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National Geographic Little Kids

National Geographic Little Kids

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Publisher: National Geographic Society
Category: Magazine

Buy New: $24.95



Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 5 reviews
Sales Rank: 250

Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 6
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 6
First Issue Lead Time: 12-16 Weeks

ASIN: B000R2YU5M

Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 months

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
An innovative new magazine full of learning and fun for todays preschoolers and their parents! Bursting with lively photographs, engaging stories, and interactive picture games, each issue supplies you with fresh and imaginative teaching tools created by noted educators at National Geographic.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great to help kids learn   April 6, 2008
J. Wheeler (New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My children loved having a magazine geared toward their age and have read the first issue over and over. They are excited to tell us about the stories and what they learned. It is a great magazine to share with your children to teach them what school might miss. I highly recommend this for your little ones


3 out of 5 stars Good, but not much to it   February 6, 2008
Victoria J. Bishop (Houston,TX)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

My daughter (3 1/2) really likes this magazine. As another reviewer said, the content is great. The only problem is, there's not enough of it. It's a small magazine, and it takes us about 20 minutes to go through it. It needs to either be meatier, or more frequent than every 2 months! Even with re-reading, it doesn't last very long before she's memorized the whole thing.

It is cheaper on the NG website, which is how I bought it, and I still question whether it will be worth $15 again this year. For $2.50 an issue, I'd like to see more of it! It offers something that Ladybug and Highlights High Five don't, with a focus on nature and science, but I expected more magazine for the money.



4 out of 5 stars Good variety   December 3, 2007
Florence Dubaille (Saint Paul, MN USA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful

We got a subscription to this magazine as a gift for our 5 year-old son. I find it to be of high quality, with a good balance of games and educational articles, with very nice pictures. My only criticism is that it is too easy for our son, even though it is advertised as being designed for preschoolers. But I am making sure to save them for his little brother!


5 out of 5 stars Packed with activities and photos and NO ads.   November 1, 2007
W. Chen (Reno, NV United States)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

Having received 6 issues now, I am very impressed with NG Little Kids. Each issue is 24 pgs long, of which 19 of them containing high quality photos (as opposed to drawings). It is packed with activities: a page or two on questioning animal behavior, figuring out rhymes, finding differences and similarities, naming close-up shots, matching big and small items, counting, solving a maze, finding animals within a scene, and imagining what an animal in a photo is thinking. Not only is there a short article detailing one animal but usually there is also one on a society culture (i.e. Africa, China, India), which most kids' magazines lack. A few pages are dedicated to science exploration, craft, and cooking. Every issue also has six tear-out cards of animals with an animal fact on the back of each. Even though it is geared to toddlers and preschoolers, this magazine interests all of my kids, ages 6, 4 and 1. Best of all, except for a tear-out subscription postcard, there are no ads (unlike NG Kids). This magazine is better than National Wildlife Federation's Wild Animal Baby. As mentioned in a previous review, buy it direct from National Geographic to save money. The only thing I can think of to improve the magazine is sturdier/thicker pages.


4 out of 5 stars Cute Magazine for Kids - But Way Too Expensive on Amazon   September 8, 2007
Amazon Maniac (USA)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

This is a new magazine from National Geographic - my 3 year old loves it! The photography and illustrations are a step above most magazines aimed at toddlers. Plus, there are tear-out cards in every issue.

My only major complaint is that Amazon is charging way too much for a subscription. On the National Geographic site, you can get it for $15 a year. Don't waste your money here.