VTech Turn and Learn Driver

Vtech Turn and Learn Driver


VTech is one of the biggest creators of electronic learning products for young children and have been established since 1976. They boast that they provide high quality, innovative and educational products for children from birth to pre-teen which helps them learn by having fun.

When I hear the name VTech I immediately think of safe fun toys that may be suitable for my daughter and nephew ...
...daughter got brought this Turn and Learn Driver for Christmas last year I thought it was a great present.


BEEP BEEP

The Turn and Learn Driver toy takes two AA batteries which is in a safe screw open compartment on the back away from little hands. The toy itself is quite a chunky toy and a little on the heavy side for really young children, though if they are playing with it on the floor then this isn’t a problem, ... more

Vtech Turn and Learn Driver

VTech is one of the biggest creators of electronic learning products for young children and have been established since 1976. They boast that they provide high quality, innovative and educational products for children from birth to pre-teen which helps them learn by having fun.

When I hear the name VTech I immediately think of safe fun toys that may be suitable for my daughter and nephew (and niece when she is old enough!) so when my daughter got brought this Turn and Learn Driver for Christmas last year I thought it was a great present.

BEEP BEEP

The Turn and Learn Driver toy takes two AA batteries which is in a safe screw open compartment on the back away from little hands. The toy itself is quite a chunky toy and a little on the heavy side for really young children, though if they are playing with it on the floor then this isn’t a problem, its when they get to my daughters age and want to drive around – literally – with the toy that you hear the cries of ‘mummy help’ when she is struggling to carry it and then of course you have to be the passenger and help her carry it around the house!

The main colour of the toy is white with some lovely colourful parts of mainly red, blue and yellow. It looks like it is supposed to as a small car front with a casino style rolling object on the front which spins when the steering wheel is turned. On turning the key the car revs up and goes straight into a song which is sung by what sounds like Justin off of Cbeebies and if you leave the toy on it continues to play songs on and off and there are only three songs so it gets a little repetitive. There is a volume button on the bottom though there isn’t much sound difference between loud and quiet. On the stearing wheel there is a red horn which when pressed goes beep beep and the Justin sound-a-like shouting out of the way. On the right there is a chunky green gear stick which can be pushed forward and backwards with forwards making engine noises and backwards a screech of brakes with Jusin-sound-a-like once again shouting words of watch out and here we are. On the other side of the stearing wheel is a small wing mirror with actual mirror which the children can turn side to side and three buttons. The top button simply says ‘Im out of petrol fill her up’ and an annoying shooting gun sound which is meant to be the petrol going into the car I assume. The middle button makes the sound of a police car with Justin-sound-a-like shouting ‘Hey hey slow down’ (his voice can get a little annoying after a while!). The third button has three different songs to play which actually are not too bad the first few times of hearing it though like most childrens toys they really get annoying after hearing it over and over every day! The children never seem to mind though and that’s what counts. I have already mentioned the spinner which spins when the wheel turns and on this are lovely pictures of animals in different modes of transport with numbers and letters over them. When anything is pressed the indicator lights flash as do the traffic lights. The speakers are on either side of the stearing whell and really work…loudly!!

DRIVING TEST

As soon as my daughter got this toy she loved it. She had recently turned one and loved ‘driving’ especially in the car as she loved copying mummy. In effect this was her first little car. As she grew older she still loved playing it (shes nearly two now) and learnt to turn it off and on herself. She began copying all the noises and learnt what all the different things on the car did. She also became rougher with the car and I am happy to say that the car withstood all the bashings onto the floor and the rough play on the steering wheel without even going wrong a tiny bit and there are not cracks or even marks on it which is great.

EDUCATIONAL VALUE

The car helps a young child with hand eye coordination and even helps them with some words even if they are unusual, and sounds. My daughter ran around going ‘nee nah’ for ages when she first learnt to copy the police car sound on it. The voice is as I said like Justin off of Cbeebies (not sure if it is him or not) so is a clear English voice and now my daughter is starting to recognize the voice (so its not just me who thinks it may be his voice!). This toy also helps with imaginative play which is great.

PRICE

The RRP price of this toy is £14.99 which is a little on the expensive side though arnt all children’s toys. Always look online at places like amazon though for a better price. It is well worth buying it though the less the cost the better.

FINAL WORD

This toy is great for children and seem to last a long time with regards to both age of the child and its durability which is always an important thing with children as they are forever throwing and bashing toys around in their play. It teaches language, sounds, numbers, letters, motor skills and hand eye coordination – all this from just one toy! The only realy downside to this toy is that the sounds can get very annoying to adults though not really any more than most other toys.

Would I recommend this toy? Most certainly!

http://www.vtechuk.com/products-and-accessories/turn-and-learn-driver/
 

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