LeapFrog Scribble and Write
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: LeapFrogBrand: LeapFrog
Release Date: 2009-04-13
Model: 19139
Product features:
- Light the way to early writing with Scribble and Write
- Four learning modes can help your child progress from drawing simple shapes and pictures, to writing upper- and lowercase letters
- Features a child-sized stylus, single retraceable surface and stroke-by-stroke guidance
- Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog
- Children simply trace over the lights with the stylus to form letters
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Toys and Games Reviews of LeapFrog Scribble and Write
Customer Review: Quality is Excellent - Better Than Most Toys
Summary: 5 Stars
Disagree with the negative reviews. I saw some of the not-so-positive reviews before ordering, but ordered it anyway, and am so glad I did. The quality of the toy is excellent. My 3-year-old is totally enchanted with this thing - he's using it a LOT.
As I said, we found no issues with quality - with normal writing pressure and room lighting, the lines appear just fine, and disappear with the easy-to-use eraser slider. I'm wondering if another reviewer is referring to the small adjustment period where the kid learns that holding the stylus is not quite the same as holding a pen or crayon, and during those few minutes the kid may have a hard time writing with appropriate pressure?
Yes, fingerprints smudge it, but I haven't seen that intruding on the experience for the kid. I mean, if the screen gets cluttered with stray marks, it's easy to use the eraser and start the exercise over - which sort of surprised me, because I was expecting it to be like other toys and require a complex sequence of programming selections after the kid makes a mistake. Which brings me to one thing I really like about the toy - it's simple. It's not trying to be a computer. It's a writing tablet with limited playing options. Yes, that's a bonus from our perspective. The kid doesn't have to learn a complex set of options and selections before using it.
Another great thing is that each exercise moves at a pace that is just right for the kid to follow - not so quickly he can't follow the instructions, and not so slowly he's sitting there yawning.
But the best, absolutely best thing about this toy is how CLEAR the speaking voice is. Most kids' electronic toys have fuzzy recordings that can only be "best-guessed" by a kid who's already familiar with the order of the words - like the letter "f" sounding like "s" and "m", and only being identifiable as "f" because it comes after "e". Not this toy. Every word is well articulated. It's so great to see my kid understanding everything and NOT just listing to the toy's music because the sounds are nonsense.
I was kind of afraid the toy would replace writing on paper for the kid, but I don't think that's going to happen. The toy provides some positive feedback (the fireworks are a particular favorite), which offers incentive. But it's not a replacement for paper, since there's not room enough on the screen for whole words with little-kid-sized letters. But there IS enough room for the kid to do small doodles and exercise his creativity.
This toy is not totally the ideal dream toy, yes. I agree it would be nice if it had numbers practice, although that might take away from the "simplicity" aspect I like about it. And I'm embarrassed to admit it took me forever to figure out how the toy can be used just for doodling creatively, with no lights and sounds (the answer, of course, is to turn the toy off - duh! - so maybe this is something that should be included in the instructions for not-quite-gadget-literate parents like me).
But for the price, and judging by what a hit this thing is with our kid, it's really great, and I'd not hesitate to get it for other young kids as a gift.
Description of LeapFrog Scribble and Write
Light the way to early writing with Scribble & Write! Children trace the lights to get practice drawing simple shapes and pictures, then graduate to learning upper- and lowercase letters with step-by-step guidance. Fun learning games help reinforce letter recognition and pencil control skills. Best of all, Scribble & Write uses a single retraceable surface for ease of use and portability. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning.
Learning Skills:
-The alphabet
-Phonics skills
-Early writing skills
-Pencil control
Recommended Age: 3 years and up.
Requires 3 AA Batteries (Included).
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