"Playing LeapPad" felt-tip pen on marker paper

My now 6 year old daughter watched the demo video for the LeapFrog LeapPad a few times this past summer and she promptly put it at the top of her birthday wish list.  My husband and I debated a bit about whether it was just an intro into video games which we wanted to avoid (and have avoided so far).  Leapfrog is familiar to us because my daughter has the Tag Reader and several books. Even after a full year she is still reading with them.  In fact my 3 year old son enjoys “reading” with the Tag Reader too.  He likes to point to different pictures and hear the sound effects.  My daughter is also a very early reader and we can’t say Tag didn’t contribute.  So the positive experiences with the Tag reader lead us to consider LeapPad. Continue reading →