Leapfrog: Math Circus

Easy to learn for my child to help with her education.

We have a lot of the other LeapFrog videos and have watched them countless times, and my daughter still asks to watch them over and over again. My daughter knows all her letters as well as the sounds they make, and can spell quite a few short words and she's only 3. She loves the Letter Factory, the Talking Words Factory, Phonics Farm, the Amazing Alphabet Adventure, Math Adventure to the Moon, Numbers Ahoy, Numberland, Adventures in Shapesville Park, and the Magnificent Museum of Opposite Words. I think we have others too, but those are the videos that come to mind right now because those are the videos we have watched the most.So, knowing how wonderful all those videos are, when I saw "Math Circus" I got very excited thinking that it would help my daughter with some basic math, because as much as I work with her on things, let's face it: seeing familiar characters and singing fun songs makes it much easier for her to focus and remember things.I think we've played this DVD twice. It was such a huge let down. My husband watched it with our daughter and told me it was awful. I tried to sit down with our daughter and watch it a few days later, but by the first song, which was so annoying I couldn't even bring myself to sit through any more of it, I got up and listened to it while doing other stuff.Honestly over half of the video is just counting, it only goes to 10, and it is very repetitive and annoying. Numberland, Math Adventure to the Moon, and Numbers Ahoy all count to ten and they are wonderful with fun songs in them. My daughter can count to 100 with very little help, so she didn't need this video to spend 15 minutes counting to 10.The Zero always being late and saying, "I'm just a BIG nothing!" is definitely NOT something I need my daughter repeating.The addition and subtraction parts are random numbers being thrown together without a good order or explanation.On top of all of that the voices are different which was just weird. Honestly, my daughter has more fun doing addition and subtraction with me when I use her "Lots of Links" and she has never asked to watch this video after the two times it's been played in this house.I guess this is a "lesson learned" thing. We were able to watch most of the other LeapFrog videos on Netflix before we bought them, and this one wasn't on there, and now we know why. This was such a disappointment I'm not sure if we will be buying any more LeapFrog videos without watching them first.

Learn Math is a good DVD for the kid who does not know his numbers well.This is for beginners. It does at one point count in 10's but it is just a short part of the video. It focuses on 1-10 and does not do much adding or subtracting. It is very good for maybe a 3 year old, but kidsin Pre-school or Kindergarden might find it a little too easy. My son seems to want to leave the room when it is on. It does not keep his attn. as all the other leap frog video's do. This is the only one that I have seen that he does not sit through. Maybe he is not a MATH person,but this is not exactly MATH, it is more like counting and number recognition. Which IS great, no doubt, just buy it earlier in your childs life. My son is 4 years and 4 months - maybe he is a little ahead of other kids, not sure...? He has been counting since he was 2.

Since The Letter Factory set the bar for these LeapFrog videos, it's just really hard to match that gold standard! I would give The Letter FActory 100 stars if it went up that high! That said, this video is very well done, too, just not as superb as The Letter Factory. I show both of these videos in my Kindergarten class often and the kids love them! The one fault I find with this one, is it covers a few too many concepts in one video for my (classroom) needs. Part of the video is too easy and part of it is too hard. The kids tend to get a little bored when the concepts start going over their heads. I'm looking forward to trying the other number video that is out (the moon one)since it sounds like it is broken down into a more basic set of concepts, but I only have a VCR in the classroom and I can't find anything other than the DVD. DARN! I guess I'll have to invest in a DVD player for the classroom one of these days. . .LOL

My brothers loved this when they were growing up and my 2yo and 4yo love it now. Leap Frog videos are awesome!

After viewing The Letter Factory on Youtube, I decided it was not for my two-year-old. I did look at the other Leap Frog movies the Math Circus, and Talking Word Factory dvd's, and read the reviews on Amazon. The reviews were so compelling I was convinced and purchased both The Talking Word Factory and Math Circus. I did not purchase The Letter Factory because my daughter already knows her alphabets and their sounds. After watching these dvd's, my daughter now asks to watch them over and over. I like to content and believe it is spot on in teaching phonics to children. I am attempting to teach her how to read and hope these dvd's along with the Alpha Phonics program will help. It is too early to state if she has learned anything, but I am confident she will. I would recommend this product to any parent looking to teach their children how to read.

Love these DVDs! Honestly my daughter has learned so much from Tad and friends. We bought the letter factory first and my daughter knows the whole alphabet and what sounds they make. So we decided to buy the Math Circus and it’s a little over her head -she is 3 years old- but it helped her cement knowledge of her numbers and and counting, while introduce her to addition and subtraction. Recommend this series!

I bought all the Leap Frog videos for my daughers (2 & 3) and they absolutly love them! My two year old knows all the letters by sight and the sounds. My three year old is beginning to spell, write, and read simple words! Plus they are both recognizing numbers, understanding how to sort, they can identify patterns and shapes, plus learning how to add & subtract with 1's and 2's. We've had this maybe 1 month. These are their favorite shows and watch them all the time. They hradly want to watch anything else. We bought another program (your baby can read) but both girls lost interest very quickly. These videos keep their full attention and they are honestly learning in the process. I would highly highly recommend these videos! Amazon was also the cheapest price I found.

We love all the Leap Frog learning DVDs in this house. They are fun for the kids to watch and they don't particularly realize they are doing math, learning the alphabet and so on. Afterwards, we always sing the simple, catchy songs that are in each one and it helps reinforce everything they've learned. I would recommend these to individuals and also schools and libraries. I hope they come out with more!

toddler loves it

It is for zone 1 USA only

Unable to play dvd as didn't realise it could only be played in the US.

Exactly what I expected. Thanks.