LeapFrog My Own Leaptop
19 February
LeapFrog My Own Leaptop
- Personalize pretend computer play with My Own Leaptop
- Choose and download songs for a custom playlist (Internet connection required)
- Choose from 8 email messages and personalize for your child to enjoy (Internet connection required)
- Explore the alphabet, pretend play, music, animals and computer literacy with 6 learning activity stations
- Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog
Personalize pretend computer play with My Own Leaptop™! Choose and download songs for a custom playlist, explore 6 learning activity stations and personalize emails for your child to enjoy!
Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning.
- Product Measures: 8.98″ x 7″ x 1.45″
- Recommended Ages: 2 years – 4 years
Toddlers will enjoy six modes of pretend computer play with LeapFrog’s My Own Leaptop. This durable and user-friendly play laptop introduces children aged 2 years and up to animals, shapes, letters, music, and more. With a Leaptop, you’ll give your child a fun yet instructive introduction to using computers.
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Designed for small children, this play laptop helps familiarize kids with technology. |
 You can help your child personalize the laptop by connecting it to your computer. View larger. |
A Cool and Colorful Kids’ Laptop
The Leaptop takes the spirit of a real laptop computer and infuses it with an appealing, kid-friendly design. This durable and organically-shaped plastic case opens like a laptop. The Leaptop’s lightweight and convenient handle makes it a travel-friendly toy.
Above the large alphabet pad, you’ll find the E-mail, Music Playlist, and Blog function buttons. Around the LED screen, you’ll see computer-like icons displaying all of the Leaptop’s interactive features. Kids will love switching between the Animal, Music, and Alphabet modes, which are accessed with the moveable mouse switch.
Each Leaptop has one of two puppy hosts, Violet or Scout. Depending on which Leaptop version you buy, one of these adorable puppies will accompany your child through all of the activities. Kids will even have access to Violet or Scout’s personal blog by pressing the Blog button.
An Introduction to Letters, Animals, Music, and More
The Leaptop’s three play modes and three function buttons will help your child learn the basics while having fun. Alphabet mode teaches letters and phonics; Music mode turns the alphabet pad into a music sampling machine, so your child can contribute musical animal noises and funny audio effects to songs; and Animal mode teaches kids to identify animals and their sounds.
The Email, Music Playlist, and Blog functions help children build vocabulary, and practice listening and reading skills. And they’ll enjoy receiving emails and singing along with Leaptop’s preset and downloadable songs. With the Leaptop, you’ll be confident that your child is exposed to activities that help develop essential skills.
Personalize the Leaptop Online
You’ll want to personalize your child’s Leaptop by connecting it to your computer with the included USB cable. After connecting to the Leapfrog Web site, you can create a parent account that allows you to customize this toy laptop by creating a profile for your child.
You’ll also be able to select songs for the Music Playlist and set up personalized emails from Scout or Violet and other friends and relatives in your child’s life. Additional Scout and Violet downloads are available for purchase, and printable coloring sheets are available for free.
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What’s in the Box
Leaptop with three AA batteries, USB cable, and quick connect guide/parent instructions.
LeapFrog Leapster Explorer Camera and Video Recorder
15 February
LeapFrog Leapster Explorer Camera and Video Recorder
- This attachment turns the Leapster Explorer (sold separately) into a handheld digital camera and video recorder that stores up to 1,000 photos
- 8 engaging activities encourage creative expression, explore emotions and help build skills with letters, numbers and shapes
- Stretch, stamp and draw on pictures to personalize them, and turn them into tools to zap letters or numbers in fun learning activities
- Unscramble picture puzzles, share favorite photos and use photos to tell a story or tell a different kind of story by shooting movies
- For children ages 4 to 9 years, only for use with the Leapster Explorer hand held (sold separately)
Turn the Leapster Explorer? handheld into a digital camera and video recorder! Kids can take pictures and personalize them and shoot movies for music videos. Eight activities encourage creative expression, explore emotions and help build skills with letters, numbers and shapes. ? Take, edit and store up to 1,000 photos. ? Stretch, stamp and draw on pictures to personalize them. ? Create puzzles or use photos to tell a story. ? Turn photos into characters to zap letters or numbers in fun activities. ? Appropriate for children ages 4 to 9 years. Only for use with the Leapster Explorer? handheld (sold separately).
