วันจันทร์ที่ 28 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2552

LeapFrog My Pal Scout / Violet Review

We are all very impressed with My Pal Violet. Even Grandma, Mom and Dad like to love her! Dot (18 months) will get it and embrace it often, which is an extremely rare event with anything else. (Even Momma just got a hug from her ever!) She has quickly made this her favorite toy.

This toy has options to download the best of programming that is to say and write the name of his son. I just wish they had "Dot," as one of the options to name, we are now using "baby", which is good, but definitely not the same. I am hoping the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and I keep posting in the forums of Leapfrog to get your name added to the list.

The first few days, Dot was obsessed with the "off" button / foot, and would get very frustrated. You see, that is the one with the red circle on it, and red seems to be more attractive to babies. It was a couple of days before I could convince her that the other legs were much more interesting. It's good to have a mechanism for silencing fast, but perhaps it could be a tweak of the ear or tail instead of the button shank. What would really make this toy the best (and I would pay even more for it) is if I could load my own MP3 songs or other leg-room, with two, five and ten minutes options similar to the lullaby foot.

Every morning after breakfast, rocks Dot Violet:

The song Lullaby is a wonderful idea, although I found most of the songs is a little too optimistic. I always look slow and soft melodies, and hard pitches with nothing on it. Thanks to a wide range, we found five songs that we love. It would be nice if there was a small white LED on your brand that would give a constant light during the soft lullaby music for added comfort in a dark room. The red there now just makes the tag look red instead of purple when flashing.

The game music and the legs are very creative! At first, Dot has learned to go through all that a fraction of a second at a time until he hit his favorite music. Now, it at least a pause for "My Favorite Song" and one who spells her name. She also likes to do imitations of animals. She can not talk yet, but at fourteen months she would meow, bark and moo! She is learning the signs of all animals and like when Violet asks her about them.

Dot likes to separate the Velcro on the back! If there was a small part in the middle that was a little bigger, it can prevent little hands from pulling it open so easily. At least it's very well made and safe, even when it is open!

For a little background about how My Pal Scout arose, see this post by Jeff Katz, LeapFrog CEO:
Creation of new products goes beyond the Elves at the North Pole.

Along with the Alphabet Pal, this collection of two small LeapFrog items has impressed me with the company and I'll be making more purchases in the future. I am extremely picky about Dot's toys, opting for less, more quality toys that serve an educational purpose. She is very intelligent and active 18-month-old who can read about 100 words, identify all parts of your body, to identify many animals through sounds and ASL signs, distinguish ten different shapes and 9 basic colors, manipulate shapes a shape-sorter toy, and even find middle C on the piano. She lives in learning and I'm glad that provides LeapFrog products to help consolidate this very important aspect of childhood and help you become a life-long love of learning.

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