Leapfrog Scribble and Write

I’d been eyeing this up for a while for my eldest daughter but was waiting to buy it until she was old enough to follow instructions and have good pen control. I finally bought it for Christmas last year, shortly before she turned 4. And perhaps she is slightly above the recommended start age, but I think this has been beneficial to her, and also to me, because she began using it almost immediately, needing little tuition from me. I’ve been quite impressed with the quality and educational value of many of the Leap Frog toys that we own. So I was quite keen to see what this one was like, and if ... more

My daughter received this as a Christmas present from her granddad and I have to say it is one of his better buys. Scribe and Write is by leapfrog and this is an interactive hand held game which focuses on phonics and writing/word formation and fine motor skills. It has 4 learning activities to choose from. The first activity is drawing, it introduces the child to drawing lines and zigzags and they can choose to write words by clicking on any letter in the keypad. The drawing pad will light up with a zigzag and the male voice gives clear instruction of how to trace over the zigzag and the ... more

This year we, or should I say Santa, pretty much bought my little girl who is two years old learning toys, no more fun anymore, just learning. Well ok, that's not true, she still has fun toys but I wanted to get some things that would help her learn her numbers or alphabet. This scribble and draw pad from Leapfrog is perfect for learning the alphabet and learning how to draw your letters too. The toy is basically in tablet form and has a little screen on it. It's really easy to hold which is nice. Above this screen are all the letters of the alphabet, upper case and lower case, each on their ... more

We went to visit family in England and so needed something to keep our kids occupied. This is what we purchased for our eldest boy who is 3. We purchased it from Argos at half price but these usually retail at around £20. It requires 3 AA which are not provided. What it is essentially is a pen and paper apart from its all done on an electronic handheld device. AT the top on the left hand side is the mode selection this has choices like upper and lower letters shape or freestyle. To the right of that is button alphabet with both upper and lower case of each letter on a button this is how a ... more