Features include:
•Turn the Leapster Explorer hand held into a digital camera and video recorder that stores up to 1,000 photos
•8 engaging activities encourage creative expression, explore emotions and help build skills with letters, numbers and shapes
•Stretch, stamp and draw on pictures to personalize them, and turn them into tools to zap letters or numbers in fun learning activities
•Unscramble picture puzzles, share favorite photos and use photos to tell a story or tell a different kind of story by shooting movies
•For children ages 4 to 9 years, only for use with the Leapster Explorer hand held (sold separately)
LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning Game System – Green
15 February
LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning Game System – Green
- The preschool gaming handheld that connects to the LeapFrog® Learning Path, an online experience that lets you see what your child is learning.
- Play and learn school skills on the go or connect online for extra activities and rewards.
- Library of over 30 exciting learning games featuring characters kids love.
- Included and additional games teach skills in a range of subjects, such as language arts, reading, mathematics and science.
- Parents can connect online to the LeapFrog® Learning Path to see what their child is learning. Kids connect online for extra activities and rewards.
With this smart handheld system, children learn valuable school skills through a variety of animated games and activities. Kids use the interactive touch screen and stylus throughout 30 educational games featuring characters they love. The Leapster2 System also offers several options for creative play. Little learners can easily connect online for extra activities and rewards. And best of all, parents can use the Leapster2 to connect to the LeapFrog Learning Path, an online, interactive tool in which parents can get updates and see firsthand what their children are learning.
Leapster2 System comes with built-in starter games; additional software sold separately. Requires 4 “AA” batteries, not included. Measures 13″W x 10.5″H.Put innovative creativity and fun at your kids’ fingertips — and watch them learn in the process — with the The LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning Game System. This battery-operated handheld game system goes where your children go, and brings plenty of learning fun along. It comes with two pre-installed educational games, and many more are available: purchase an optional SD card separately for access to additional online games and to take advantage of other online features; or you can purchase game cartridges to add to your Leapster 2 repository. The included games have skill levels suitable for children ages 4 to 8.
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Insert different game cartridges (sold separately) for endless fun. View larger. |
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The console has a comfortable, curved shape, although it may be a tad large and heavy for smaller hands. It features a full-color touch screen and sound that’s a far cry better than the beeps of old-school handheld consoles. (Parents will appreciate the volume control and a jack for headphones!) Control and manipulate the console with the included stylus and with the videogame-style D pad and other buttons.
We found the initial set-up to be relatively easy: install the four required AA batteries, and navigate through the self-explanatory screens to create user profiles for up to 3 children (which come in handy for accessing online features). After this quick set-up, a menu screen will appear, where you can choose to play the pre-loaded games, go online, or insert a game cartridge.
Fun and Learning
Leapster 2 games are designed to grow with your child ages 4 through 8. The console is pre-loaded with two games: The “Dragons to the Rescue! Learning Game,” is a “video game” type activity with four different levels, the first helping kids identify letters and numbers, the most advanced giving them spelling and multiplication practice, all while navigating a dragon past monstrous storm clouds and scrambling to collect magic crystals. The “Creativity Castle Art Studio” is a rather low-tech art program. Players can select a background scene to “color” using the stylus and “decorate” with fun animated stamps. While it does foster creativity, this program is somewhat clumsy — your Paint program on your PC does a much better job. But “Dragons” was fun enough to keep even an adult tester enjoyably diverted.
Unfortunately, an SD card is required for taking advantage of some of what the Leapster 2 has to offer — which is a drawback, because it must be purchased separately. For example, without the SD card (which offers more memory) you cannot save artwork.
In the meantime, without the SD card, you can still purchase game cartridges, as well as download new games, or take advantage of the online “Learning Path”. (This online program allows you to register and upload your children’s Leapster 2 profiles to show you their learning activities and their progress.) And you still can plug your console — with the included USB cable — into your PC for your children to view and print “rewards” for completing different game levels (for Dragons to the Rescue, they’re certificates of achievement) or to print pictures to color with actual crayons (to encourage some “old-fashioned” creativity!) You must first install the Leapster 2 software on your computer, which comes on the included CD-ROM.
