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| Brand: LeapFrog
Category: Toy
Buy New: $39.99 (On sale from $49.99)
You Save: $10.00 (20%)
New (18) from $39.99
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 174
Batteries Included: No
Age: 4 - 8 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 10.4 x 10.9
MPN: 30704
Model: 30704
UPC: 708431307049
EAN: 0708431307049
ASIN: B00134O7QU
Release Date: June 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | The amazing touch technology of the Tag Reading System encourages a child's love of reading as words talk, pictures sing and stories live out loud! | | • | The Tag library includes over 20 books and games featuring characters from TV, movies and classic tales. | | • | Tag storybooks and learning activities help children build vocabulary and reading skills such as word recognition, reading comprehension and phonics skills. | | • | Children learn to read through an exciting and interactive experience in which they can also earn online rewards. | | • | Parents can connect the Tag Reader to the online LeapFrog Learning Path to see what their child is learning, and explore ways to expand their child's learning journey. |
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Product Description
Introducing Tag Reading System, the revolutionary touch reading system that brings reading to life like never before. Tag engages children to make reading a rich, fulfilling experience. Children simply touch the Tag Reader (which looks like an electronic pen) to the book's pages, and words talk, characters sing and stories fly off the pages. With a huge library of hardcover books and games including favorite TV, movie and classic tales, each Tag Book allows children to learn at their own pace, building their skills and their confidence. Plus, by connecting the Tag Reader to the online LeapFrog Learning Path, parents can see what their child is learning -- and even receive recommendations on what books their child could read next! Includes Tag Reader, plus the "Ozzie and Mack" Book; additional Tag Books sold separately. Tag Reader requires two "AAA" batteries, not included.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Had I known.... September 3, 2008
Rapid (Minnesota)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
After seeing a neighbor's LeapPad, and wanting to get my just-turned-5-year-old more into letters and words, I did some research and got him a Tag Reader. Wish I'd gotten a used LeapPad instead. Did not realize just how dependent on downloading this product is until I bought the first add-on book and found, only after opening the package, that downloading is required to use the book I had just made a trip to the store to acquire. Now I had to find time to go online to make it useable too? I'm plenty internet savvy and no Luddite, but with two small kids I do not appreciate having to go online as often as it is now apparent I will have to with this product. (I know, I know, I could have found this all out ahead of time with more research. But I didn't invest the time, OK?, and the packaging does not at all make the computer dependency obvious.) Had I known this I would definitely have looked for a good used LeapPad instead, with its self-contained books and tethered (i.e. harder to lose) optical pen. And just how durable is the Tag's pen, anyway? What happens when my two-year-old gets ahold of it and throws it tip-first into the floor? Parents of preschoolers, look for a good used LeapPad instead, they're plentiful on Ebay.
 The Holy Grail August 18, 2008
Andrew Stack
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There was an article about this toy before it came out in Wired Magazine. It basically interviewed the inventor and peaked my curiosity. So I purchased it. It is an impressive device by any modern day standards. Basically it's a camera that recognizes words and images on specialized paper (the limited series of books that you purchase). Once recognized it plays sound bites or reads the word(s) on the page that you are passing the pen over. It's smartly designed and a child quickly understands how to operate it.
At first it's a game and your child will just want to click on everything to hear the sound bites. As time goes by they start exploring the less than obvious features like read back and games. Before you know it you have a totally transfixed kid. It's great for a long drive and it certainly beats the pants off a dvd. I do believe that this device is positively contributing to my child's learning. I will say that the books vary in quality. I am writing reviews on most of them ; ) so you can follow along if you wish. To start with get Sponge Bob as it is the best of the bunch followed by Kung Fu Panda or Cars.
Last thought if you're still with me. This is a wonderful invention. I do recommend it especially for parent's that are looking for an alternative to TV. I just wish to caution that it is not a substitute for quality reading time with your child so make sure to read to them as well. Overall a great investment.
I hope this review helps.
So much fun! August 18, 2008
Nicole S. Lonergan
I bought this for my three year old son for his birthday and he's having so much fun with it. I know it says 4-8 on most of the books and pen, but he's enjoying it and it's working out great. I love the software you use to track their progress, it helps so much. The only downfall of the pen, or at least I haven't found a way around it, is it's only for one child, so we will be buying another one for my older son for his birthday.
Leap Frog's best idea yet! August 18, 2008
charlies_mom (Anchorage, Alaska)
My nonverbal autistic son loves all things Leapfrog and loves story readers. Leapfrog has combined the best of two worlds with the story reader component along with interactive features. I was worried the tip would be delicate and he would break it but no problems so far. The download is very user friendly, the only drawback is only being able to load 5 products at a time so if you have more than that you have to delete and reload but this isn't a huge deal. The positive feedback for the game features is a very nice touch - not only praise for correct answers, but hints to encourage success and promote self esteem instead of "no, that's wrong" or some other negative statement like many toys. Would highly recommend this product for both fun and education.
Love the Toy But did have problems with internet August 10, 2008
C. Brunner
I bought this for my five year old daughter. She loves the toy! It reads the storys well and the games are fun. The only problem we have with it is when we downloaded the software from the internet the server was busy and kept cutting us off and starting over. There is a FAQ on there that has an alternative download if you are having problems. After we found this everything else worked flawlessly! I wish you could put more books on there!
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