Winner of a greatschools.org Golden Apple Award, this is the talking interactive U.S. map filled with 1,000 facts and questions that engage young learners with just a touch. In Discovery mode, children simply touch a state to learn about its capital, landmarks, famous residents, and other facts. Parents can put the map in a simple quiz mode to challenge young geographers to identify states by name, or a more challenging mode to test their knowledge of the details they learned from playing with the map. Other functions offer short historical synopses of the original colonies and the Civil War, or teach the electoral process as players answer questions to determine who will be elected "President." Can be wall mounted. Requires three AAA batteries. Ages 6 and up. 35" L x 24" W. (2 lbs.)