Leap Frog Leappad Learning System

Pros: Fun for children and parents.
Cons: Price of books, small cartridges

Brought one for my seven year old granddaughter two years ago and she played daily with it until the puppy chewed the pen off. She loved to read to people and show the surprises she found in the books. A great toy to promote parents and children reading...

Pros: Great for all different ages
Cons: none

My 6 year old brother, and 5 year old Nephew recieved one of these for Christmas this year. What an awesome toy!
Its very easy to figure out, and so much fun to play with. I found myself messing around with it quite often. My 2 year old even...

Pros: A great learning tool for children of all ages.
Cons: Pages tear easily.

My son was given this product when he was three years old and within two months he has learned so much. He can recite all 50 states ans capitals from memory, has learned how to rhyme, and is learning the notes of a piano. He can play with this toy for...

Pros: Helps teach your children phonics, easy to use, fun to play with!
Cons: The batteries kept popping out, I had to tape them down.

My daughter received this from her Grandparents for Christmas. She will be four in Feb, and she LOVES this! She can sit and read herself a story at any time. All you have to do is hit the on button, and the leap pad tells you exactly what to push...

Pros: It is fun and easy to use. My son has enjoyed it immensely.
Cons: The pages in the books are paper, I would prefer something more durable.

I bought this toy for my 3 year old for Christmas. He LOVES it! He played with it on Christmas day surrounded by all the other more active toys. He reads with it at least once a day and is very excited to read to himself. The case it comes in is pretty...

Pros: Helps children with all areas of learning. Very Creative!
Cons: Books must be perfectly centered and flat in the tray.

The Leap Pad is an amazing device. Why wasn't learning this fun, when I was a kid? The 32 page book that comes with it has different lesson pages for all ages. Even I have spent hours playing with this thing. It teaches phonics better than anything else...

Pros: can be taken anywhere
Cons: sometimes doesnt close very easily

This 'toy' was a gift to my four year old son on his birthday. What a great learning tool this is. When you touch the words in the book, it teaches how to sound out the word. When you touch a picture, it names the item you are touching. My son will be...

Pros: Extremely educational and fun to use. My three year old daughter loves it!
Cons: Books and cassettes can get pricey, however each one has many lessons on it.

I bought this for my daughter because so many people have mentioned the educational value of this toy. My wife is a teacher and always looking for ways to jump start her learning. I almost did not purchase the system because it said that it was for...

Pros: Wonderful Illustrations Pleasant Oration
Cons: Limited Selection of Books

What a wonderful idea. Just what kids need to give them a boost from sounding words out into actual reading and memorization of familiar words. My 4 year old was well on her way to reading and sounding out short words; however, she often got frustrated...

Pros: It is great help for children who have to struggle
Cons: The books are expensive and rip easily

My daughter keep seeing the Leap Pad on T.V. wanting it. I am not one to run to the store on something that might not work. I will have to say Wal-mart Stores help you with that they have a display where you can try out the children's electronic...

Pros: Great for learning. Entertaining. Good for the older toddler up to elementary school age.
Cons: Cord can get in the way, Good, but not great, selection of books. Price.

My daughter received this as a gift for Christmas when she was 2 1/2.

She has always been interested in reading and is also always very gentle with books, so the book having thin paper pages was not a problem for us.

My little one...

Pros: Educational, interesting, fun for hours
Cons: Contains small parts necessary to the whole... kind of expensive

I admit it. I folded. I saw the toy up there on the shelf, thought back over the fourteen or so other stores that I had been to that were sold out, and thought, maybe they know something I don't. I played with the display for all of about three...

Pros: Helps with reading and learning new words.
Cons: Not enough variety to choose from

My daughter got the Leap Pad for Christmas. She was so excited because now she could learn to read. It has helped her with more than reading. The main book that comes with the Leap Pad has all kinds of stories and fun pages to work with. Such as:...

Pros: Travel friendly, educational for toddles and easy to use, and different activities.
Cons: You have to touch the word "go" on each page.

My two year old son received it for his birthday. He enjoys playing with it on car rides. It is a very unique learning product that teaches phonics as well as word recognition. My son has learned numerous words and body parts (one of the activities in...

Pros: It's fun AND educational!
Cons: Very active children may become distracted from it quickly.

I purchased the Leap Pad for my five year old daughter. Initially I thought it was going to be one of those toys that I would take out and say, "Here kid, play with this now." I was so wrong.

As soon as I showed my daughter how it...