Best Kids' Software & Books
Seven popular nursery rhymes and easy to turn pages encourage playing, thinking, and learning. The twinkling lights and bright colorful graphics attract baby's attention. Its toys deliver 'smart play' through the combination of entertaining electronic formats and engaging, age-appropriate content that helps children learn while having fun. With every flip of the easy-to-turn pages, your child can sing along with their favorite nursery rhymes or they can look at the colorful illustrations. Includes 6 colorful pages; 3 light-up character buttons on the tabs of the pages make this a great early learning center this interactive infant book contains 7 popular nursery rhymes and 4 movable pieces; over 20 different songs, phrases, and sounds.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Pushing them will trigger lights and different songs on each page. When you turn the page, it makes a chiming noise then goes into either a song or a nursery rhyme that coordinates with what is on each page. Pushing the music note with a page open will trigger the corresponding song to play."
"I thought it would catch my 1 year old eye but she not really interested in the book."
"She is almost 16 months old and has been absorbing a lot of knowledge so this has been very educational."
"This is not my daughter's favor, it is because the speaker sound is too low and the graphic is not vivid."
"The songs are not the traditional nursery versions, and the voices used for songs and animal sounds don’t sound great."
"I got this for my(then 13 month old) Niece for Christmas and she absolutely loves it!"
"He likes it, but doesn't really keep his attention long, but It could be him, as he has a hard time staying focused."
"The "VTech Musical Rhymes Book" is my 4 month old's absolute favorite toy, so I figured I would get another version to give mom and dad a break from the same 6 nursery rhymes that we play over and over."
The LeapFrog App Center Download Card makes it easy to give a gift you know kids will love: more content for their LeapPad, LeapsterGS/Explorer or LeapReader learning system. Choose from hundreds of fun educational games, eBooks, videos, music, apps and more, which are all created or approved by LeapFrog learning experts. Each card is redeemable online for $20 worth of content for LeapPad Ultra, LeapPad2 Power, LeapPad2, LeapPad1, LeapsterGS, Leapster Explorer or LeapReader. Give a LeapFrog App Center Download Card as a birthday gift or stocking stuffer, and let kids choose what they most want to play. The LeapFrog App Center offers endless ways to play and learn, with educational games, eBooks, music, apps and videos featuring lovable characters from classic children’s book series, such as Fancy Nancy and Fly Guy, as well as a hit lineup from Disney, Disney/Pixar, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street and more. Gift recipients can simply go online to the LeapFrog App Center and search for the content they’d like by category, skill, age or favorite character. Enter the redemption code on the back of the card at checkout to receive $20 worth of content for compatible LeapPad, LeapsterGS/Explorer and LeapReader systems. You’ll also find educational games and eBooks that are personalized to each child’s level, offering just the right challenge to keep children engaged and learning. Download your choice of hundreds of educator approved learning games, eBooks, videos, music and more to your LeapPad2, LeapPad1, LeapsterGS or Leapster Explorer (sold separately). Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's easy and we just got my kids abut 8 games for his leap pad for the cost of this card (just under $12) and they're educational."
"The card states: "Valid only for purchases in the LeapFrog App Center for the country in which the card was purchased (i.e. cards purchased in the U.S. with U.S. dollar value may only be redeemed in the App Center for the U.S.)". I thought I needed to find some random person to give it to. Update 02/16/13: I have purchased from Amazon FOUR (4) download cards."
"I know they had checked on what they can download before he even had the tablet so I know they will be able to utilize the card for what they want to get for my grandson.It's a great price!"
"If you can get the download card for a similar price, its definitely worth it, especially if you have several leapfrog items that offer digital download."
"I bought it for my grandson that lives in the UK - they created a leap frog account and logged in to it, but it wouldn't let them redeem this card from outside of the USA."
"I usually pick out several new games for her, apply coupon codes, and then use the credit from this card to pay for her discounted apps."
"I wanted to download games to my kid's leappad, rather than using cartridges."
"I am very unhappy as now I have this pricey leap pad that my son is bored with because we have purchased the few apps that are available to us."
Join the Learning Friends and build letter recognition skills at the beach, practice counting at Tiger's birthday party, and explore music and creativity at the school playground. Get Ready for Kindergarten Learning teaches Counting, Number Recognition, Phonics, Handwriting, Daily Routines, and Logic & Reasoning.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Product arrived on tine and packaged well."
"Very age appropriate and easy to use."
Best Baby Car Toys & Stroller Toys
Three Smart Stages levels of play, over 75 sung songs, tunes and phrases, and lots of physical activities that grow with baby from sit & play, to crawl, to stand & cruise help fuel physical development, interactive learning fun, and imaginative adventures. Smart Stages Technology: Level 1 - Explore - 6M+ First words and sounds spark baby's curiosity; Level 2 - Encourage - 12M+ Prompt baby though questions and simple directions; Level 3 - Pretend - 18M+ Imaginative fun and early role play. 75+ sing-along songs, tunes & phrases; Interactive dashboard with lights, sounds & busy activities. Stationary car encourages baby to sit up, crawl, pull up, stand & move all around.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Toddlers can steer, turn the ignition key, honk the horn, shift a gear, and play with radio buttons while watching the dashboard GPS flash lights, blink turn signals and pick destinations like home, a farm or the zoo. There is no car floor--our living room carpeting helps keep pretend driving comfortable and stationary."
