Once we cslm him down - and he can respect the toy for what it is suppose to do - I think he will love it. In the begining it is a lot of fun and nois and I don't think he was understanding it's purpose

3 year old knows where machu-pichu is
My friend gave this toy to my son for his 3rd birthday. Let me say it's such an educational toy. Not only he learned that Machu-Pichu is in South America, he learned where the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean is on the map. Some reviews complain about the joystick and the plane not landing on the right area. The concept of giving children educational toy is for parents to guide them with it instead of giving them the toy and learn for themselves. My son being only three years old and knowing where the Statue of Liberty, Sydney Opera house, Great Wall of China, etc is a great accomplishment.

Good Early Exposure to Globe
I bought this at a toy outlet at a great price for my kindergarten classroom. They were all interested in it, especially at the beginning of school. It is hard to get the plane in an exact spot. Most kids just like moving the plane aroud and don't really answer the questions. Even so, I think this is a great toy to expose a young child to the concept of a globe and what our earth looks like.