A regular book is perfectly sufficient for sharing a story with my kid, and we use regular books in this way several times a day. I know all these educational toy manufacturer's say they want the parent to sit down with the child and have a learning experience together, but personally I feel the same way about toys like this as I do about TV: If I was going to sit down and spend time with my kid, I wouldn't need it. It's easy enough for a 2-year-old to handle nicely and to turn on and off by herself, and now that I showed her what it's all about, Pebbles can use it independently. All the content is self contained in the handheld thingie. Also, the Little Touch Leappad was this big lap-desk sized thing that demanded a whole bin of its own on the toy shelf. With that product, we had frustrations in getting the book to line up on the right place of the machine and stay in place, problems with the cartridges, etc. When Nutmeg was a baby, we had the Little Touch Leappad, which was similar in that little kids were supposed to touch certain parts of books and hear the text or sounds, music and games. My main impressin of the Tag Junior is that it is better than the Little Touch Leappad. Hold it over a picture and you get a little sound or song. Hold the Tag over the text and you hear the text. The Tag Junior is a chubby little gnome-shaped thing that toddlers are supposed to use to "read" special Leapfrog books. The short review is that - in a direct reversal of my expectations - 5-year-old Nutmeg immediately embraced the Tag but 2-year-old Pebbles was slower to warm to the Tag Junior.Īnd for the long reviews, we'll start with the Tag Junior, which is the new product Leapfrog is promoting right now. In a few months I'll be hauling out the Leapfrog Learning Table for Toth, and I can't say I dread the return of the jazzy lady who sings "onetwothreeforfivesixseveneightnineten." Much. For one thing, the sound recording is so much better than in other toys, and that makes a big difference to those of us adults who have to listen to the sounds over and over until the batteries run out and we "forget" to replace them. For educational toys, Leapfrog definitely makes the highest quality available. They're already learning about imagination or family lif or, physics, and to have a little battery-operated voice shouting the alphabet seems like an inappropriate distraction. I don't feel like my kid needs to be learning the ABCs or counting from a talking toy when they are busy trying to play dolls or trains.
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In general I shy away from the concept of "educational toys" - after all, all toys are educational in their own ways. Leapfrog is an interesting company for me. I'm going to tell you what I think and then at the end I have a modest giveaway for you. Recently Leapfrog sent me both the Tag Junior and the regular Tag for the girls to try out. Tag Reading System, $29.99 (books cost $13.99 each), ages 4-8 Tag Junior Book Pal, $34.99 (books cost $10.99 each), ages 2-4
#LEAPFROG TOUCH PAD SYSTEM CODE#
UPDATED AGAIN: Through 10/16 only, use code TAGJFS to get a Tag Junior for 20% off and free shipping on the Web site, or code TAGJBOOK for 20% off a book. * * Created by ArduinoGetStarted.EDITED TO ADD: THE GIVEAWAY ENTRY DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, OCT.
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