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LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game: Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write | 
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| Brand: LeapFrog
Category: Toy
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $22.51
You Save: $2.48 (10%)
New (18) from $22.51
Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 379
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 4 - 8 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 1.4 x 5.3 x 7.5
MPN: 020224
Model: 20224
UPC: 708431202245
EAN: 0708431202245
ASIN: B00012TGL6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Part of the Leapster Multimedia Learning System (sold separately). | | • | More than 100 interactive lessons | | • | Combines engaging lessons, tools and games with LeapFrog's proven approach to learning | | • | Built-in lessons designed to teach drawing and writing the fun and easy way |
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Product Description
Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write is a fun new game for your child's Leapster. This game cartridge holds a series of games that teach drawing and reading, the fun and easy way. Its recommended for ages 4 and above
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 Learn to Write and Draw Leapster Cart. October 9, 2008
Cathi Carpenter (Marietta, GA)
SUPER!! Our boy loves this one and still plays with it years later! He was not even interested in letters and his alphabet until we bought this one...in a matter of a few days he had the entire alphabet mastered and was ENJOYING it!
my 4 sons September 6, 2008
Jo B. (Maryland)
My son got this "game" when he was three (he is now 5 1/2). He LOVES it!. He has always enjoyed coloring/creating. It sparks his creative side.
Love our "Mr. Pencil!" April 29, 2008
Love My Kids (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great learning tool. My daughter loves "Mr. Pencil" and it keeps her attention for a good while. Unlike other educational games, the Leapster has been one that my daughter actually plays with. It is easy to use as well.
 great teaching tool that is fun April 7, 2008
MoMof6 (Fairfax,VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
my 6 year has had an aversion to learning how to draw or write. we have tried so many methods to get him interested; so for his birthday we bought a leapster with this write/draw cart and some math carts. he actually likes it and seems to be doing really well. it is self correcting so he knows right away if he is making the correct letters/numbers/shapes. they have some games to help with dexterity also. it is fun, he enjoys using it and his progress shows.
Frustrating, but still a valuable tool December 29, 2007
MileStones (Central Coast, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this game, despite the negative reviews, because I really wanted a way for my four year old to work on his fine motor without having to argue about "yes, you must TRY to color in the lines" and "son, you need to TRACE the lines, not free color". He is a very independent spirit :-)
The other reviews are true, it is a frustrating game.
The calibration is an issue (this can be remedied. A Mr. Jason Mortara left a comment on another review stating "To access the Calibration Screen, turn on the Leapster and wait for the Sign In Screen to appear. Then press the Home + Hint + B Buttons simultaneously. Use the Pen to touch the five points that appear." and it works). Even after recalibrating the stylus, if you hold the pencil at different angles than when you recalibrated the line appears in different places. For instance, if you hold the pencil straight up and down during the recalibration, but at a slant when you trace, the line is not in the right place.
When my son does the mazes I feel the game is overly sensitive. You are not allowed to pick up your pencil during the maze, you must make one continuous line. Who doesn't stop to get your bearings during a maze? So you have to determine your course before you put your pencil down, and then don't dare get turned around.
He was becoming extremely frustrated, but what amazed me was that he didn't want to take a break, and try another game. Despite the high anxiety, he still wanted to persist until he got it right.
What we ended up doing was taking turns. I would try a maze, and make sure I crashed somewhere close to the end. Then he would try it. This way he got an idea of which way to go, because it isn't fair to expect them to actually do the maze, AND concentrate on not lifting the pencil, their pencil grip, and not going out of the lines. I felt the fine motor was more important than the logic skills of maze solving, for this particular instance.
So, in the end, it IS a FRUSTRATING game, BUT nevertheless does its job. It still teaches the fine motor skills that my son needs to work on. And it is more entertaining (barely) than the usual PAPER tracing pages, mazes, connect the dots, etc.
A more traditional, paper, alternative to this product would be the Kumon Workbooks, excellent products.
Durability: I'm not sure about this game specifically, because we haven't had it long. However, "Number Raiders" accidentally got put throught the WASHER AND DRYER and still works fine!!! Amazing. Tough little cartridges!!!
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