Wednesday, 28 May 2014

LeapFrog Chat and Count Smart Phone (Choose green or pink) - $18.90








































Dial up the fun

Explore more than 15 phone activities as you pretend and play with your very own smart phone.
Sing hello
Push the music button and sing along to songs about counting, phone manners, and more.
The Learning Difference
Fun animations and a counting song introduce numbers and counting 1 to 10, while more than 15 phone activities encourage imaginative play. Children also learn conversational skills such as saying hello, how are you, nice to talk to you, and goodbye. 
Teaches:
  • Early Number Sense
  • Pretend Play
  • Social Skills

LeapFrog Touch Magic Learning Bus - $32.90



Helps Small Children Learn the Alphabet and Vocabulary

Through dedicated games or letter exploration mode, the Magic Learning Bus teaches children the relationship between sounds in spoken words and the letters that represent those sounds. These exercises children begin to read independently. When the Learning Bus is in letter exploration mode, tapping each letter plays an audible explanation of the letter's name, the sound it makes, and a word that starts with it. Your child can also choose to play a game that asks them to identify certain letters or pictures. The board has more than 40 interactive touch points.

Musical Activities Add a Creative Rhythm to the Learning

The Learning Bus's music mode gives any play session a musical background. It includes catchy sing-along songs about the alphabet, motion, and more. Your child can jam on the piano or on the two wheels that double as drums, playing along with a song or creating their own melody.

Animal Musicians Play Along

While a song is playing on the Learning Bus, your child can touch any of the five animal characters to prompt them to play their respective instruments. There's a penguin with a tambourine, a turtle on tuba, a monkey playing drums, a tiger with an electric guitar, and a bunny bus driver that sings backup vocals.

Operating the Learning Bus

Our testers found the LeapFrog Touch Magic Learning Bus extremely easy to operate, just as you'd hope a toy for children as young as two would be. As with many children's toys, be aware that this one produces a lot of sound during play. There are only two volume settings, and the lower one isn't necessarily "quiet."

LeapFrog My Own Leaptop (choose green or pink) - $33.90


 
My Own Leaptop
The pretend computer play with My Own Leaptop gets even better with a new larger screen. Explore four learning modes and even customize My Own Leaptop to spell your child's name. Send and receive pretend emails, learn letters and animal names, and sing along with 16 songs and melodies. My Own Leaptop is recommended for children age 2+ years old.
Features
Leaptop's new, larger screen makes the pretend computer play even bigger, featuring 26 fun animal animations. Tap away in four learning modes, including ABCs, Messages, Games, and Music. In ABC mode children can hear the letter, the letter sound, and a word using that letter. In Message mode children can pretend to send and receives emails with Scout. In Games mode, play fun animal trivia and letter games to reinforce the learning. In Music mode, choose from 16 fun songs and melodies. Personalize the play by learning to spell your child's name together. Plus, a perfectly-sized handle enables on the go fun—wherever and whenever.
A Cool and Colorful Kids' Laptop
The Leaptop takes the spirit of a real laptop computer and infuses it with an appealing, kid-friendly design. This durable and organically-shaped plastic case opens like a laptop. The Leaptop's lightweight and convenient handle makes it a travel-friendly learning toy. Kids will love switching between the ABCs, Messages, Games, and Music modes, which are accessed with the moveable mouse switch. Each Leaptop has one of two puppy hosts, Violet or Scout. Alphabet and early vocabulary learning is reinforced with every tap of a letter as children play on a laptop made just for them. Fun animations bring the learning to life, and children are able to pretend to exchange emails with Scout or Violet. 
Teaches
  • Exploring the Alphabet: Even very young children can begin to recognize some letters, especially the letters in their names.
  • Early Pretend Play: Pretend play gives children a chance to act out different experiences and roles they see in their world.
  • Music and Sound: Making and listening to music helps young children notice and attend to different sounds and rhythms.
  • Exploring Animals: Even very young children can begin to name animals and identify the sounds they make.
  • Computer Literacy: Young children can become familiar with a keyboard as they are exposed to common computer terms and interactions.

