If you are looking into buying a great Christmas gift for a child that is 4 to 9 years of age, one perfect gift to consider is the Leapfrog LeapPad Interactive Learning Tablet, a popular gift for kids that is packed with a ton of features. Learning tablets are very popular as gifts for kids because there are a ton of apps and games that can be used with them.
The interactive learning tablet available from LeapFrog is perfect also for parents that are simply unhappy with a lot of toys available in toy stores, which many of them consider to be substandard in terms of value. A lot of toys made nowadays tend to be of little value, and some manufacturers make them that way to ensure that parents continue to buy new toys. At the same time, a lot of these toys are simply “fun”, and toys that are only fun tend to lose their novelty after a while. On the other hand, educational toys like the LeapPad tablet are both educational and fun, and therefore clearly of higher value. They can be used over and over again, for as long as there are new apps and games being made for them.
Product Features available to the LeapFrog LeapPad Interactive Learning Tablet
- A color touch screen measuring 5 inches.
- A total of 2 GB onboard memory, compared to that of the VTech InnoTab Tablet, which only has 64 MB of onboard memory.
- Over a hundred fun apps and games for kids are featured in the library, and these are available from LeapFrog’s website.
- A camera for taking photos or recording video. Photos and videos can be used for your child’s creations and stories.
- Using Art Studio (included), your child will be able to develop his or her creativity by making works of art that can be saved in the Art Gallery, or printed out.
- Story Studio is another included app that your child can use for stories. This app will allow your child to use their own photo in the featured stories. Stories can also be altered by choosing different verbs and nouns, allowing your child to enrich their vocabulary.
- Another included app, Pet Pad, will allow your child to make a virtual pet that he or she can take care of, learn from and play with.
- Available eBooks are available in 3 different levels, so your child can easily move on to the next level once he surpasses the challenge of the current level.
- A report can be emailed to parents or guardians, or viewed via the website, allowing guardians to assess the learning progress of their child, so they can select the best skill level that is ideal for their child.