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LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Pet Pals

February 11th, 2010

LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Pet Pals




This will help you to learn important reading and math skills as you feed, groom and care for your puppy, take it for walks, play catch, and more. Then show what you know in the big dog show and win “money” by showing off your smarts. Kids will learn phonics skills, counting, letter writing and responsibility. For use with the Leapster Learning System or Leapster TV Learning System, this is sold separately.

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4 Stars Great game for dog lovers
My daughter received a Leapster for her 5th birthday. Pet Pals was her first game and she played it non-stop. I wasn’t sure it was challenging enough to hold her attention, but it really did. Maybe because she just loves dogs so much & we don’t have one! She loves cleaning and grooming the dog of her choice and competing in the dog show.

5 Stars Pets
My daughter LOVES this game, its very educational when it comes to following directions as well as helping your child with letters and numbers. my daughter is obsessed with dora and spongebob, but she much rather play this game over those. you cant go wrong with this leapster game!

5 Stars one of our daughter’s best leapster cartridges
Our daughter, almost 4, received Pet Pals as gift. She and her brother have several other cartridges but this is perhaps the best so far. She has a lot of fun with it. Pet Pals is also very intuitive and gives very good prompts. I highly recommend this as a nice addition to a small child’s leapster collection.

5 Stars Great for long car rides!
It was a gift for my grandson’s third birthday. A little complicated the first day or two and then he got the hang of it and loves it. He has learned a lot from it. Great for the car or appointments.

5 Stars great game
My 5yr old daughter also loves this game. She has left her Princess game to get dusty and only plays Pet Pals. Her 7yr and 2yr old brothers try to sneak turns on it, too.

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LeapFrog Didj Custom Learning Game SpongeBob SquarePants Fists of Foam

February 10th, 2010

LeapFrog Didj Custom Learning Game SpongeBob SquarePants Fists of Foam




Embark on a wild karate adventure SpongeBob style! Master Udon is up to no good and has squirrel-napped Sandy. Foil this madcap plan by joining forces with martial arts masters SpongeBob and Patrick. Focus all your force to kick, chop and think your way through the hidden dangers all the way to the Ninja Castle. Once Sandy’s saved, wipe your brow and take a bow. And, you can customize your game online with the math skills you’re studying in school. For use with the Didj Custom Gaming System, sold separately.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great for the Money!
My son is very happy with this game! You can’t beat the price either considering all Didj games sell for $[...] in store. Definitely would recommend this game and others on the Didj System!

5 Stars Fantastic!
Santa and Grandma together got this for my son, who is almost 6. He can’t put it down!! He loves his Digi and “Fists of Foam” is his favourite by far. It’s great for kids who are fairly new to the hand-held game world. It didn’t take long for him to get the feel of it, and he’s really into learning the math areas. I love that the game rewards him and gives him the chance to find the right answer rather than only give him once chance! I am a huge fan of the Digi and a long time fan of LeapFrog. If you want to limit the exposure to all those kill em and blood & gut games with no value, but want the gaming experience-please get one of these for your kid. It’s perfect for 5-9 year olds. I was worried that I would have to sit there and read out directions and questions the entire time, but I was happy to see that the game reads out questions and ofers “hints”.

5 Stars Great math, geometry and fraction teaching game
Daughter sticks to this game better than any other. She has gone further in this game levels wise as well, and we had to download all the lessons so far for it as a result. If we had one game for her on the Didj, this is the one.

5 Stars Very Pleased!
My daughter loves Spongebob, therefore she loves this game. I have to help her with the little math that is in the game because she’s in kindergarten, but other than that the game is easy enough for her to play alone. I wish there was more math in the game but as long as she loves the game that’s what’s important. Also I wasn’t sure what to expect in the quality of the graphics and to my and my boyfriend’s surprise (who happens to play a lot of video games) the graphics were very good especially for the price we paid.

