LeapFrog® Leapster L-Max® Game: Letters on the Loose
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Toys and Games Reviews of LeapFrog® Leapster L-Max® Game: Letters on the Loose
Customer Review: My 4-year old loves it and so do I!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased a Leapster (as well as this game) for my 4-year old at the recommendation of a friend. I was hesitant to give her a "video game", but I was assured that this was more of a learning tool. Sure enough, it exceeded all of my expectations and my daughter adores it. She plays"Letter Factory" and "Letters on the Loose" non-stop, asking for the Leapster as soon as she wakes up in the morning.
To my complete surprise, within having these games for one week, she was noticeably more knowledgeable. Whereas a few weeks ago, I could point to a letter and ask "Which Letter is This?" and she would reply "I don't know". She's now telling me which letter it is and what sound it makes. Amazing! I am stunned at her progress.
The program itself is logical, very nicely animated and fun, too! It makes her laugh and she constantly wants to show me the various games. She giggles in delight every time she plays. I would highly recommend this for any preschooler. I can't wait to see what other learning games Leapster develops next!
Customer Review: Kick Start Kindergarten
Summary: 5 Stars
Best thing we ever purchased was the Letters on the Loose and Leapster L-Max. My son entering kindergarten loves the Leap Frog Letter Factory video, word factory video and Leap Pad but this is on a whole new level. He can listen to professor Quigley and interact with a Video type game that shows how to write his letters then lets him write the letters on the screen with the accompanied pen. After he writes each letter it is stored in the memory book of his handwritten letters. If he is plugged into the TV he may then view and display for the whole family the great book of letters he is working on. There is a game to catch capital or lower case letters that arer specified differently each time he plays and animated letters play a game that asks you to do different tasks that help with hand eye cowardination and letter recongnition/phonics. We love it!! Kudos to Leap Frog again. Searching for the number Zero next to help him with Math Skills.Customer Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this to use on my regular Leapster and it worked just fine. My 4 year old son is learning to write letters in his Pre-K class and this just excited him beyond belief. He sits there for hours tracing those letters and he is so proud of himself when he is done!!! I am amazed because my son usually NEVER sits still unless he's watching TV. This has replaced our watch TV before you go to bed time...now he gets in bed and draws his letters.
The most important thing about this is it teaches them to draw their letters CORRRECTLY. Start at the top and go down...etc. All educational experts Iv'e talked with say that it is essential to get then doing it right. PLUS, unlike the letter factory (which I loved) it also teaches lowercase letters which I have come to find out that those are what they need in Pre-K and K.
Thank you Leapfrog for encouraging my son to enthusiastically learn and challenge himself.
Customer Review: Good, but not the best, from LeapFrog
Summary: 4 Stars
My daughter (age 4) fell in love with this cartridge immediately -- which is great. She completed an ABC book after just a couple of hours with breaks. It's good writing practice and more forgiving, I think, than the writing portion of the Disney Princess cartridge. The games; however, are not all that demanding or educational. For instance, one game, the player tickles a gorilla while he says the "g" sound. So what? Some of the games are better than others, though, and I suppose not every one of them must be of high educational value. I do think that this is aimed slightly more at preschoolers than kindergarteners, which benefits us for the time being. Overall, very good and entertaining, but not a "must-have", especially if your child already knows her letter sounds.Customer Review: An excellent learning tool
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought my five-year-old son would be illiterate for the rest of his life until I found this game for him. Before, he was not interested in recognizing any letters or sounds they made and would not let me teach him the alphabets. Finally, we got this game system for him as our last hope and it worked. He has been working on the game without knowing that he was actually learning the uppercase, lowercase, and phonetics. He got frustrated with the writing exercise but it was fine. He could just skip that part and come back to it when he is a little older. An excellent educational tool that lets children learn while having a great deal of fun. My husband and I were so grateful for whoever designed the whole thing. You are amazing.