My daughter Hayley is 5 years on and a complete sponge, always wanting
learn and just gets smarter each and everyday. So when I was given the
opportunity to review the LeapReader I was very excited.
LEAPFROG LEAPREADER The First Ever
Reading and Writing System Read. Write. Listen.
RRP
$99.99ea
Suitable
for kids aged 4-9 years, LeapFrog’s LeapReader is available from major
department stores and independent toy retailers across Australia from 15 June
2013
LeapReader
helps your child learn to build reading
fundamentals, sound out words, read
sentences and trace letters.
But now that my daughter has the LeapReader I have already been given a
shopping list on the new tracing paper and books that she wants to add to her
collection. But how can I say no? She’s only wanting to learn so I am more then
happy to buy her these and allow her brain to take in all the educational
information.
Now that my youngest daughter who is turning 2 next month has seen
Hayley playing the LeapReader she is eager to learn and have a go and she has
been which is really good.
I love that you can also turn the volume up or down. When my daughter
goes to bed she’s aloud to read a book and turns her pen down so it isn’t to
noisy but then when she is up she can turn it as loud as she likes, and this
thing does get loud!!
You also do not need batteries, so that saves you some extra cash. All
you have to do is plug the USB cord in that you
receive with the LeapReader and it charges then reader up and also the LeapReader will automatically
engage the Connect site and update your child’s information so parents can
check on their child’s learning progress.
I was wondering how on Earth this
smart little pen knows how to read or project whatever I am writing on so I had to do some research and find out how
the LeapReader works and here is what I found.
With
a miniature camera built into the tip of the pen which recognises dots embedded
on the pages. The content is converted into the audio which has been downloaded
onto the pen for that book. Each book has over 500 touch points which are
interactive.
Then I also wondered how it wrote on the tracing paper and thought maybe
it may have been some kind of magnetic tip or something. But again I didn’t
know for certain and HAD to know, here is what makes this amazing product
write.
The
paper in the learn to write books is pressure paper that has ink
bubbles
between the layers which burst as the child writes their letters
and creates
the pencil-like marks on the page for them to see. By
pressing down on the
paper with the LeapReader, children are able to
write, using the pre-printed
gridlines as a guide. Thus, mess-free writing! The LeapReader is unable to
write on any other surface. The LeapReader uses the camera to record how the
child creates each stroke of the letters/numbers.
For
further information on LeapFrog and its products, visit www.leapfrog.com.au.
