Leap Frog My First LeapPad

Pros: educational, He can do it himself
Cons: Batteries, and those yellow cartridges getting lost

I got this for the car rides. I've bought two now cause the first one didn't do good in the car all year round and the second eats batteries worse than first. My son really likes to play the games and learn but the cartridges keep coming up with the error message. which is really annoying on a 10 hour trip between NY and VA. I got this when he was 2 1/2 thinking it would keep him company in the backseat. But after buying several books, we started to lose the yellow cartridge. Four AA batteries don't last long with my now 4 1/2 year old. But he still gets plently of hours of fun on the trip.

Pros: great educational toy, easy to use, small enough for travel.
Cons: Magic pen "stops" working after about two months.

I really, really like the idea of the Leappad. Both my boys love it as well. However, we are on our second Leap pad and about to return it to the store. On both leappads that we've owned, the magic pen stops working about two months into using it. It happened with the first one, and I thought it was just a fluke and exchanged it for another identical one. Now the second one is doing the same thing. I'm just going to get my money back this time.

Other than that, it's a great learning toy. Leap frog needs to fix the malfunction. I wouldn't buy it again because of that.

Pros: Interesting idea if it had worked.
Cons: Volume too low. No volume control.

I bought this for my 3 year old grandson. The volume was so low that it had to be used in a quiet room and demanded close attention to understand what was being said. There is no volume control on the toy.

My grandson could not use it in the car at all, because it couldn't be heard over the noise of the car. I finally gave it to my other two grandchildren ages 2 - 3. They couldn't hear it either and quickly lost interest in it. I believe they just threw it away.

Pros: Good for infants 1 year and younger who are working on the most basic skills.
Cons: No longevity. Beyond ABC's and 123's, it has nothing to offer educationally.

This "My First" Leap Pad would be okay for a 1 year old, but beyond that, the regular Leap Pad would be a better, more long lived choice.

Beyond the most basic of infant school skills, the My First Leap has nothing to offer educationally. With the regular Leap Pad, your child can learn about dinosaurs, the human anatomy, phonics, and arithmetic. With the My First Leap, ABC's and 123's are as broad as it gets.

My child got the regular Leap Pad at 15 months and was able to operate it independently after the 1st week. I would not waste my time with this model.

Pros: Great learning tool. Easy for kids to use. Fun characters
Cons: Batteries don't last long.

This is a great way fro kids to learn the basics. My daughters learned colors,shapes,numbers, and letters. It also has alot of their favorit characters so it makes it very fun for them to learn.