LeapFrog Leappad

My First Leap pad Basically it's an interactive educational toy aimed at pre-school children aged 3-5. We started with the Leap-pad-Little-touch when the Boy was smaller and moved onto this one when he was 3. The My First Leap Pad Learning System itself is mainly blue with a few other colours here and there, like the 'magic pen', speaker, and on off button. It's quite a compact unit with a handy carry handle to one side, it's lightweight and easy to transport so a good toy for traveling in car or taking to Granny's house and the like. How much ? We bought ours for just over £25 online, are available from many stores Argos, Toys ...  Read the complete review

~~~Why I am Doing this Review~~~ After my children owning two versions of this toy and playing with them for the past two and a half years, I decided it was time to sit down and write a review on this toy. With the time that has gone by, I can see how well they have held up and how long they held the interest of my two children. I have also had the opportunity to see how the young company that produced this toy matured, and the level of continued expansion in the range that they followed. When they first came out, these were everywhere and heralded as one of the hottest toys in years. Fairly pricey at the original £49.95 apiece with only a sample ...  Read the complete review

It’s that time of year again where you are scratching your head as to what you are going to get your little one for Christmas, we was in this predicament last year. All you see on TV day in day out at the moment is ads ads and more ads of toys and all you get is “I want that” in the whiny little voice, you know the one I mean when they say “can I have this”. We decided that we wanted to get something fun but educational, and it was only looking through our Littlewoods catalogue, we came across this and thought it would be a good idea. My only concern at the time, it was a bit pricey and that being Ben was only four at the time would this be a good ...  Read the complete review

Leapfrog are an expanding company who specialise in children's learning toys from the ages of 3 months where we see the Baby Counting Pal to around the age of 8 for the Leappad Books and the cartridges for the Leapster. They seem to have an excellent idea of what makes learning fun for children between these ages and there are many more toys available from this company than a few years ago. They have a promise which reads:- The Leapfrog promise is to create fresh, engaging, effective learning experiences that inspire and delight kids - over and over again. It goes on to read:- The Leapfrog way is a simple equation: Rigorous, ...  Read the complete review

* Before I start, the picture above is not the LeapPad, but the My First LeapPad * Having a son, Michael, with learning difficulties presents many problems, not least deciding what to get them for Christmas presents. Age appropriate toys are too difficult, while most that are developmentally appropriate are babyish. This year all my son's relatives gave up and ended up putting money in his cards, so he had a tidy sum to spend in the new year sales. While hunting for that elusive, suitable toy my husband happened upon a Spiderman edition LeapPad in Asdas for the very reasonable price of £20, including not one but two books, and so he had to get ...  Read the complete review