What Kids really want....

I really want a leapster I'm in 4th grade BUT this item (by what other people said,and the games) It only goes up to 3rd grade. I was SOOOOOO dissipointed and mad at leapfrog... because I've liked that company for years. I looked at other leapfrog things here and !BAM! shock came 5th grade and above ((and it loooks SOOO boring!))

My son's favorite Leapster cartridge

My son, who is now five, received his leapster last November. He has several cartridges, all of which he enjoys. However, the Math Missions game, which we recently purchased online, seems to have captured his attention in a way that the others did not. While all the Leapster titles attempt to make a game out of learning, this cartridge does an exceptional job. For example, instead of requiring him to identify that 4+5=9, it gives him three fish, weighing 4, 5 and 9 pounds each. He needs to figure out how to put them on a scale to make the scale balance. This is a much more interesting "puzzle" and it teaches what an equation really means, at an intuative level. Another activity reminds me of the old game "Mastermind", where he needs to figure out the right combination of candies to put in a box. Through trial-and-error and deductive reasoning, he can figure it out. It's a fun challenge that teaches important logic skills.