LeapPad: LeapStart Phonics - "Leap's Friends A to Z" Interactive Book and Cartridge
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Toys and Games Reviews of LeapPad: LeapStart Phonics - "Leap's Friends A to Z" Interactive Book and Cartridge

Customer Review: You can pass on this one.
Summary: 3 Stars

It is not a horrible book, however I don't find it educational nor do I think it's particularly fun.

My little three year old is really getting into doing his leap pad and this is one of his least favorite books. He will start at page one and stop around page five. I think this is because the activity is the same for each page.

On each page there is a picture and around the picture are capital and lower case letters and the activity is to find all of the a's for example around the picture.

Things do happen when you click on the picture you get little sounds. And today, and I'm not sure how, my son was clicking on some letters and it would give the sound of the letter- that was nice. The pictures are cute. The little poems/limericks (?) under each picture are funny, although the humor gets lost on my son most of the time.

This could have been done better.

Description of LeapPad: LeapStart Phonics - "Leap's Friends A to Z" Interactive Book and Cartridge

Features:

• Master all 26 letters of the alphabet
• Pronounce and spell beginning words
• Search and find objects
• Identify capital and lower case letters
• Match letters with their sounds

Works with all LeapPad and LeapPad Pro learning systems, except My First LeapPad. LeapPad learning systems required for use (sold separately).

It's simple to use (just insert the cartridge and book into a LeapPad, and use the attached stylus to hear information), but this system is an innovative technology that provides entertaining, effective learning, designed by a Stanford-trained reading expert. The system has also been credited with the TMA's Educational Toy of the Year and People's Choice awards.

Two notes: Make sure the LeapPad book you get is appropriate for the child's educational level, and know that some LeapBooks (like this one) work on both LeapPad and LeapPad Pro, but some only work with one system. --Diane Beall

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