The tantrums we had when we wouldn't let our little girl play with our £1000+ laptop, the only thing we could do was go and get her one of her own, and where else to look other than VTech.
This toy can be picked up from all good toy retailers, prices varying from between £20 - £25.
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Advantages: Great learning advantages Disadvantages: .................................................
...£25.
The Vtech laptop is aimed at pre school children, and encourages basic learning skills like the alphabet, mathematics, music and much more.
There are many activities on this laptop so im not going to write about them all and bore you all, i will just give a few examples .
Letter fun
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1. Letter sounds
There are 3 levels on this activity, level 1 is a basic learning ... .../>
Like most Vtech toys and games this toy is battery operated and requires 3 AA batteries, which are easy to insert in the battery compartment situated on the base of the toy.
It also has an auto shut off, so if the toy is left on by the child it will turn itself off to save battery power.
This toy is made of hard durable plastic and is easy to wipe clean. ... more
The tantrums we had when we wouldn't let our little girl play with our £1000+ laptop, the only thing we could do was go and get her one of her own, and where else to look other than VTech.
This toy can be picked up from all good toy retailers, prices varying from between £20 - £25.
The Vtech laptop is aimed at pre school children, and encourages basic learning skills like the alphabet, mathematics, music and much more.
There are many activities on this laptop so im not going to write about them all and bore you all, i will just give a few examples .
Letter fun -------------- 1. Letter sounds There are 3 levels on this activity, level 1 is a basic learning activity where you press any letter of the alphabet and the letter you have chosen will appear on the screen and will give you the phonic sound for that letter. Levels 2 and 3 are slightly harder, 1 or 2 letters will appear on the screen with there phonic sound and will then disappear, you then have to press the correct letter on your keyboard as to what you saw on your screen. 2. Letter names
3. Alphatastic fun
4. Magic letters
5. Lost letters
6. spell-o-rama In this activity an object will appear on your screen followed by the object word with 1 or 2 missing letters, all you need to do is fill in the missing gaps.
Maths dash ----------------- 1. Number crunch
2. Secret numbers
3.Number chain In this activity you need to help the dog reach the other side of the bridge, to do this you need to fill in the missing numbers. eg, 1 2 3 _ 5 missing number is 4 eg, 2 4 _ 8 10 missing number is 6
4. Crazy counting In this activity you will be shown pictures, for example 10 flowers will appear on you screen, you have to count them and then input how many you saw, as it gets harder you may be shown to types of items, eg flowers and balls, you will then be asked to count how many balls there are and so on.
5. Add it
6. Take away
Games gallery --------------------- 1. Magic words
2. Look alikes This is a game of pairs, you will be shown several pairs of characters on your screen and then they will disappear, all you have to do is remember where you saw them and match them up.
3. Falling rocks
4. Type in time in this activity a car is racing along the top of your screen, you need to help the car get to the finish line as fast as you can. To do this you will see letters appear along the bottom of your screen, all you have to do is type in the same letters that you see. The faster you go the faster the car will reach the finish line.
5. Workbook (a workbook is included when you purchase this product and can be interactively used)
Game play --------------- 1. Groovy jukebox This laptop holds 10 songs, all time childrens favourites like twinkle twinkle little star, its raining its pouring and Row row row your boat, each song has a number, 1 - 0 and will play when that number is pressed.
2. Code breaker
3. Melody maker Make your own music. The number keys on this lap top are also used as music keys, each being something like do, re, me, so fa and so on. Make your own tune and then press enter to hear it played back to you.
This is a great toy for all young children whos parents want to give them that little head start before they reach school age, my little girl uses hers daily and it really is amazing just watching her pick up so many new things each day. So now learing can be fun.
Like most Vtech toys and games this toy is battery operated and requires 3 AA batteries, which are easy to insert in the battery compartment situated on the base of the toy. It also has an auto shut off, so if the toy is left on by the child it will turn itself off to save battery power. This toy is made of hard durable plastic and is easy to wipe clean.