LeapFrog Touch Magic Ocean Music School - $29.90



Discover an Underwater Musical World

Choose an instrument to play, layer it over your favorite beat and learn about music with help from five ocean friends including Octopus and Starfish. Make learning discoveries with every tap, slide and touch. The light-up board even has a handle for easy portability around the house or on the go! The Touch magic Ocean Music School is recommended for children age 3+ years old.
Features
The Ocean Music School board lights up as your child explores with music and instruments. Jam along in 3 learning modes: Compose, Play and Game. In Compose mode children can mix musical background loops and play along with band member instruments. In Play mode children can tap, slide and touch on instruments to explore musical sounds and create their own music. In Game mode children can play a game to learn and explore colors, musical instruments and ocean animal names. Choose from 5 musical instruments to play, including a keyboard, trombone, drums and more. Kids will love the musical swirl feature which speeds up and slows down the tempo with the touch of a finger.
LeapFrog Learning Difference
Musical play is an important of a child's play diet. Age-appropriate music activities can have long-term effects on children's development, including language skills, math skills, and their creativity. "Research continues to show that early musical experiences can benefit children's development. [Touch Magic Ocean Music School] is packed with numerous open-ended ways to explore with music, instruments, rhythm, and sounds to help children exercise their creativity and build confidence through musical play." -Clement C., Leapfrog Learning Expert
Teaches
  • Imagination and Creativity: Play that encourages children to use their imaginations, fosters creativity.
  • Music: Making and listening to music can increase a child's creativity as well as support language, math, and physical development.
  • Colors: Naming colors gives children words to describe themselves and the world, fostering language development.
  • Early vocabulary: Children expand their listening vocabulary by matching pictures to words.

LeapFrog Lettersaurus - $23.90




Roar, sing and learn letters. Lettersaurus is the dinosaur pal that helps little learners explore letter names, letter sounds, colors/colours and music. Each press of the 26 colorful/colourful letter buttons on his back rewards children with a familiar tune, and pressing his head lets them sing along to the Alphabet Song. You can even make letter learning a personal experience by adding in the first letter of your child's name. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. Appropriate for children ages 12 to 36 months.

LeapFrog Shapes And Sharing Picnic Basket - $29.90


Play, Learn, and Share

Set a space for fun, learning, and sharing. The Shapes & Sharing Picnic Basket helps little learners explore shapes, colors, manners, and more. Over 30 audio responses encourage pretend play, and the 14-piece set helps children build motor skills as they sort, match, stack, empty, and fill. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. Recommended for children ages 6 to 36 months.
Picnic Please
The Shapes & Sharing Picnic Basket will give audio cues to your child asking about the shapes and color of the pretend food. Be polite at the picnic because The Shapes & Sharing Picnic Basket helps teach manners such as please and thank you.
Play Alone or with Friends
Lift the basket lid to hear sweet instrumental music and fun sound effects. Fun and educational learning songs will have your child singing along and learning for hours. The Shapes & Sharing Picnic Basket encourages your child to independently play by reminding them to push the song button, lift the basket lid, sort and match the pretend food and more.
Teaches
  • Shapes: Children can discover squares, circles, and triangles with three songs about shapes.
  • Manners: Children can learn about sharing and manners in a Please and Thank You Song.
  • Pretend Play: Pretend play offers a creative outlet that strengthens a child's understanding of the world as she acts out stories he knows and situations he observes in the adult world. As imagination grows, dramatic play becomes more complex.
  • Colors: A rainbow song and fun food hunt questions help children explore different colors.
  • Motor Skills: Emptying and filling the picnic basket and fitting the foods into their spots on the plates help children build fine motor skills.

LeapFrog Letter Factory Phonics and Numbers - $49.90














                                              
  • Get practice with phonics and counting!
  • Interactive tiles talk, teach and sing! Includes 36 tiles, including letters A-Z and numbers 1-10
  • Tactile play with the individual tiles helps reinforce the curriculum
  • Letter Factory Phonics and Numbers is appropriate for children ages 2+ years
  • Parents can connect to the online Leapfrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, 22 May 2014

LeapFrog My Talking LapPup (choose green or pink) - $21.90




Learning fun with a lively puppy pal. More than 40 songs and activities with an animated puppy pal help baby explore shapes, colors, counting, opposites and even peek-a-boo play. Face lights up and mouth animates as Scout sings and plays with your child. Perfect for on-the-go play and learning as little ones explore shapes, counting, opposites and colors with Scout. Little ones can lift and close the lid for an interactive game of peek-a-book with Scout. My Talking LapPup with Scout is appropriate for children ages 6 to 24 months. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning.


LeapFrog Lil' Phone Pal Phone - $11.90



Baby’s First Phone from Leapfrog
With contemporary colors and an adorable animated monkey, Lil' Phone Pal is a kid-safe, age-appropriate toy that's fun for baby. Baby can press buttons to play music, explore numbers 1,2,3, hear phone greetings and practice talking with a funny phone friend. The LeapFrog Lil’ Phone Pal toy phone is recommended for children ages 6-18 months old.
You Can Have Your Phone Back
The LeapFrog Lil’ Phone Pal is a fun way for baby to have a phone, just like mommy or daddy. Make play time educational while fun songs give baby exposure to phone greetings and numbers. 10 phone conversations will have baby practicing language development and strengthen her understanding of the world around them.
Hear from LeapFrog's Learning Expert
“Early pretend play lets children exercise their imagination and use cognitive skills as they emulate adult manners they observe.”— Clement C, LeapFrog Learning Expert
Teaches
  • Learning About Numbers: Children are introduced to number names and number order through counting games and activities.
  • Fine Motor Skills: The development and coordination of small, refined muscle movements allow infants and toddlers to use their thumb and forefinger to grasp small objects, paint and eventually learn to write.
  • Pretend Play: Pretend play offers a creative outlet that strengthens a child's understanding of the world as he acts out stories he knows and situations he observes in the adult world. As imagination grows, dramatic play becomes more complex.
  • Language Development: Songs and games can introduce children to the sounds of language.