3 Stars Weaker of the math set
Santa brought my son a Didj along with the Spongebob and Indiana Jones games. He has logged significantly more hours on the Indiana Jones game as well as a new one – Clone Wars. Even though Sponge Bob is his favorite TV show, the game doesn’t appear to be as engaging as the other two.

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LeapFrog Didj Custom Learning Game Star Wars The Clone Wars

February 10th, 2010

LeapFrog Didj Custom Learning Game Star Wars The Clone Wars




Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker have just learned that a powerful new droid weapon is being built that would give the Separatists the winning advantage. Join Jedi knights as they race against time to stop what would almost certainly be a fatal blow to the Republic and the Jedi Order.

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5 Stars Excellent educational game
My 7 year old son is in love with the Didj my dad got him, and he only had the Jetpack Heroes that was included. So, I decided to add to his repertoire. After all, I know the Leapster wasn’t much without the cartridges and the included games weren’t ever nearly as fun as the ones we bought.

I was a little concerned that the Star Wars game would have the same math concepts he worked on in Jetpack Heroes, but it is different. Instead of addition, subtraction, multiplication, my son gets to work on fractions, place value and geometry.

I tried it myself and there is enough math to keep my son thinking. He gets a to be a jedi with a light saber who goes around a maze of hallways killing bad guys and while trying to survive. He has to stop once in awhile and answer questions like which pie chart shows 1/10 colored in or what number in 693 is in the hundreds place or how many sides does a pentagon have.

For those worried about violence, it is cartoon violence against robots and there is no blood. I’d say it`s about as violent as Tom and Jerry, except the robots die (disappear). That may not be enough for some, but at least you know what you are getting into.

My son loved his Leapster, but he said he’s not going back. Didj is much better. He likes being able to customize the game. I like being able to track his progress and help choose what concepts he’s working on.

5 Stars Fun and Challenging
My 7 yo son wanted to play this game on his DiDJ so he saved and finally bought it. When it arrived, he desperately open the box and inserted the cartridge in the game console. A few minutes later he was enjoying , making noices and having fun. The questions provided in this game were something new for him so this keep him excited and inmerse in the game.

I asked hime the next day about some of the questions the game showed up and he was able to retain knowledge. That’s nice! He’s on advance math class :)

4 Stars Good game
I got this game with Sonic for my 6 year old’s Didj and although he plays sonic more, he loves this one. This one is a little more difficult so I like that it challenges him more but I don’t like the math question options as much. It still is teaching him so it’s not all bad, just not my favorite. He still likes to play it even after having it for months and I can go on the computer and choose what questions it asks him to try to keep it at his level.

5 Stars THe boy loves it
My son got the Diji for Christmas this year from Santa and he literally didn’t put it down for three days. With the after X-mas sales I got him this game. Along with other parents I worried that it may be too old for him (he is 6) and might be too much of a challenge with the math skills. No, he did just fine. He only asked me for a little bit of help, and thanks to his sister-who got online and spent some of his “credits” he has new challenges and new stuff for all of his games. Way to go Diji, keep the cool games coming and this will stick around for a long time.

3 Stars Leapfrog Didj Custom Learning Game Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Great game. My son loves it! He thinks he has the same game as his older brothers on the PSP! I love the didj and the best thing leapfrog has done is make their games customizable!!! That’s better than gold! Again thank you LeapFrog!

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LeapFrog Learn and Groove Musical Table

February 10th, 2010

LeapFrog Learn and Groove Musical Table




It’s a learning fiesta for your little one. This interactive, bilingual activity table engages and entertains your baby for hours. There are songs, melodies, twinkling lights and real instrument sounds, plus lots of things to spin, roll, slide, open and close. The table plays over 40 songs and melodies so your baby stays entertained while exploring. When babies turn the center page, the activity table switches modes and transforms musical discoveries into learning activities where each instrument plays a learning song. The Learn and Groove Musical Table also helps your child develop the motor skills needed for learning to stand. Contoured grips make “pulling up” a piece of cake. As babies learn to stand, their little hands can stay busy with reaching, grabbing and pulling. Measures 23″ x 5.5″ x 15.5″. Requires 3 “AA” batteries (not included).

