Synonymous with educational entertainment, LeapFrog toys are more than just fun. They teach technology-based learning and skill-building using interactive electronics. From babies to bigger kids, here are six not-to-be-missed learning toys for the holiday season.
Are you familiar with LeapLanders? The console-free, plug-and-play game has a new mission. Right before the Gem Festival, the keys to Clever Castle went missing! Using the wireless controller, players will need to hunt for the keys using letters, numbers, shapes and colours to help unlock clues. Between the two characters and four realms are 150 learning items that up to five players can explore at their own pace.
LeapFrog LeapLand Adventures, $42, chapters.indigo.ca
This cute bunny is the best little companion to fasten to a backpack or hang around a wrist. He nurtures listening comprehension with over 70 poems, lullabies, songs and poems. Narrated by a dynamic roster of voices and sound effects, there’s a headphone jack for independent listening, a timer to monitor before-bed stories and the ability for parents to record their own 10-minute story, song or voice message.
LeapFrog On-the-Go Story Pal, $37, toysrus.ca
Time for a treat! This pushable, music-playing ice cream cart puts the cherry on top of memory, counting and sequencing skill-building. Young entrepreneurs can take orders and mix-and-match flavours with the magic scooper that calls out the different combos from the storage bins below. Put one of the six included activity cards into the cash register and it will call out an order to be filled. Don’t forget toppings! Use the syrup pump or coin button to count to ten.
LeapFrog Scoop & Learn Ice Cream Cart, $52, walmart.ca
This isn’t a regular shopping basket, it’s a cart-turned-interactive-scanner that talks, plays melodies, offers encouraging words and relays some pretty fun puns. With eight play foods in tow, shoppers can toggle between Count mode, Learn mode and Game mode to identify food groups, names, colours and shapes.
LeapFrog Count-Along Basket & Scanner, $47, toysrus.ca
Perfect for helping toddlers and preschoolers with their burgeoning vocabulary, this interactive book explores over 100 age-appropriate words themed after people, places and objects. Ten touch-sensitive spots on each page recite fun sounds, colours, numbers and words in both French and English. Press the light-up star button to listen to two songs while flipping through pages.
LeapFrog 100 Words About Places I Go, $21, walmart.ca
Imagine if an Android-enabled tablet pre-loaded with parent controls, a kid-friendly web browser plus over 20 creativity tools and educational apps existed? Well, it does. Ready for young users straight out of the box, the seven-inch screen is shatterproof and protected in a tough bumper with a built-in kickstand. An additional 750-plus videos, songs and apps can be downloaded through the LeapFrog learning library. Each tablet purchased also includes a three-month free trial to use LeapPad Academy, a 2000-game-and-activity-packed interactive-learning program.
LeapFrog LeapPad Academy, $160, toysrus.ca
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