Educational Insights Hot Dots Preschool Reading Set - Preschool Workbooks with Interactive Pen, Homeschool Learning Activities, Learn to Read Activity Books for Kids Ages 4+

Easy self correct book. Engaged my child when tv time was over. I consider it a transition activity as it hold her attention for 10 to 15mins at a time. Love that you can mute the sound. Pages are sturdy and difficult to rip.

This has been the perfect learning tool for my 4 yr old son! He knows his capital letters, but has trouble with his lower case letters. There are a couple of sections that cover that and he's progressed a lot because of the book. I was pleasantly surprised to find that along with that are more difficult sections that he can work up to. I feel like this is a toy we can use for a long time. He is loving all the pictures in the books, learning his letters, and especially loves the silly noises that come from the dog pen. It takes a little coaching at first, but after he figures out a section he is able to do it independently. I've seen some negative reviews on the product, but it seems unrealistic to expect a toy to teach something to your child without some guidance. My 2 yr old son also loves the books and I can use them for teaching him words in general, because the pictures are great. Already recommended these to a friend!

These Hot Dots preschool books are a fantastic learning tool for young kids. The interactive pen makes it fun to practice early skills, and my child stays engaged longer than with regular workbooks. Great for building confidence and independence!

This stopped working less than 6 months after minimal use. It wasn't the batteries and the pen wasn't detecting the correct answers.

What a nice educational task for my grandkids!!

This is cute and I love that, compared to say LeapStart, I didn't have to download any audio/data - it was ready to go right out of the box (with some batteries, of course!). I was going to purchase a LeapFrog LeapStart, but the numerous frustrations I read about with downloading the audio/data pushed me away from what I thought would be a cool product. This seemed much easier to use. There will definitely be a learning curve with how it works, but I think it is a nice idea. Additionally, there are some questions written above, so these would need to be read to the youngster by a fluent reader so that the learning activity made sense. It's not like LeapStart, which I believe just speaks to you, so there may need to be some adult supervision/guidance.

So, I purchased thus item for my 4 year old to prep him for Kindergarten. The item worked great for one night. Then, when using it the next day the doggie pen says everything is incorrect. I tried all the troubleshooting tips. I even replaced the batteries. But nothing worked so I will be returning. Hopefully, this pen was a fluke and I can get another one that actually works.

My grandkids loved this. Educational learning while they are at home. Age of two of them were 5 .