What’s in the Box
Leapster 2 Game System, USB cable, CD-ROM
PC Requirements
All Leapster games work with all Leapster systems.
PC Requirements
Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system
Pentium III 500 MHz processor
Monitor resolution of at least 1024 X 768
Available USB port
256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
300 MB free disk space
Internet connection
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 or higher
CD reader
Mac Requirements
Mac OS X 10.4+
PPC G4 or any Intel-based Apple computer
Monitor resolution of at least 1024 X 768
Available USB port
256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
300 MB free disk space
Internet connection
Safari application
CD reader
LeapFrog Clickstart My First Computer Pink
4 January
LeapFrog Clickstart My First Computer Pink
- Turn your TV into a learning PC!
- Includes a wireless keyboard, console and mouse.
- Mousepad converts for right- or left-handed play.
- Library of additional games includes popular characters from movies and TV.
LeapFrog’s ClickStart My First Computer is the first preschool learning system featuring a desktop experience that looks and works like a grownup PC. The ClickStart platform turns any TV into a child’s first computer, simultaneously introducing core preschool skills and basic computer functionality. A friendly green puppy named Scout accompanies little ones on their learning journeys, appearing on the wireless keyboard with automatic shut-off as well as in onscreen games and activities.
Rich with content, ClickStart My First Computer offers exciting games as well as engaging software applications that work together to help kids earn treats for their friend Scout. Includes wireless keyboard with automatic shut-off, cartridge based console, child-sized mouse and right or left hand adjustable mouse pad. Requires four “AA” batteries and four “C” batteries, not included. Measures 16″L x 8″W.
The LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer introduces tots to the wonders of the PC and helps them learn basic computer skills. Ideal for ages three through six, this interactive toy plugs right into the television and teaches youngsters how to use a mouse and keyboard.
A Child-Friendly Design
The ClickStart features a child-friendly wireless keyboard, plug and play console, and a child-sized mouse with a right- or-left-handed adjustable mouse pad. It transforms the TV into a PC, which allows kids to work on a big screen and the whole family to join in on the fun. The miniature mouse is perfectly formed for little fingers to point and click. Large, colored buttons make it easy for kids to learn basic keystrokes, and four friendly games create a safe, age-appropriate environment to navigate. ClickStart is built to withstand rough toddler handling, a plus for parents who want to spare their high-end desktops from child’s play. And the wireless keyboard is light and convenient to transport from place to place, so kids can bring the fun with them wherever they go.
Transform your TV into a PC for your child, complete with wireless keyboard and mouse. View larger. |
Your child can click any of the icons on the desktop to play a game and learn. |
Encourages Age-Appropriate Learning
It is never too early to teach children the correct way to use a computer. The ClickStart ensures that a child’s first computing experience is age appropriate and pleasant, with engaging games that not only enhance basic computer skills, but prepare children for pre-school and kindergarten. This educational tool has four games that teach phonics, letters, animal facts, and counting, while sharpening a child’s screen navigation skills. Friendly puppy Scout guides kids through keyboard functions and allows them to work at their own pace. Techno tots can click on a faux in-box to receive their first e-mail; it even has sound for nonreaders. Should the youngster ever become stumped, a hint button gives them a clue. Additional ClickStart software packages, sold separately, feature well-known characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine, Dora the Explorer, and Nemo.
What’s in the Box
Wireless keyboard, plug and play console, mouse and mouse pad, and 4 learning games are built into the system. (Batteries are not included)
The LeapFrog ClickStart My First Computer introduces tots to the wonders of the PC and helps them learn basic computer skills. Ideal for ages three through six, this interactive toy plugs right into the television and teaches youngsters how to use a mouse and keyboard.
A Child-Friendly Design
The ClickStart features a child-friendly wireless keyboard, plug and play console, and a child-sized mouse with a right- or-left-handed adjustable mouse pad. It transforms the TV into a PC, which allows kids to work on a big screen and the whole family to join in on the fun. The miniature mouse is perfectly formed for little fingers to point and click. Large, colored buttons make it easy for kids to learn basic keystrokes, and four friendly games create a safe, age-appropriate environment to navigate. ClickStart is built to withstand rough toddler handling, a plus for parents who want to spare their high-end desktops from child’s play. And the wireless keyboard is light and convenient to transport from place to place, so kids can bring the fun with them wherever they go.
