The Leapfrog Tag is the third Educational Product we here at HardwareGeeks.com have reviewed in the past year and the second Leapfrog product.
The first Leapfrog product was the Fly Fusion Pentop computer, which we loved by the way. This new Leapfrog product we bring to you today is the Leapfrog tag. The Leapfrog tag is similar to the Fly Fusion, as it looks like a pen, but it isn’t a pen. It’s more of a pointer, a cool pointer.
The Tag is a reading tool, and it’s geared to kids age 4 – 8. The Tag will basically read the entire book to your child, page by page.
Or they can read it themselves, and if they come across a word they cannot pronounce, they tap on it with the tag, and it will pronounce it for them.
Each page has mini games on them that progressively get harder depending on the level they are on. The books also have pictures that if taped on will make a sound, or if it’s a character in the story, it will tell you what they are thinking. The games and the ability to tap on the pictures to hear more of the story adds a bit more fun to the entire learning process.
I let my 6 year old nephew play around with the Tag and the Ozzie and Mack book, and he was cracking up the entire time. He loved it, and I think he even learned a few new words.
I personally loved it. I honestly can’t wait to get more books, so I can play with it some more. I know it’s for kids 4 to 8, but hey maybe it should be for kids 4 to 28, because I had a lot of fun with it too.
Overall the Leapfrog tag is a great educational tool, and when your kids are in school it is a great toy to play with and get your mind off the stress of your daily life.
We here at HardwareGeeks.com recommend the Leapfrog tag to everyone who has young kids, as it will help them improve their reading and vocabulary skills.
The Leapfrog tag will be available this summer (2008).
Comments: (7)
dogerfan on Tue, Mar 04th, 2008 at 09:52 AM
This sounds fun. I have the fly fusion it helped me with math a lot, I don’t know if I can use the tag but my little sister probably can.
Michael on Tue, Mar 04th, 2008 at 10:44 AM
man this thing was fun, I entertain my self with it from time to time.
asfd on Thu, May 29th, 2008 at 05:02 AM
When you put your pen on a character that doesn’t even have a line in the book and there is something funny that comes out of the character’s mouth, it’s a kick,
Suzyque on Tue, Jul 08th, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Extremely LIMITED product - Only holds 5 books at a time - you must REMOVE items from its Memory before adding more. Was not designed well. If you buy more than 5 books -they punish you by making remove some books before adding others.
Michael on Wed, Jul 09th, 2008 at 07:45 PM
wow I didn’t know you were limited to just 5 books on the pen, I knew the memory was not expandable but I thought it could hold more.
:(
Kind of sucks to know.
Matt on Sat, Jul 12th, 2008 at 05:14 PM
It can hold 5 at a time. It’s an easy process to load, remove and reload books. The only limitation would be on a trip where more than 5 books might be used. But a laptop solves that!
Michael on Sat, Jul 12th, 2008 at 06:18 PM
How is the software for it? The review unit I have did not come with software.
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