"One door opens, two wheels move (but the car is stationary), and there is storage space inside the "trunk" for the included blocks and shapes."
"Be aware that the door opens easily so a younger baby can tip over and out of the car if he leans to closely to that side (once a stronger sitter this should not be an issue)."
"I have a friend with a child who is six months older, and when she played with it she was more engaged by the songs and starting reciting her "ABCs" when the toy played that song."
"There are so many play options on this car between the wheels, knobs, balls, blocks, wipers, radio, and steering wheel/horn.... it's guaranteed to keep your little one entertained!"
"My son, 7 months, loves this little car."
"1 year old LOVES this toy."
"My toddler likes this toy despite it being defective."
Best Kids' Electronic System Accessories
Light up your child's day with the Little Apps Tablet by VTech. Kids tablet toy teaches letters, counting, number order, and matching; educational toy has 12 learning activities with progressive learning levels.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There is an incredible amount of functions and activities for this tablet. I am trying to include a video of the amazing functions included in this tablet."
"For example, when you hit the "A" button, the animation says "A, Apple", and spells out the word APPLE on the screen and shows a bear eating an apple. He can recognize and read the word apple now, along with other words, and I'm pretty sure a lot of the credit goes to this toy. He also likes to play the "planting fun" game where it counts out each number you press."
"My daughter loves this toy!"
"The two AA batteries included are for sampling only."
"I bought this for my two-year-old granddaughter, hoping for something to distract her from trying to swipe her big brother's games."
"It's a great product, but it's just a little too old for an 18 month old."
"I really LOVE V tech I think this is a great tablet this is something that can grow with the child for many years."
"I got this for my daughter for Christmas and it broke in one day."
Best Kids' Electronic Learning & Education Systems
Color: Pink |. Product Packaging: Standard Packaging. Skills learned include the alphabet, pretend play, music & rhythm, media literacy, and animals. Alphabet and early vocabulary learning is reinforced with every tap of a letter as children play on a laptop made just for them. Send and receive pretend emails, learn letters and animal names, and sing along with 16 songs and melodies.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is an inexpensive learning tool for toddlers but my grandson LOVES it! The screen is a very basics black and grey but it works for him!"
"Didn't work - she loved her videos & games on the iPad much better! I was hoping the laptop would work as I don't like giving her iPad screen time, but for a long flight, you do whatever works!"
"Unlike ever other mock child's laptop I've encountered the activities are actually accessible to a preschooler, possibly even a toddler. There is no particular reason, why the user couldn't customize the entire email and not just the person it is from and to. It is a good, fun distracting toy for long trips, potty bribery and such."
"It has taken me a long time to write a review but I just noticed I never left one."
"When I bought this Leap Frog "My Own Leaptop" in June, 2017, I realized it was a newer version than the one I purchased in 2012, but I figured they would have simply made improvements upon the old model. To do this you must have the LeapFrog "My Own Leaptop" USB connector cable (see last photo), internet access, a USB port, and Adobe Flash software (an easy, free download that the LeapFrog software prompts you to download if you don't have it). I bought the used leaptop shown in the photos for $8 with free shipping and no cable. It arrived today and with new batteries and my old cable I was able to reprogram each of the customizable features and now it's perfect! - You can select one "sing along" song, and five melody songs for it to play, and it also plays a song spelling out your child's name. - When you push the "blog" button, it reads a blog entry and then asks your child [by name] about their day. - You can personalize three "email" messages by selecting text from a dropdown menu (you cannot type your own message) and entering the sender (e.g., "Grandma" or "Betsy"). - In the alphabet mode when your child pushes the first letter of their name it will switch between one of two results. Love, [Scout or Violet, depending on whether you have the boy or girl version] Let's reply. It doesn't read the reply you type (which makes sense since most children will push letters randomly). - In the alphabet mode when your child pushes the first letter of their name it will switch between one of two results. Both of our children really like singing and dancing to the music and playing at receiving and writing emails. The main reason our children, and in turn we ourselves, like the old version of this toy so much is because it engages them directly by name so frequently through the alphabet, music, email and blog modes. We brought our 2012 Leaptop every time we traveled with our son from about age 18 months to 3 years. His interest waned enough after that that we no longer brought it on travels, but it remains a much beloved toy for home use to this day. We are extremely confident that the used old version of the Leaptop we just bought our daughter is sure to be her new favorite toy."
"This version does NONE of that."
"I had read it wasn't as good as old version but I didn't know the old."