VTech V.Smile TV Learning System

This unique TV learning system allows your child to learn fundamental skills through play including all the pre-school basics: i.e English, Maths, logic and science.

The sturdy looking console is brightly coloured (see above picture) and I believe it can also be purchased in pink if buying for a girl only. It has a useful storage compartment that can store up to six games which is very handy.

The console comes with a robust Joystick which is easy for them to hold with large and also colourful buttons that light up on it during game play and cleverly, there is a switch to turn the joystick around for left-handed children so it is easier for them to operate which is a nice touch. Also included is an A/V cable so that you can connect this to your T.V. and we got a game (Winnie the Pooh - The Honey Hunt) included to start us off.

I bought this for my two children when my son was four and my daughter was three but the age range in game terms goes from 3 up to 7 years in the following brackets: 3-5 years, 4-6 years and 5-7 years. Many of the games are based on children's favourite disney or cartoon characters which they love. For example: The Lion King, the Little Princess or Scooby-Doo, Spiderman and Mickey Mouse so the games are geared towards both genders fairly equally.

The graphics are brightly coloured and the characters within the games are very encouraging and will prompt a player to navigate through the games and tasks if necessary.

My children absolutely loved having their very own games unit and we did buy another joystick as there is a two player mode option in all of the games. I loved the fact that although they were in front of the T.V. playing a computer game, it was not some mindless shoot 'em up game but something that would enhance their learning as well as their hand to eye co-ordination skills. The age ranges suited them perfectly so there were very few times where they got frustrated and felt that they could not do something themselves.

Now aged seven and five and a half, they don't play it as much because the Wii has superceded it but we did get a good three years of enjoyment and extended use out of this and they do still occasionally play it and in all we have about 10 games that have been played in their entirety by both of them more than once.

I have seen this advertised for sale on Amazon for £31.99 which is much cheaper than I bought it for although I cannot remember exactly how much it was when we bought it but we do also go on to buy the portable version that you can use the games with (that also comes with a lead to connect to the television) , so popular it was with our two children.

I would highly recommend this learning system to parents.

Thanks for reading. x

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