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February 2006 | Vol. V - No. 2
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Homeschoolers Rate Toys

Sevinpold and Sentence Says Win for Fun; Bingo Scores for Learning

By Alison Marek
February 2006

Five homeschooling families evaluated three different toys. Below are their numerical ratings, based on a scale of 1 to 10, with “10” being the best and “1” the worst. To view the full article, please click here:

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  1. Sentence Says by MARBAN (ToyShow)
  2. Darkness Falls on Sevinpold Castle by SEVINPOLD INC. (ToyShow)
  3. American Art Bingo by LUCY HAMMETT GAMES
Mom’s Homeschooling Roundtable Questions Products
1 2 3
How appealing is the packaging? 7.6 9.4 7.6
How likely would you be to buy this product in a store, based on packaging alone? 7 9 7.2
Once the product is open, how appealing are its contents? 7.2 9.8 5.4
How easy are the instructions to understand … for Mom? 9.2 9.2 9.6
How easy are the instructions to understand … for kids? 8 8 9.4
How satisfied were you with the amount of time it took to set up or prepare the toy? 8.6 8.8 9.4
How excited were the kids about the prospect of using this toy? 8.6 10 7.6
How involved were the kids when getting ready to play with the toy? 9 10 8.2
How interested in the toy were the children once play began? 9.8 10 7.4
How much fun did the kids think it was to play? 9.6 10 7.6
How much did the kids think they learned while playing with the toy? 6.6 5.6 7
How much did you think the kids learned while playing with the toy? 7.4 6.2 6.4
How appropriate an addition to a homeschool curriculum is this toy? 7.2 6 8.6
How appropriate a learning tool outside of the classroom is this toy? 7.4 7 8.6
Knowing what you now know about the toy, how likely would you be to buy it for your children or recommend it to other parents? 7.4 10 4.8
Knowing what they now know about the toy, how likely would your children be to buy it, request it or recommend it to other children? 8 10 6.4
TOTAL SCORE 8 8.7 7.6



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Alison MarekWriter's Bio: ALISON MAREK is a writer/artist/filmmaker whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), among others. Her short films have played in festivals around the world and have been broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks. Her short romantic comedy, "The Three-Body Solution,"  was sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and won a Director's Award at the Hearts & Minds Film Festival in 2010.  Alison has been documenting the specialty toy industry since 2005 with a series of articles and videos for TDmonthly Magazine.  Read more articles by this author


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