BEST LEARNING i-Poster My USA Interactive Map - Educational Talking Toy for Kids of Ages 5 to 12 Years Old

I bought this in November, 2024. And my son love this more and more as time goes by. This is super fun and educational! He loves to learn about the flags, countries, landmarks, and fun facts. He's 4.5 yo now, and he can name many countries and flags.Highly recommended!

This is an awesome learning tool, and has become a family favourite - not only for my grandson but we are all learning the periodic table!!

The media could not be loaded. This is one of my children's most favorite tool to use during school and even when we aren't homeschooling. We have had it for over 2 years and it is in great shape even after traveling with us. It folds up great and has taken a beating and continues to provide my boys with hours of education and entertainment.It has multiple modes that allows them to explore all different parts of the world including but not limited to: flags, languages, geography, capitals and country finds, and landmarks.I hightly recommend this product for anyone looking to have fun learning and exploring the world.

This product is really good.-> I loved the way, they gave different selection tabs for capital and country, landmarks, flags, population, fun facts.-> Even these options have, info mode and ? Mode.-> I am thankful for the volume up and down buttons.-> It would be even nicer, if we had a tab that said national bird, animals or emblem. Idid not try the fun facts tab yet, so i do not know, if they are listed there.But! It does have some things that left me wishing for more:1. There are some countries(named in white) that the map does not give any info about. I wish they could do all the countries and oceans too. Since the world has both continents and oceans.2. There is an ocean missing. Southern ocean. The reason might be that the space has been covered by all the flags. Still the southern ocean should be mentioned, as the map acts as a direct/indirect teaching tool. Leaving out one of the oceans is giving half knowledge. Half knowledge is dangerous.3. It would be nice, if they had given a sturdy support width wise, as a strip right under the electronic controls(green part). Map keeps drooping at the ends of the green control box(I have the ‘My Body’ poster, which is not so wide, but started tearing at the ends of it’s yellow control box). That is the reason why, i pasted the world map, using painter’s tape. To distribute the weight and stop the map from drooping. I removed one star for this point (and the missing ocean).Listed are the changes recommended for the manufacturer and also notes for customers, so they know what to expect.Good luck.

I bought this as a 7th birthday gift for my great nephew who is a geography buff & he loves it!

The map is cool but out of date. It still list the Gulf of Mexico.

I bought this map for my 2 year old daughter to help her learn about the states. Once I hung it up on her wall, I noticed something peculiar: There are potatoes pictured on Iowa. As a native Iowan, I can tell you with 100% confidence that whoever illustrated this map made the “common” mistake of confusing Iowa for Idaho. You hear a lot of that when you tell somebody that you’re from Iowa, “Oh, you’re from Idowa?!” Etc.There are no potatoes grown in Iowa. We’re the “corn and hogs” one.But nobody caught this oversight? How many drafts did this have to go through before manufacturing?So again, I bought this to teach my 2-year old daughter about the states. Maybe the illustrator this company hired should also learn about the states before illustrating something like - I don’t know - a map of the states.EDIT: After I had posted my original review, the company got in contact with me to apologize for the error, thank me for bringing it to their attention, and to offer me a full refund. They also said that this would fixed in future iterations of the product which is great to hear! As I had never made the first contact, this showed me that they do really care about their product quality as well as their customer satisfaction, and that is a big deal!So I would like to add to my review with some comments on the product itself besides the issue I mentioned in my original review:PROS:- There is a LOT of good information packed in here, and it can be a great educational resource for home or for classroom use. Some of the “fun facts” were things that I didn’t even know as a 28-year old American!- The auto-shutdown/sleep feature is very helpful for children who like to wander away from toys without turning them off, and the battery life is terrific! It will also give little reminders to turn it off if you haven’t touched it for a while (including playing the Brahms Lullaby which is super cute.)- Some reviewers have said that this mat is thin, but I don’t agree. It feels very durable and has withstood my 2-year old daughter vigorously poking at it. I simply have it mounted to the wall with command strips and a small hook through the top mounting hole, and it has stayed in place just fine. I think it would be durable enough for classroom use as well.CONS:- I wish the pacing of the recordings were a bit faster. Some of the narrations feel a bit slow, and I feel like they would better grab the attention of smaller children if they were a bit more concise or sped up a bit.- You have to press on the name of the state to activate the touch sensor inside the map. This can get confusing for children on the smaller states (New England states in particular) which are too small to have the names printed on them. For future iterations of the map, I think it would be helpful to have a magnified view of the New England and Mid-Atlantic states off to the side (similar to the way they have Alaska and Hawaii) with an arrow pointing to them on the full map.Thanks again to Best Learning for the wonderful customer service and for truly caring about my satisfaction as a customer!