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My Animal World i-Mat
My baby crawls and is wanting to walk too! I need to keep this little guy busy or he will not tolerate it! When my baby does play, I like him to play with things that he can learn from (you can never start too early with teaching!).
I recently received the My Animal World i-Mat to check out. This is a very cool interactive, foam play mat for your little ones! Creative Baby Inc., developers of products to excite, challenge and simply delight tots, introduced in August, the i-Mat: My Animal World on its website. Read what we have to say about it, below!!
This is a foam mat that has four puzzle like pieces that you simply put together. It stays pretty well together too, considering I have taken it from room to room without it falling apart. So that is nice, but if it did fall apart, it is simple and kind of fun to put back together. My 5-year-old little girl likes putting it together!
The interactive mat comes with a ‘voice pen’ that interacts with the foam mat. All you do is point on the “word bubble” and it will instantly reward you with an animal sound, a word, music or a foreign language translation! It is very cool! It also has two games you can play. My daughter loves playing them both! It asks you if you can find such and such animal by their name, or by saying “can you find the animal that makes milk?” OR “can you find the animals that live on a farm?”
New babies and toddlers can enjoy the mat, without the pen of course, and roll around on it and turn on their little tummies to look at the bold colored animals on the mat! It is a soft mat (the mat is phthalate-, lead- and heavy metal-free) and it wipes clean very easily!
My daughter took control of the voice pen and my little baby crawled around on the mat as she pointed at the animals and the animals made sounds! My little baby was so intrigued it was so cute to watch! My daughter spent a lot of time pointing at each and every animal to get their name and sound that they make.
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I almost say that this mat is magical, because I just could not figure out how on earth it worked! It was like magic! It is a plain old foam mat (or so I thought!) and with the touch of the voice pen, it all comes to life! It is really neat not only for kids, but for adults too. It is fun to watch and listen to!
The secret though, is in the 2 GB memory of the Voice Pen!!! The mat and voice pen are sold as a set. What is really neat too, is that in the Fall of 2013 (hey that is NOW!!), two more themed adventures, i-Mat My Alphabet and i-Mat Under The Sea will be coming out! I can foresee these two being under the Christmas tree this year!!!
And, as the new pads are introduced, you can connect the Voice Pen to any computer with internet access (with the included USB cable) and download the new sound file from Creative Baby’s website to the i-Mat Voice Pen!! Then you will be on your way to more i-Mat adventures with your little ones! The new pads will be priced from $24.99 to $29.99, so they are affordable!!
Don’t worry if you or your child feel like they are too big for this i-Mat. There is 3 languages that can be learned–English, Spanish and Chinese, all by simply touching the voice pen to the image! I think this keeps it interesting! For kids ages 3 to 6 years, there is an advanced program for the Voice Pen. They can use the interactive talking flash cards, posters, wall decals, stickers, books and much more! So much fun to be had!
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The i-Mat Set (Pad & Voice Pen) My Animal World, retails for $79.99. You can purchase it online at Amazon.com or http://creativebabyinc.com/. You can also buy the Voice Pen separately if you wish. Psst.. they have free shipping right now for a limited time!!!
Lily Kwan says
I thought that the video was very interesting!
kris m says
love seeing the fun the kids are having
Richard Hicks says
This is fantastic. It educates them and they have a super fun time!
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Laurie Emerson says
I loved it. All of the kids were so adorable and I like how they showed how easy it is for little ones to use.
trixx says
Love that the mat is colorful, educational and fun! The video really shows how neat it is!
Lisa L says
I thought their product is great! What a fun way for kids to learn =)
Teresa Thompson says
Its so educational and my granddaughter would love it.
ashley perez says
i love how you can change the language and how easy it is to use.
Kellie Conklin says
I watched the video from the customer! I loved how it showed how durable the mat is and how easy it is to use. I also liked how there was different music after each animal and how it truly kept the child engaged. Thanks!
Jill Myrick says
These videos are adorable. The little boy in the bottom video is so advanced. It truly surprises me how he scoots all over the mat finding and placing the pen on the animals that his mom ask him to.
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Laura J says
Oh I love it! I love how easy you can change the language! Carter would have alot of fun with it! Very educational yet fun!
Carol says
I like how interactive this product is.
Rebecca Parsons says
I really like the language selector on this. It will teach them how to say the animal names in 3 languages.
Heather Hayes Panjon says
I Like That The I-Mat Is Soft Foam, I Love The Animals Make Sounds, And The Different Languages!
Rita M says
I love that the children are having fun while learning, not to mention 3 languages – wow!
Rebecca Peters says
I love how you can play with others too- I like having things that I can play with too ! 😛
MARY COLLINS says
I liked the video shared on their web page! It not only gave info about the “MY ANIMAL WORLD I MAT” but also showed children learning while playing with it! I’ve never seen these before….GREAT learning toy that children wont get bored with or distracted from easily!
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
I watched the video and this looks so cute like something my son would love.
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
I watched the video and this looks so cute like something my son would love.
Cassandra Eastman says
I think it looks great! Very educational but so much fun at the same time. It’d be great for my 2 & 4 year old so I love that… I love that you can play different games on it and it teaches the names of animals!
JJ Caraway says
This is so awesome for a child to be able to have fun and learn at the same time. It even has three different language options. I know this would be perfect for my neice.
latanya says
I think that this is a great learning and interactive tool for children
Renee Walters says
I like how interactive this product is! My son would really enjoy it!
nikki says
i love this and i like how it makes learning fun and educational at the same time this is a great toy to have to help kids learn my lil man would love this!
Janet W. says
I love how educational and interactive this product is! My grandson would really learn so much and have fun with it!
joanne major says
how great is this educational and fun, my granddaughter would have so much fun
christina moore says
This would be great for my granddaughter, love how the children in the video played withe mat and learning at the same time
Nikki Park says
The video depicts all the great points of what an awesome kid interactive toy should be! fun and knowledgeable!