I love Leapfrog toys. My daughter loves all the ones we have and they are educational and durable. This toy was my first choice to take with us on vacation for the hotel and the plane. What a mistake. The concept is very good however many things need improvement. The books that you use with this have thin cardboard pages. My daughter had destroyed a few pages in a week. Also when you turn on the page you have to press go for the reader to know which page your on. This frustrated my daughter who would turn pages and touch the pages only to have it reading the previous page. She had a little more fun with the card that is included with the book but it occupied her for a very short while. My daughter likes to do things on her own so even when I tried to help her with this we ended up more frustrated than anything. We then went out and bought the Fisher Price Learn Through Music and have had much success with it instead. We are saving this for when my daughter is a little older and will be able to control this better. It is a very good toy but I feel it is better suited to children old enough to exhibit the patience this toy requires to properly play with it. my daughter is almost 2 and very smart but this was one toy that truly frustrated and upset her to the point where she'd throw it aside and play with something else.
I love Leapfrog toys. My daughter loves all the ones we have and they are educational and durable. This toy was my first choice to take with us on vacation for the hotel and the plane. What a mistake. The concept is very good however many things need improvement. The books that you use with this have thin cardboard pages. My daughter had destroyed a few pages in a week. Also when you turn on the page you have to press go for the reader to know which page your on. This frustrated my daughter who would turn pages and touch the pages only to have it reading the previous page. She had a little more fun with the card that is included with the book but it occupied her for a very short while. My daughter likes to do things on her own so even when I tried to help her with this we ended up more frustrated than anything. We then went out and bought the Fisher Price Learn Through Music and have had much success with it instead. We are saving this for when my daughter is a little older and will be able to control this better. It is a very good toy but I feel it is better suited to children old enough to exhibit the patience this toy requires to properly play with it. my daughter is almost 2 and very smart but this was one toy that truly frustrated and upset her to the point where she'd throw it aside and play with something else.