Waypoint Geographic Light Up Globe for Kids - Scout 12” Desk Classroom Decorative Illuminated Globe with Stand, More Than 4000 Names, Places - Current World Globe

There are two major things about this globe, and globes in particular:1) Decorative. It looks great. The fact that it has an internal bulb that lights it from within is icing on the cake.2) A world globe is a necessity to understand maps. A child needs to see a globe early on, and then mercator projections, conic projections, and the rest can all make sense. If a child works only with the common mercator projection, he/she can never understand why Greenland looks huge while equatorial countries look tiny. The visceral reality that the earth is spherical can only be experienced with a globe.In this age of "screens" for kids, the globe is a hands-on tool that has tactile appeal. It's also very interactive.... Examine the globe together with your child. Then play a game: You pick a country, river, or other feature after browsing the globe....then ask the other player to find it. If it's hard, give hints. Let the other player ask questions, to zero in on the chosen place name of feature name. Then take turns...soon you may find your child stumping YOU.Do this with your child for several hours and not only will you have fun, you will cultivate a globally aware child!This is an inexpensive globe, but nicely constructed. I think that we get more than our money's worth with this one.Whichever globe you buy, I recommend at least 12" diameter globe. The smaller ones simply don't have space for all the features on our planet.

Sobre todo iluminado está padrisimo, a mi hija le encanta y a mi y mi esposo tmb, los mapas son normales, letras pequeñitas etc no es una edición special para niños.

I really loved it! It is still a good size for a small bedroom. Lighten works wonderfully. My children 8-11 have loved it and they are really enjoying learning and finding places. Countries are clear, but you cannot find all the important cities of every country. I think it is good enough for kids to understand the general world map, continents, oceans etc. Quality surprised me, it does not look cheap. Parallels, meridians, grades and scale info are very clear. In the photos the union seems big an annoying but in fact it is not really a distraction neither causes entropy to appreciate geography at Ecuator position.Found it extremely useful.

The light for the globe wasn't working from day 1

Good Product