Which Leapfrog? or is there something better....?

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  • Rowansmom829
  on Nov. 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM

• Thanks everyone!!

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  • ingodsgrip
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 12:23 AM

• Hi Rowan's Mom, Not sure if this is what you are looking for but when my son was 2 I purchased (through craig's list) Letter Factory DVD's from Leap Frog. In less than 2 weeks he learned the phonics song. Leap Frog also makes a DVD called Math Circus which he also loved loved loved. I highly recommend the whole series. I believe there are about 4 or 5 of them. My girlfriend said that Walmart sales them. You shouldn't have a problem finding them at stores like Target etc etc.

  
  

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  • twiztidinnocent
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 12:36 AM

• you can also find the dvds at your local library, that way you can see if he likes them before you buy them.

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  • caribear77
  on Nov. 9, 2009 at 11:32 PM

• We have Leapsters that are great & VERY durable!  They are the best hand held educational game that I have found-i guess we have had them 2 yrs now.  They take it w/ them everywhere.  They have been beat up & dragged around, thrown & still keep going-no problem.  They even asked for new games for them for Christmas.

  We have(had-i threw it away) a V-Smile that connected to the TV.  The boys only played w/ it alittle bit & we were always needing to change the batteries in the remote.  It was rather a waste. 

  They like the Nintendo DS thingy but they aren't educational @ all.  I don't think anyway.

  We bought the Wii finally this yr to give them for Christmas.  Since we haven't used it yet, I don't have a clue if they will like it.  Doesn't seem like a learning thing though.  Maybe some games are??   idk??

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

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  • Zoodles
  on Nov. 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM

• Check out Zoodles, an educational web browser that constantly stays updated with fun, age-appropriate games for kids 2 - 8!  Not quite handheld like a Leapfrog, but we're working towards that!  The games focus exactly on the things you listed:  early reading and math, letter/number recognition, etc..!  Hope you get a chance to check out, let me know what you think :)
  

  Rachel
  www.Zoodles.com
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  • Mesha125
  on Nov. 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM

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  Quoting ingodsgrip:
  
  

  Hi Rowan's Mom, Not sure if this is what you are looking for but when my son was 2 I purchased (through craig's list) Letter Factory DVD's from Leap Frog. In less than 2 weeks he learned the phonics song. Leap Frog also makes a DVD called Math Circus which he also loved loved loved. I highly recommend the whole series. I believe there are about 4 or 5 of them. My girlfriend said that Walmart sales them. You shouldn't have a problem finding them at stores like Target etc etc.

   

  Blessings

  I was about to say the same thing! My son was having a very hard time getting the sounds down. In 2 weeks he has 97% of the letters sounds and recongition down pat! He loves loves the Letter Factory dvd. We tested it by getting it on Netflix, and recently bought it for $10 at Target. Its his favorite DVD. He'll pick that over ANY of his movies to watch. :)
  

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  • BoricuaMom-1
  on Nov. 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM

• Hi, i have 2 dd and they are 5, 6 I bought them for christmas cool computer thing and it's totally fun, you can hook it up on your personal computer and they play on it like if it was a regular computer and the fun thing is that they don't mess up anything on your computer. Here is a picture. My girls don't use it anymore i am trying to sell it so someone else can enjoy it. I bought them another thing it's like a computer but it hooks up to the tv.

  

  0o-BoricuaMom-o0

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  • iahmom
  on Nov. 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM

• My DD and my cousin's three children learned 100% of their phonics in less than two weeks with the LeapFrog video, "Letter Factory."  It is amazing.  My dd is only 21 months, and has known her phonics perfectly for a month now.  My SIL kept refusing to follow my advice, and finally, after my dd was reading words that her 4.5 year old couldn't - she bought the video.  (He still didn't know his phonics until the video)  She says he has most of them down after two times of watching it.    I got my dd the click start computer for Christmas.  I've heard from teachers that Leapfrog is the best for learning.

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