Moon In My Room

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Manufacturer: Uncle Milton
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List Price: $29.99
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Product Description

Turn your room into an authentically detailed 3-D lunar landscape. After your child is all tucked in for the night, Moon in My Room creates a peaceful, glowing effect for a night full of sweet dreams. Its whimsical effect is fun for adults, too!

Features

Automatic or annual function shows 12 main phases of the moon
15-minute audio CD provides a guided tour to the moon
Auto shut-off
Hangs on wall
Infrared remote control included
Requires 2 "AAA" and 4 "AA" batteries (not included)

Product Details

Built-in light sensor illuminates moon when room gets dark
Remote control
Automatic or manual function shows 12 phases of the moon
15 minute audio CD provides a guided tour to the moon
Auto shut-off to preserve battery life

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Customer Reviews

So cool! Unique addition to any kid's room.

Review Date: April 22, 2007

Reviewer: Amy Tiemann, North Carolina, USA

I have seen boys and girls ages 2 to 8 captivated by Uncle Milton's "Moon in My Room." As an adult, frankly I think it's pretty cool too!

The moon model has a contured, textured surface. It is a couple of inches thick, curved, so it has real depth. The moon cycles through 12 different phases. I have not seen any evidence of the light turning on automatically after dark, as advertised, but it works fine manually or by activating the automatic 5-seconds per phase cycle. The moon is lit up from a light within and the plastic does not glow in the dark when it is turned off.

The Moon in My Room is advertised as appropriate for ages 6 and up, but since it's mounted on the wall I don't see why it can't go in a toddler's room as long as the remote control is secured. I will echo a previous reviewer's comment that you need to keep track of the remote, as I don't think it would work otherwise.

My child has really enjoyed this

Review Date: January 12, 2007

Reviewer: L, MS

This was a Christmas gift for my 8 year old daughter who is into absolutely nothing but animals. She absolutely loves it. She turns it on every night and her and our other children go and watch it. I even watch it. It has two settings. 1. Is where it goes through the phases of the moon. I was mistaken about how this works, I thought that it went through the phases along with the moon, however, it blinks through them pretty quick. 2. The moon is just set on a single phase of the moon. I have seen them go through both of the settings, there is a small remote control that the child can set themselves. The only problem with the remote is that because of its size it can get easily misplaced, especially if your kids are like mine and would lose just about anything. My suggestion for this would be to put some velcro on the back of the remote and stick it somewhere. Also it has a sensor and turns off when the sun comes up and back on when the sun goes out. It also runs off batteries. Ours came with a cd, which I thought would be something that they could watch on the computer, but it isn't it is just talking about the moon. Overall it was a good purchase, and I would definitely recommend it for a child who is very hard to shop for.

What a neat idea!

Review Date: May 6, 2007

Reviewer: Two of four hops, La Crosse, WI

My son became a space "expert" after his 3rd grade class studied the solar system. We've hung his moon in his room and he uses it every night. The CD is informative and well-paced for younger kids. The information is kid-friendly and helpful for learning about space and the moon. We ended up buying on for our niece, too! The Moon in My Room would work well in a classroom, as well (I'm a teacher, too). Highly, highly recommended!

Moon in my Classroom!

Review Date: March 9, 2007

Reviewer: Mary Layman,

I am teaching 1st-3rd graders basic astronomy. Every morning at our meeting someone uses the Moon in My Room to demonstrate the phases. They understand how to read a lunar calendar, and can use it to figure out the phase for the day if they did not see the moon the previous day or night. The remote control is a little tricky and getting little kids to use it well is a challenge, but they can all name the phases as someone clicks through them using this tool. It's great that the maria are portrayed so realistically, as the kids have learned how to tell if the moon phase is waxing or waning by looking at which maria are visible. It really helped them build understanding when they could touch the 'topography' and connect it with a photograph and map of the moon, and they were able to use the vocabulary they were studying to describe the surface. I am very grateful for this tool, as it has enhanced our learning dramatically.

Wonderful

Review Date: April 6, 2009

Reviewer: Just Anonymous, Georgia, USA

Ever since I first pointed out the moon to my daughter when she was eighteen months old, she has had a deep fascination with the moon. This toy is great because it brings the moon into her room.

Pros:
- Its just smaller than the size of a dinner plate
- It lights up in phases (4 total) with a remote
- Manual Mode: It has a remote control that allows on off of each phase manually
- Auto Mode: With the remote you can put it in auto mode which cycles through the phases automatically through all the cycles in about 30 seconds
- On Off Mode: Allows you to turn on all phases on at once or turn them all off
- The moon has a light sensor that turns on the moon whenever you turn off the light.
- It turns itself off after 30 minutes automatically.

CONS:
- The moon has a light sensor that turns on the moon whenever you turn off the light. This winds up having the moon on more than I'd like it to and during the day you can't tell if its on or not so this causes some battery waste.
- It uses 6 AA batteries and I've had to change them too many times to count so I've gone to rechargeable batteries...so if you hang it too high, you'll wind up having to bring out your ladder quite frequently.
- It only has one handing hole for a nail so if you want to put it on the top of your ceiling or on a slated vault wall you will have to cut an additional hole in the plastic back.

Overall, this is a great toy - my daughter adores it and it has brought quite a bit of joy to her so I highly recommend it. It's not quite perfect but the challenges with it are small compared to the joy it brings to my daughter every night.