LeapFrog Farm Animal Mash-Up Kit - $19.90




Introduce toddlers to the world of animals, colors and logic!
Mix and match animal tiles to create 36 real or silly animals. Every combination plays a song about the animal you've made. Have fun with silly combos like a pig-duck...and its sound "oink-quack”. There are three ways to learn: tactile, audio & visual learning.
Features
The LeapFrog Farm Mash-Up learning toy features 12 adorable sculpted farm animal tiles. Combine these tiles to create a horse, pig, duck, lamb, cow and dog on the interactive animal tile reader. Hoedown to familiar barnyard classics as Farm Mash-Up plays 5 tunes including: Old MacDonald, She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain, Farmer in the Dell, Skip to My Lou and Oh Susanna! Familiar barnyard tunes reinforce listening & recognition. Hear animal names and fun facts with every match. Press tiles to hear animal sounds and learn about colors. The colorful storage bin with handle makes this learning toy clean and portable. Farm Mash-Up is recommended for children ages 1-3 years old.
Hear from LeapFrog's Learning Expert
“Kids love to learn with funny, musical characters! This amusing toy engages both parents and kids, stimulating children’s creativity with a silly sense of humor. Through mixing and matching, Farm Mash-Up lets children explore animals and sounds for hours of laugh-out-loud learning fun!” —Clement C. LeapFrog Learning Expert
Teaches:
  • Animal names and sounds - Children explore different animals and the sounds they make.
  • Matching - Matching like objects develops logic and reasoning skills that foster early math and literacy development.
  • Colors - Naming colors gives children words to describe themselves and the world, fostering language development.
  • Motor Skills - Motor skills allow children to coordinate the muscles needed to pull, push, grasp, point, and write

Saturday, 10 May 2014

LeapFrog My Pal Scout - $32.90



My Pal Scout
Give learning a personal touch with a soft, cuddly puppy pal. Scout is a plush, interactive learning toy that can be personalized to learn your child’s name and favorite songs, colors, food and more. Just connect the pup to a computer and start personalizing. Then, turn the teaching over to Scout and explore first words, numbers, daily routines and feelings. As children play with Scout, friendly activities encourage them to talk and sing along. This interaction can help develop early language skills as children start down the path to literacy. My Pal Scout is appropriate for children ages 6 to 36 months.
Teaches
  • Learning about numbers: Children are introduced to number names and number order through counting games and activities.
  • Introducing Daily Routines: Learning about daily routines help children develop a sense of time and sequence.
  • Learning about Feelings: Even very young children can begin to recognize and express their feelings, as well as the feelings of others.
Play, Laugh and Learn
Enjoyable music, sing-along songs, and lullabies are always available at the press of a paw. Press the Daytime Songs paw to sing along with up to five different, active, upbeat songs. When children are ready for new challenges, parents can connect Scout to a computer and select, download and swap in new tunes. To play learning games with Scout, press the Activities paw. The puppy starts the conversation by asking about your child’s favorite things, but the interaction doesn’t stop there.
Scout has lots to say, and this includes silly surprises like counting hiccups and pretending to be other animals, as well as more thoughtful communications, like talking about feelings. (For example, Scout might say: “I feel happy; show me your biggest smile.”) When it’s time to wind down from the day’s adventures, press the Lullabies paw to hear soothing lullaby music. These mellow tunes transition from a day of active learning to quiet naptime or nighttime. Once again, parents can choose and change the songs found in the Lullabies paw by downloading up to 5 new melodies and setting Scout for 2, 5, or 10 minutes of blissful bedtime music.
Personalize the Learning Fun
Scout is here to help children learn, and you can teach him a few tricks, too. Select your child’s name from a list of thousands, and Scout will express his love and friendship by the name you select. Personalize the learning even more by customizing Scout with your child’s favorite animal, food and color. Your pal also stores and plays up to five daytime melodies and five nighttime lullabies from a selection of more than 30 tunes you can download to Scout.
Parents can connect to the LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. For each LeapFrog toy on your child’s path, you can see the skills explored during play and learn about what comes next. With Learning Path, you can get customized emails with learning tips and creative ideas to enrich and inspire more learning adventures and, find additional learning toys that match your child’s passions and interests.

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Disney Frozen Pull Apart and Talkin' Olaf 14" Plush Toy from Just Play - $89.90





Olaf will be sure to make you laugh with all of his funny features. Pull him apart and he retracts back together while playing silly sounds. Press Olaf's buttons to hear him speak and tell jokes.
Olaf stands 14" (35cm) in height.