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3 Stars The legs are not detachable
Don’t be fooled! You can use this on the floor or up on its legs. But once you put the legs on they do not come off. I contacted LeapFrog and they said they are modifying the packaging to indicate this. I had planned to return it but with the legs on it would require a large box and was just more of a hassle than I bargained for. So I kept it but was sorely disappointed. Had I known this I would have bought something else, or at least waited until my grandbaby was able to stand before I put the legs on. Either way, I can’t remove them. A search of the net resulted in some directions on how to remove the legs but I felt like I was going to break them.

5 Stars It gets used everyday
This table has less annoying music than many, and my 11 month old daughter goes over to it at least once an hour and pushes buttons to make music. Two and 3 year old children seem fascinated with this also, and the ability to take the legs off and use a a toy for little crawlers make me glad that in a our low-toy household, we have this toy. We bought it used and find it in great shape.

3 Stars BEWARE of unstable legs
This table is fun, but buyer beware regarding the legs on this toy! First, many of the pics of this item are NOT of this item! The table with the wide feet and blue lights around the center is an older item which is no longer made (I tried the older version at a friend’s house and loved it). The wide feet provided a wonderfully stable base for this toy. However, the new version (with red lights) has unstable legs which are prone to tipping on your child. The legs are also NOT detachable on all units. I was told by Leap Frog that the only way to know whether they are detachable is to unbox the toy and look on the bottom of the item for a “press here” indicator where the legs attach. Seriously?? I’m not sure of a store that is going to allow me to open all the items to find the one with detachable legs! That said, I have the one with the NON-detachable legs and mistakenly attached them BEFORE my child was able to stand independently. Any attempts to use this toy to pull to stand result in this toy tipping onto my child. UGH! So, this toy requires VERY close supervision (as in my holding onto my child while he plays with it in order to avoid him pulling it over onto himself). Other than that, the noises are a bit annoying with a very jazzy lady belting out sounds and songs, so I typically leave it in the OFF position. Why oh why can’t toy makers make SIMPLE cause and effect toys with short bursts of sounds rather than these long, annoying, never-ending songs and sounds? Oh, how I miss the simpler times!

5 Stars My son loves it
My son loves this toy. He has had it for over a year now. I am really surprised how long the batteries last in this unit. A nice feature is that the legs are removable. This allows the music table to be placed on the floor or a tabletop, or to easily be stored away for future use.

3 Stars She never plays with it
It seems like a great toy, and it is very durable, but my daughter wants nothing to do with it. It has just sat in the play room since she was 1 year old.

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LeapFrog Tag Kid Classic Storybook Olivia

February 10th, 2010

LeapFrog Tag Kid Classic Storybook Olivia




On each book page, see Olivia dressing up, singing songs, building sand castles, napping (maybe), dancing, painting on walls and “whew!”going to sleep at last. Just try to keep up, because Olivia is very good at wearing people out! Throughout the story, play learning activities that help build reading comprehension skills and foster art appreciation. Plus, connect the Tag Reader online to the LeapFrog Learning Path to see what your child is learning.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Oliva book for the Tag system
This loveable story is a great first book for the Tag system. It is entertaining as it teaches beginning sounds and words. Two thumbs up!

5 Stars LeapFrog Tag Storybook – Olivia
My 3-year old daughter loves this book. Although the book is rated for 4 year old, she is still able to enjoy. She clicks on all the pictures and is amused for quite a while. We read together and she touches the dots. Great entertainment for children.

5 Stars My daughter’s favorite
We had actually never read Olivia until we got it as a Tag book. What a delightful story! I like that the narrator encourages the kids to be active and dance and sing along with Olivia.

5 Stars Great Book!
Loved this book and now love it’s addition with the TAG products.

Cleverly written to amuse both parent and child.

5 Stars Best prices.
We priced these in our local stores and on the internet and the price was the best we found.

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