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This is an interactive learning system aimed at teaching children, from the preschool age up to 8 years old. There are over 50 books in the LeapPad library which teach the fundamentals of reading, writing, and mathematics in a fun, entertaining way!

This system is wonderful and very versatile! Teachers, parents and children alike will enjoy using its many features and provide children the confidence they need to read, write and count! The range of teaching is endless from phonics, alphabet and number recognition in the younger ages up to mathematics, science, geography and writing for the older children.

LeapPad Plus Writing comes with 2 books and over 135 fun activities. The interactive learning system comes with a magic pen that can work in two ways. Your child can use it to actually write when in the writing mode or it can be used in a non-writing mode where it can sound out letters and words and read stories. The stylus can help children get the hang of holding a pen and, with the enclosed parental instructions, your kids will be writing letters and words in no time. The magic pen teaches children how to perfect their pencil grip, trace letters and numbers and develop their fine motor skills. There is also an eraser which allows a child to erase mistakes and keep on practicing.

There are many fun characters on the pages of the books who encourage your children and keep them excited about learning. These characters come to life when you touch them with the pen. Each page offers basic learning lessons but is also chock full of other interactive activities and games. Learning has never been this fun and children will be eager to move through each page until they reach the very end!

Star Rating

5

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Tips

It is very important for a child to have adequate supervision and encouragement when first starting out because the system works on various skills and levels. Start with easier activities in order to build up your child's confidence and slowly move onto more challenging activities. Let them know that it is ok to make mistakes and let them use the eraser to erase those mistakes. Explain that making mistakes is all a part of learning (so much so that an eraser is included in the learning system!)

Pros

- versatile in breadth of teaching (reading, writing, math, science, geography, phonics etc.) - can be used by a large age range (4 to 8 years) which gives it a long life - teaches children pencil grip, fine-tuning of fine motor skills and using an eraser - interactive nature keeps children interested and excited about learning - can purchase additional books from the LeapPad library

Cons

- can be overwhelming for younger children because each page has such a robust offering of learning (just be sure they have adult supervision!!)