We were recently sent a pair of LeapFrog Leapreaders to test out. H is desperate to learn to read and write, but G is a little less keen, so I’m always looking for fun and interesting ways to keep him engaged. This is the perfect tool for that.
The Leapreader looks something like a big chunky pen. You use it with the books available to buy separately and when you touch it to the pages, it speaks as if by magic. Depending on the book, it either reads to you, tells you what different points of the pictures are or encouraging you to trace letter and number shapes.
We’ve loved the fact that it gives kids independence in their learning journey. We read together every evening, but this is such a clever way for them to feel like they are really grown up, reading books to themselves.
There are over 150 books available to use with the Leapreader, we’ve just ordered some more and can’t wait for them to arrive to try out.
Seeing how different my two little ones are makes me realise that all kids learn in different ways, but a technology gadget they can use themselves really does hold their interest and attention.
You can use the Leapreader with headphones, particularly useful when we have two going at the same time! It’s rechargeable using the USB cable supplied.
It’s clear that a vast amount of research has gone into designing the Leapreader and accompanying books, it seems very intuitive to how children learn, play and ‘read’. We’re very much looking forward to using them more and discovering new books with them.
For your chance to win your own LeapFrog Leapreader along with a Disney Tangled and Disney Planes Fire & Rescue book, please enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. (LeapReader RRP is £39.99 and books retail at £12.99 each.)
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Disclosure: We were provided with Leapreaders in return for this post, as always, all opinions are my own and truthful.
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The Day The Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt
at the moment it is The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Hungriest Mouth in the Sea. we love the story & educational for the children too
peppa’s washing day
Currently it is “Duck in a Truck”
We both love ELMER!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Pip and Posy and the scooter
Dustbin dad!
peppa’s washing day
all the roasld dahl stories
What the lady bird heard next! 😀
The Snail and the Whale
My sons current favourite is The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet – always makes him giggle!
The Gruffalo
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we love reading how much i love you book on a night
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is my favourite children’s book.
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My son loves Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell.
My grandson loves his Miffy book.
my daughter likes peppa pig books x
Princess and the pea!
He loves Mr Men books at the moment x
My sons love a book called ‘Peace at Last’.x
Giraffe’s cant dance.
Stickman is a favourite, i love it too, its such a lovely story
Rapunzel book!
My daughter loves the Gruffalo
Always loved Heidi
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My little boy loves so many books – A favourite we always read is ‘Guess how much I love you’
The Gruffalo’s child
He loves the very hungry caterpillar!
Don’t wake the bear hare!
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the queens knickers
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the singing mermaid, its a story about a mermaid but it all rhymes.
Each Peach Pear Plum – every time my son gets a chance to change his book at school, he comes home with this one! We’ve even got a spare copy at home, guess one is never enough!
Going on a bear hunt 🙂
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My children love Little Red Train To The Rescue
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Any of the Mog books, except Goodbye Mog!
My youngest Grandson loves Dear Zoo. It’s definitely his favourite
hungry caterpillar 😀
At the moment my son enjoys reading the ‘Harry & the bucketful of dinosaurs’ series
My Monster Is Gross.
Any Horrid Henry for 1 grandchild and any Thomas Tank for the other
My son loves The Gruffalo
My son harry is loving all the Disney story books at the moment
My grandson loves the Gruffalo
Monkey Puzzle at the moment 🙂
Three Little Pigs
My son loves supertato
Winnie the Pooh
My son’s is the very hungry caterpillar at the moment, he’s just done an assembly at school all about it! 🙂
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At the moment he’s loving a Charlie and Lola Story Collection Book. (How many times I’ve read the same ones I do not know!)
The Gruffalo
Guess How Much I Love You
we love Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
101 dalmations is my girls fave
Both Piper and Daisy love a book called ‘Father Christmas needs a wee’. they read it all the time, not just at Christmas. It’s basically a rhyming book about how father christmas drinks his way around his deliveries and then is desperate for a wee. They think it’s hysterically funny (and to be fair, it is pretty good!)
I would love to win for my great nieces in South Africa; the eldest loves books about dinosaurs
The Snail and the Whale
Little Red Riding Hood
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
thats such a difficult question as a kid I loved Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl books – I wanted to have crazy adventures.
My son loves The Gruffalo but he also loves counting/ learning books
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The Dinowaur’s Roar
Postman Bear with my little ones
Reckless Ruby
At the moment it is The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet – he loves it
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nursery rymes
Mravin gets mad is my favourite childrens book… Its about a sheep that wants an apple off the tree but falls asleep and his friend eats it… its a great book to read with young children and is so well illustrated xx
We’re going on a bear hunt
At the moment its Tiggy Tiger
My daughter’s favourite book is Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Whatever Next!
The Gruffalo is my daughter’s favourite. 🙂
the jungle book 🙂
Captain Underpants
Dear Zoo at the moment
Polly and the Puffin
The Gruffalo is my sons fave book!!
his favorite at the moment is spider sandwiches
We love The Gruffalo
The Gingerbread Man
My children love Peace at Last
Hello, Great Big Bullfrog
We have a huge range of books from Ronald Dahl to the hungry Caterpillar, especially with children aged 10,6&2
Bad Jelly the witch…
Stick Man
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The Faraway Tree – by Enid Blyton
We love Julia Donaldson book’s 🙂
Stick man 🙂 xxx
Little red riding hood 🙂
It changes constantly!! We do keep coming back to our Thomas the Tank Engine Boxset though
Grufallo
Winnie The Pooh
Guess how much I love you!
WE LOVE THE GRUFFALO 😀
Stick Man
The Dinosaur that pooped a planet
My daughter’s is the very hungry caterpillar, she’s memorized every word of it bless her
The Lucky Monkey is Williams favourite at the moment ,every night he wants to read it bless him