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Text & Learn

Ages 3-6 Years

Text and Learn is designed to let little learners play in a grown-up way! Children can exchange text messages with their puppy pal Scout, check Scout's planner to see what his week entails and more in the pretend browser mode.

Other learning modes offer practice with letter matching, shape identification and QWERTY keyboard navigation through silly animations and sound effects. Children also explore letter names and sounds.

Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning.

Text & Learn
Listening and Speaking
Children learn the intonations and speech patterns in language by listening. Learning to read also requires careful listening, because good listening skills help children break down words into their individual sounds.
The Alphabet
Knowing the letters of the alphabet is one of the first steps toward learning to read and write. Introducing letters to young children helps them learn to recognize the different shapes and names - an early indicator for reading achievement.
Keyboarding
Learning to use the keyboard is another step in becoming computer literate. It can take a while for children to learn the positioning of each key, but simply searching for the right key helps children with letter recognition. Eventually, they'll be able to use the keyboard commands as an alternative to using the mouse.
Shapes
Children learn to recognize the defining properties of shapes (such as a square having four sides of equal length and angles, and a triangle as being a closed figure with three sides), and can identify them in different rotations.

2009
iParenting Media: Outstanding Products Award
National Parenting Publications: Honors Award
Parenting Magazine: Mom-Tested Toys of the Year
National Parenting Center:Seal of Approval

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Batteries:
Requires 3 AA batteries. (Batteries included.)

Product Dimensions:
8.90 x 2.20 x 10.50 inches

Product Weight: 
0.75 lbs

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