Educational Toys > Leap Frog Educational Toys > Musical

Advantages: Small and easy to carry around
Disadvantages: Basic

Leapfrog phonics radio Great for making phonics fun. Teaches letter sounds by singing catchy songs. Has volume control button and on and off button. You turn the pages to go through the different sounds of the alphabet. Not one of the best products out there but it's simple and catchy idea for pre- school age. How ever i did find that my son got easily bored with this item as there was not enough to keep him interested. One of the positives about ... Read review

Advantages: excellent pre school learning
Disadvantages: songs can become annoying as can most childrens toys

yet another fab toy from leap frog, a fridge dj magnetic radio, says suitable from ages 12 months and up yet this entertained my son before this age. can be used on a fridge or any other magnetic surface or tae it along with you in cars or on outings, my son has a magnetic side to his easel and we keep it on there.learn the days of the week sing along and dance to the music plays 13 disfferent songs and 3 learning stations on a dial to select from, ...
...panel to encourage learning while singing along, the speaker is on the front along with volume control, very brightly coloured and attractive. teaches counting up and down which is unusual most toys simply count up. shows both upper case and lower case letters again an unusual feature. this really is a great pre school toy has so much to offer ... Read review

Advantages: Learning tool that keep children occupied
Disadvantages: Takes 4 batteries

We brought the IMax for our eldest daughter when she was 4 ,She is now nearly 7. The L Max is a handhand games console designed for the younger child as a educational toy and is aimed at children 4 to 10yrs. The console and cartridges can be brought from most large stores / toy shops. You buy games cartridges but it does have some preprogrammed games already so you do not have to but extra cartridges. Helps children with spelling. numeracy tasks ...
...cant get it away from her little sister. Our youngest has been playing it since she was 2 1/2 shes now 3 & abit. She loves the painting programme. She can access it and get to the paint option by herself. Takes 4 AA batteries but they last a while. We did buy the adapter but youngest keeps tripping over the wire so we have had to go back to batteries. This goes every where with us shopping, holidays, car etc. You can always find deals on the cartridges ... Read review

Advantages: great for protecting console and storing games
Disadvantages: not much room for games

if you have a leapster it is well worth investing in the case. it is lovely padded protects the leapster ours has been dropped down a full flight of stairs while in the case and came out completly unscaved!! to my suprise. the only thing i would say as a negitive is that there is not much room for the games and they end up sqashed int the back. lovely case lightwieght easy to use the leapster or the l max fit in this case. the case comes in a deep ... Read review

Advantages: fantastic value addictive
Disadvantages: uses a lot of batteries

the leapster l max is a very good quality console. my daughter now aged 6 years has been playing on hers for the past 2 years before that she had a leapster and i would rate the leapster l max much higher. plug it into the tv and play on the big screen. a huge variety of games avalible nearly all focused on the childs learning and development. there are a lot of extra avalible i would recommend buying an adapter for the electric as the l max runs ...
...worthwhile investment. the l max is suitable from children from 4 years up to about 8 years it has an education focus the games vary in the area of development they are aimed at improving some han eye co ordination, maths reading etc. i would recomend this concole for on long care journey, holidays etc ... Read review