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I bought this almost on a whim for my children for Christmas. I am so glad I did! My 6 and 4 yr olds love it, my 9 and 8 yr olds have been slightly amused for short times- but I didn't buy it for them. The 2 yr old loves it but doesn't "get" it and the 1 yr old just wants to play with whatever the older ones are. :) We have had it 1 week, with nearly constant use it is on set 2 of batteries. I don't find this to be overly fast, about what I would expect. If this is a problem for you, invest in rechargables or spring for the e2 by Energizer which will last a little longer.
Nutshell: Very worthwhile addition to our educational toys! If you plan on a large library though, I recommend the school version of tag - more costly but holds more books.
Pros: so many options for reading the book; the whole story, page by page, word by word, games - even mom and dad have had fun trying it out. It is compact and will travel easily. It has a jack for headphones!
Cons: 5 book limit on memory (though I have since found there is a school version that will hold 20ish books, with the size of our family we will most likely get one of those in the future)
It is true that you have to download the audio for additional books from the internet. To me this is not a con - I like it better than having a bunch of little plug in dealies to keep track of, especially since they are usually choke hazard sized. I had zero problems downloading the extra book, I didn't even install the cd. I just plugged the usb into the pen and the computer and went to the website. Really very simple and took just a few moments. For the mom who complained of having 2 kids and not wanting to take the time to do this... you don't have to sit and watch it, get it started, turn on the dishwasher and come back, it is all done. LOL. I have 6 kids (oldest is 9) so you know I am busy but don't find taking a few minutes on the internet to be a big deal at all! ;-)
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I'm so glad we opted for the tag reader with books for Christmas for our 4.5 year old son instead of the leapster. He reads his books with the tag reader several times a day and at night before lights out. My son loves books anyway, this is just a huge plus that this tag reader reads him the stories (since he can't read on his own yet). He really likes the dinosaur book, go diego, and spongebob so far, surprisingly not too interested in the cars one and he LOVES race cars/Nascar...
Now about the tag reader itself...it seems to me to be VERY sturdy and not easily breakable, also it's easy for me to upload and check his progress online and also very cool to be able to see exactly what he has been doing on that thing and to see his progress, love that! The storage case is very sturdy also I'm pleased to say, the clasps seem strong. It is currently holding 5 books and the two activity card sets (animals and mammals). Looks like I might be able to fit one more book but I'm not sure on that.
My only bother is that the reader itself only holds 4 books and the two sets of index cards. (Or five books and one set of index cards). Totally lame but I will work that in my favor and do book rotation with the stories to keep my son's interest (which is what I do with his regular books anyway and it works wonders.)
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My 5 year old son received a Tag for Christmas and he LOVES it! I love that each book has different games, and there are always options: Reading word by word as you touch; reading the whole book; or just playing the games. The only con I have found is the price of the books, it is a little high unless you order directly from the company.
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My little girl got a Tag for Christmas because we had a pretty good experience with our older kids using the previous generation - the ones where each book came with a cartridge. What a difference a few years make :)
The 'system' consists of the large pen-shaped Tag that, when loaded with the proper software from the LeapFrog Web site, has the ability to 'read' the books that LeapFrog makes available and sound words, read a page, provide sound cues for illustrations or even little parts of illustrations and challenge the kid to a game by asking questions in response to which the child has to point to specific graphic elements on the page. There is also an option for the Tag to tell the complete story in the book. The package includes the Tag, a USB wire, one small book preloaded on the TAG, software on a CD. Batteries (2 AA's) not included. Additional books or certain non-book Tag-compatible issues are available from LeapFrog.
My girl enjoys using the Tag but she needs encouragement and supervision. In other words, she was not yet wow-ed by it to the point that she would ask for the opportunity to play Tag on her own. However, when we are playing, she is quite proud when she can sound the words correctly and then checks them with the Tag and finds that she was right.
Almost as important as the product itself is the LeapFrog Connect Web site. This is where, in exchange to exposing themselves to LeapFrog marketing, parents can download content to support newly purchased books into the Tag, get tips and read articles on child learning and keep track of the child's progress.
The following is my brief evaluation of the Tag (pluses mean 'I like' and minuses mean 'I don't like'):
+ Well designed, pen-like Tag makes learning fun.
+ The available books are interesting and not boring, they can keep a child playing.
+ Updating the Tag online with new book material is easy.
- The Tag's memory is only a few Megabytes and it is therefore limited to holding only 5 books at any given time (if you have more than 5 books, you will have to constantly delete and add books off your computer). This is not acceptable at a time were a Gigabyte of memory costs only a couple of dollars and one Gigabyte would probably be sufficient to hold dozens of books loaded in the Tag. This takes away one star because it's a major inconvenience that could have been easily avoided and almost no cost to LeapFrog.
- I have some very serious privacy concerns on LeapFrog's keeping track and keeping records of my child and, presumably, hundreds of thousands of children's learning habits. Apparently, every time a parent connects the Tag to download another book, the Tag reports back to LeapFrog on everything the child has done since the last report. The LeapFrog's site shows me exactly how much time my girl spent reading, playing games, the number of questions she answered correctly and so on. I have no idea who has access to this information or how it is used or how it may be used in the future. My email to LeapFrog sent 4 days ago, asking for clarifications on this matter went unanswered so far even though the site promises a reply within 48-72 hours. I will have to take at least one star away to account for what appears to LeapFrog's grabbing private information without clearly explaining how a parent could prevent the information being taken by LeapFrog if the parent so wished.
This is my unanswered email to LeapFrog:
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Please clarify where the child's progress records are kept.
Are they saved on my computer or is LeapFrog maintaining a database of each child's progress (which would make the system more portable).
If LeapFrog keeps records of all child's activities, is there an option to stop that and keep such records private?
Your quick response if much appreciated.
Regards,
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Please note that I am rating the Tag 'high' for both 'fun' and educational value but the 2 shortcomings: inconvenience and apparent loss of privacy lower the 'overall' score significantly.
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I bought this for my 5year old for Christmas and he loves it! It was one of his favorites this year. My 4year old girl loves it too so we may be purchasing another one. It's educational and fun for the kids. My kids play with it for hours at a time. We've only had it for two weeks but so far I have no complaints!
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