Transform your TV into a PC for your child, complete with wireless keyboard and mouse. View larger. |
Your child can click any of the icons on the desktop to play a game and learn. |
Encourages Age-Appropriate Learning
It is never too early to teach children the correct way to use a computer. The ClickStart ensures that a child’s first computing experience is age appropriate and pleasant, with engaging games that not only enhance basic computer skills, but prepare children for pre-school and kindergarten. This educational tool has four games that teach phonics, letters, animal facts, and counting, while sharpening a child’s screen navigation skills. Friendly puppy Scout guides kids through keyboard functions and allows them to work at their own pace. Techno tots can click on a faux in-box to receive their first e-mail; it even has sound for nonreaders. Should the youngster ever become stumped, a hint button gives them a clue. Additional ClickStart software packages, sold separately, feature well-known characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine, Dora the Explorer, and Nemo.
What’s in the Box
Wireless keyboard, plug and play console, mouse and mouse pad, 4 learning games, and 4 AA batteries.
LeapFrog My Own Leaptop – Violet
31 December
LeapFrog My Own Leaptop – Violet
- Personalize pretend computer play with My Own Leaptop
- Choose and download songs for a custom playlist (Internet connection required)
- Choose from 8 email messages and personalize for your child to enjoy (Internet connection required)
- Explore the alphabet, pretend play, music, animals and computer literacy with 6 learning activity stations
- Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog
Leapfrog Enterprises 19167 My Own Leaptop 19167 Kids GamesToddlers will enjoy six modes of pretend computer play with LeapFrog’s My Own Leaptop. This durable and user-friendly play laptop introduces children aged 2 years and up to animals, shapes, letters, music, and more. With a Leaptop, you’ll give your child a fun yet instructive introduction to using computers.
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Designed for small children, this play laptop helps familiarize kids with technology. |
 You can help your child personalize the laptop by connecting it to your computer. View larger. |
A Cool and Colorful Kids’ Laptop
The Leaptop takes the spirit of a real laptop computer and infuses it with an appealing, kid-friendly design. This durable and organically-shaped plastic case opens like a laptop. The Leaptop’s lightweight and convenient handle makes it a travel-friendly toy.
Above the large alphabet pad, you’ll find the E-mail, Music Playlist, and Blog function buttons. Around the LED screen, you’ll see computer-like icons displaying all of the Leaptop’s interactive features. Kids will love switching between the Animal, Music, and Alphabet modes, which are accessed with the moveable mouse switch.
Each Leaptop has one of two puppy hosts, Violet or Scout. Depending on which Leaptop version you buy, one of these adorable puppies will accompany your child through all of the activities. Kids will even have access to Violet or Scout’s personal blog by pressing the Blog button.
An Introduction to Letters, Animals, Music, and More
The Leaptop’s three play modes and three function buttons will help your child learn the basics while having fun. Alphabet mode teaches letters and phonics; Music mode turns the alphabet pad into a music sampling machine, so your child can contribute musical animal noises and funny audio effects to songs; and Animal mode teaches kids to identify animals and their sounds.
The Email, Music Playlist, and Blog functions help children build vocabulary, and practice listening and reading skills. And they’ll enjoy receiving emails and singing along with Leaptop’s preset and downloadable songs. With the Leaptop, you’ll be confident that your child is exposed to activities that help develop essential skills.
Personalize the Leaptop Online
You’ll want to personalize your child’s Leaptop by connecting it to your computer with the included USB cable. After connecting to the Leapfrog Web site, you can create a parent account that allows you to customize this toy laptop by creating a profile for your child.
You’ll also be able to select songs for the Music Playlist and set up personalized emails from Scout or Violet and other friends and relatives in your child’s life. Additional Scout and Violet downloads are available for purchase, and printable coloring sheets are available for free.
| Minimum System Requirements | |
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What’s in the Box
Leaptop with three AA batteries, USB cable, and quick connect guide/parent instructions.