LeapPad2
Learn about music and get practice with phonics and early reading skills as you unlock the stories of Belle and Cinderella in this magical pop-up book adventure!
• Enjoy 7 mini-games that teach about music and early reading.
• Build words as you prepare Cinderella for the ball.
• Turn gameplay into reading fun with innovative art that simulates a real pop-up book.
• Teaches story comprehension, musical rhythm & pitch, phonics skills and letters. Appropriate for children ages 4 to 7 years (grades pre-K to 1).
• Works with LeapPad1™ & LeapPad2 learning tablets and Leapster Explorer™ & LeapsterGS game systems (sold separately).
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- Phonics skills
- To read independently, children must understand the relationship between the sounds in spoken words and the letters that represent those sounds.
- Story comprehension
- Children begin to make sense of spoken and written language as it relates to a story.
- Letters
- Children who can recognize letters with confidence have an easier time learning letter sounds and word spellings.
- Musical rhythm & pitch
- Children learn to play along with--or repeat--songs focusing on rhythm and pitch.
Leapster Explorer™
2011
Toy Industry Association: TOTY Award - Educational Toy of the Year
The Doctors, December 17, 2010
Title: Healthy Holiday Giveaways
“Leapster Explorer is one of the hottest items this holiday.”
http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/show_page/D3074
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, December 16, 2010
Title: Toys For Tots Donation
“Toys ‘R’ Us has donated over $1 million worth of toys including this Leapster Explorer by LeapFrog, and that’s fun for little kids. They learn and explore and they leap!”
Associated Press, December 16, 2010
Title: Gift Guide: Techie kids’ toys for every age group
“LeapFrog's Leapster Explorer ($70, ages 4-9) skews slightly older with a design that looks like a handheld gaming system. Indeed, it uses games to teach kids reading, match, geography, science and music. The Explorer also has a camera for taking photos and recording video.
http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Gift-Guide-Techie-kids-toys-for-every-age-group-903885.php#ixzz1A0KldJ00
CNBC Squawk Box, December 15, 2010
Title: Santa’s Most Wanted Toys
“Leapster Explorer is a very hot, handheld electronic learning device [that is] what you get your kid before you get them a Nintendo DS.”
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1697024493&play=1
Parenting.com, December 13, 2010
Title: Best Educational Electronic Toy Gift Guide
My Own Leaptop, Tag, and Leapster Explorer were included in Parenting.com’s “Best Educational Electronic Toy” gift guide for the holidays.
http://www.parenting.com/gallery/Child/educational-electronic-toys
USA Weekend Magazine, December 12, 2010
Title: The Best New Toys of the Season
“This durable handheld device [Leapster Explorer] delivers age-appropriate games, videos and e-books.”
http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20101210/MONEY01/12120310/The-best-new-toys-of-the-season
CNN Saturday Morning, December 11, 2010
Title: Best Tech Gifts
“Leapster Explorer has the ability to help teach math, science, geography and phonics with characters kids know and love.”
Good Morning America, December 2, 2010
Title: Top Toys of 2010
“Leapster Explorer is a nice game-oriented educational gift where kids have fun and learn.”
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/holiday-shopping-parents-magazines-top-toys-2010/story?id=12290981
New York Times, December 1, 2010
Title: Tech Toys to Keep Your Gift Budget in Balance
“VTech’s MobiGo is the cheapest and easiest to use, featuring a qwerty keyboard, although the games don’t teach as effectively as the Leapster Explorer, Leapfrog’s first major overhaul of the Leapster line, with a newer, brighter screen.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/personaltech/02basics.html?_r=1&src=dayp
Product Dimensions:
5.37 x 6.37 x .7 inches
Product Weight:
0.21 lbs
