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| Brand: LeapFrog
Category: Toy
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $14.64
You Save: $25.35 (63%)
New (61) Collectible (1) from $14.64
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 2286
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: Yes
Age: 4 - 7 years
Operating System: Windows & Macintosh
Battery: 4 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 3 x 11.2 x 16.1
MPN: 21151
Model: 21151
UPC: 708431211513
EAN: 0708431211513
ASIN: B000NRRXQY
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Promotion: Data not available Terms and Conditions
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 29
 lots of fun February 8, 2008
D. Torres (Springfield, MA)
I have purchased this game for my home daycare. The kids love it and don't even realize they are learning! They are just having fun slamming the whammy!It is also easier because they can learn at their own level and it advances based upon the words they have learned/ recognized so far.
There are 2 things that I don't like about it: 1 is there is sometimes a noise that comes from the tv during certain gameplay, and there is no place to put the letter tray (rather large) for the kids to be able to play and easily reach all the tiles.
Just a little messy! January 23, 2008
Samanda Lynn Parker
This is a great game for those of you who have kids learning to read. It does have letter blocks, so it tends to be a little messy. However it has helped my 6 yr old with reading a lot!!!
 So much potential January 18, 2008
Rose (Upstate New York)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
We are leapfrog fans, owning items from infant to tween. We found this on super sale and gave it to our 5 year old for Christmas. He has a leap-pad and leapster and no complaints there. This disappointed all around.
It doesn't use the fridge phonic letters, wouldn't you think it should? But the main issue is it's so slow. My son loved the idea of playing a game on the TV, but in less than 2 word assemblies he was done. It takes too long with various screen music and instructions, when he was excited to just get on with it and build words. It also doesn't come with enough letters to build any but the most basic word sets. There are so many great 4 letter words that need more than 1 of each letter!
He actually put it back in the box and said he didn't want it. From the straight forward actions of a child. Back it went.
Great concept- just too much filler.
An Old Educational Way To Learn January 18, 2008
Preschooler Mom (Garden CIty, MI)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product should be a boom when appeared, now they are better ones by the same make. Anyway, the equipment is higly educative and it keeps the toddlers for a long time in front of the monitor-TV. It is simple but enjoyable.
 One of the Best!!! January 15, 2008
JJsMa (Minnesota)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an AWESOME learning tool & my boys & I love it. The graphics & personalities of the letters are the best! They are very cute & memorable. (Examples: letter "m" holds a muffin & when it appears on the screen it goes, "mmm, mm!" Then it eats the muffin. Letter "a" looks around smiling and then makes startled/jump back look & screams, "ah!" Then it smiles again. My boys laugh at that. -very cute expressions & personalities for the letters & we really like the graphics.) Also, the gentleman/narrator's voice is easy on the ears & I think the sounds are enunciated well. I like how on the silent e show, when it's teaching kids silent e words, it will show a picture of the word. That way your child will not only learn how to spell those silent e words, but will also understand what they are! Example, "pine" ~after you build the word & it says it, it will show a pine tree. It also shows action words like "ride" (mouse riding on a dog) & "hide" (a dog hiding behind his dish.) And adjectives like "same" (rabbit & mouse wearing same shirts,)etc.
Great invention this toy is! It's an imaginative, helpful, & engaging learning tool! It's definitely a Leapfrog learning aid toy that we come to depend on! It is very entertaining, we use/play/learn with it at least once a day most days. Also, would like to add how sensitive Leapfrog was about screening words. Certain offensive words are not allowed... even on the screen. The machine will nicely tell the child to remove the letters. The machine will not only neither say the word nor individually pronounce the letters but will not even show the letters on the screen... very smart! :) Thank you, Leapfrog!!! P.S. My boys were laughing & playing with the Word Launch as I typed this review. And we've had it for about a month now. It's used alot!
*Kids can learn with the machine by choosing "games" & following instructions (good practice at following instructions & it's made to sound & be fun while doing it) or "explore" where they can make their own. When they make their own words, it will say the word if its on the word list or say "that's a nice word, etc." If it is not a word it will sound out the letters individually then make a cute animal sound or other sound that lets the children know it's not a word (just a sound but nice try!) It says things like, "that's a nice sound," or "that sounds good to me!" It encourages kids to explore with letters & sounds. My boys laugh when the machine makes one of the silly noises that lets them know it's not a word. Under the "games" part they can also play other types of fun learning games like: driving a bumper car forward & timing it to miss the other cars, or hitting the whammer button when they hear the music stop to get a coin, or when they see the target word on a whirly cup or bumper car, they hit the whammer button to get a coin, etc. (Lots of activities!) Target words are a great reiteration of the three words they just learned that round. (There are four different areas: magic silent e show, bumper ride, whirly cup, & roller coaster ride.) With the coins that they earn/win in the first three areas, they can buy parts to add to their roller coaster ride. Fun educational toy!
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