1. A method for using a client computer to download a content package to a learning appliance toy, the method comprising: (a) selecting the learning appliance toy and the content package, by a user, from a set of different learning appliance toys with one or more content packages provided for each learning appliance toy, using a user interface on a host site displayed on the client computer, wherein the set of learning appliance toys is previously selected by the user from a group of learning appliance toys, wherein images of the set of different learning appliance toys or names for the learning appliance toys in the set on the host site are displayed on the client computer; (b) receiving an electronic content package on the client computer for the learning appliance toy through an electronic communication medium in response to (a); and (c) loading the electronic content package from the client computer into the learning appliance toy using the user interface, wherein the learning appliance toys in the set of learning appliance toys are owned by the user or a family; and wherein the electronic content package includes educational content based on the user's personal profile information and forms part of a pre-determined educational curriculum, and wherein the method further comprises: selecting the curriculum, by the user, on the client computer, prior to (a), wherein the learning appliance toy includes one or more movable rings or movable buttons that is used to operate the learning appliance toy.