...thanks to companies such as Vtech their prayer has been answered.
Vtech was founded in Hong Kong in 1976 and the company has gone from strength to strength in developing products aimed at children from birth upwards. Good news is prices start as low as £12
One product of theirs is a called a Gemini 2-in-1 hand held laptop, suitable for 4- 7 year olds. With its bright blue base and roundish green monitor it is very pleasing to the eye. It looks ... ...what these new found materials are called) and there are no sharp corners on it, which can stick into our younger generation.
Vtech Gemini costs £27 according to where you shop. Most leading toy stores sell Vtech products.
Have a nice time shopping for all your Christmas gifts ...
gill1960 17.10.2003
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Advantages: Teaches maths, the alphabet. Light, easy to carry around,and cheap. Disadvantages: None.
...was that it was a Vtech toy.
WHY V-TECH
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As many of your know by my other reviews, I buy alot of Vtech toys this is because I think that Vtech toys are great, they are designed for children to learn as they play. Their toys are always brightly coloured, very tough and are very safe to play with.
VTech was founded in 1976 in Hong Kong and the company products are aimed at children all ages,as years go buy, their toy's just get better ... ...is a specilly designed computer for children, children from the age of 3 years old.
This laptop is also designed for small hands, which makes it very easy for children to use, so it's a quite small Laptop with a small keyboard.
This Laptop is quite a chunky laptop maded out of strong plastic.
It is very colourful, mostly yellow in colour, very eyecatching for children.
Once you open the Laptop and turn it on, there are lovely sound effects, a ...
star333 04.03.2005
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Advantages: covers basics and progresses up to about age 7/8 Disadvantages: young ones need help in selecting activities, and some guidance
My son is nearly 4 and he had this laptop for Christmas. Obviously, he can only do the very basics on it at the moment and covers a wide age range and multitude of activities.
It is suitable from 3 and a half and the basics include using the mouse (moving it and clicking it on words) - the laptop comes with a mouse and a mousepad. Also it teaches basic phonic sounds for children learning their alphabet.
It has a keyboard part at the bottom, where ... ...He really enjoys this and has bought his number skills on greatly.
There are about 20 activities on it, and teaches you all the basic letter sounds and variations. Some of which I have never heard of - diagraphs for example!!!
There are letter, word and number games too. There are basic graphics, not stunning, but the little ones seem to like them. The womans voice is English and not American, but talks rather "plummy".
The cost of this was about ...
Ham-man 31.01.2001
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Advantages: Great for your childs development Disadvantages: none
...children etc. I bough this Vtech Learning Laptop for my youngest a couple of years ago. I bought it for a few reasons. 1. She was always wanting a go on my laptop 2. It was a good way for her to learn
3. It was made by Vtech which have a good name in these things Tthis laptop is specially designed for chidren aged 3+ and is very easy for them to use. Its bright yellow colour catches the eye of your child straight away. As soon as they switch it ... ...flashing lights, I know my son was really intrigued with this he loved the noises that it made. There are over 20 activities and games for your child to enjoy. Spelling - It teaches them the simple words. Sums - It teaches them simple arithmetic such as 1+1 etc
Spelling games where they have to spell words with the help of the laptop. Adding games where the computer will say to them 2 dogs + 1 dog they have to get the answer but as they are thinking ...
cutesally 12.10.2005
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Advantages: Good Value, Bright Colours, Lots Of Activities. Disadvantages: Younger Children Need Quite a Bit Of Help.
I bought one of these 3 years ago when my twins were 3, they neede quite a bit of help for the 1st year maybe but are now very capable of doing all the activities, sometimes over and over again!!!. It covers basic spelling and maths with lots of other activitiies. My younger daughter is 2 and has already started to play with it although with lots of help and the musical activities are a hit with her. A very sturdy design which has managed to withstand ...
chinablue74 03.09.2005
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