Leapfrog Tag Reading System 32 Meg (Green)

I bought the Tag system for my, then, 5 year old granddaughter. She absolutely loves it and uses it often, taking it on holiday for the long journeys. The books keep her amused for hours and she is now a quick reader, although I am not sure how much Tag helped with this. She is now 6 and a half and still going strong. Favourite book was Cat and a Hat because of the different noises and interactive things she could do. The books can be quite expensive and I don't think they would be suitable for a very impatient child. However, it was such a success I have just bought another one for a nearly 5 year old grandaughter. She is just starting to learn to read and I hope she will get as much enjoyment from this system as her cousin!

I bought the tag reading system for my 5yr old son who has slightly delayed learning, it was easy to set up on the computer as you need to download the book to the pen before the child can use it, he loves it and feels very grown up being able to read! the child will recieve rewards for different activity's throughout the book which the grown up can add and monitor how well the child is doing and how often they use it on the account set up on the computor, its fun to read together or alone and a great way to kick start independent reading!

This 'magic pen' was a gift for my son's fourth birthday and after a fairly lukewarm initial response he has grown to love the tag reader and really enjoys 'reading' for himself! The pen is really impressive to watch in action as it 'reads' aloud not only each individual word (or page or entire story, depending on your child's selection) but also recognises all of the images in the Tag books and provides appropriate sound effects for those too. This particular version of the Tag Reader is the latest one which has a larger memory so it can actually store up to ten books at any one time (although the books do need to be purchased separately and the audio for each one loaded on to the reader via the usb cable.) This newer model does not include a CD to download the initial software. Instead this is downloaded via Leapfrog's dedicated website. The process is fairly simple but it did take longer than I'd anticipated so I would strongly recommend setting the whole thing up before giving this to an excited child! The other major difference is that the reader no longer comes with a free hardbacked book to start the child off, instead it includes a soft back 'sampler' to play with. I was really disappointed with the quality and content of the sampler as it is essentially just an advertising tool for the other books in the Leapfrog Tag range and doesn't really offer any ongoing play value for the child to use as a proper book. My son glanced through this very quickly and soon moved on to the two books that I'd had the foresight to buy separately. The only advantage to this sampler is that the audio has already been downloaded on to the Tag pen so, if you haven't had the chance to set up the system properly in advance, they can at least use the pen to 'read' through the sampler and get used to how it works and what it can do. My son has really grown to love his pen and I think it has really encouraged his growing interest and understanding of words and sentences, ready to move on to independent reading as part of his wider education. Crucially, he finds this system fun and entertaining and it is something that he is happy to use by himself as well as with Mummy and Daddy.

My 4yr old got this for Christmas and has barely put it down! lost track of the batteries!! there are so many books to collect so it's great for giving people ideas for presents! the information and attention to detail in each of the books is amazing and even when he's just listening to the story rather than interacting, he's getting so much from it. Downloading the books onto the pen is easy and it's great that it holds 10 at a time!

I bought this along with the Leapfrog Scooby Doo book for my 4-year old nephew and he loved it! He quickly got the hang of how to use it and it was so interactive and fun, yet he didn't even realise that it was also teaching him reading and comprehension skills. The free book that came with it wasn't that great - but combined with the Scooby book (or your child's favourite Leapfrog book)- will provide endless hours of fun.

this is a christmas present for my three year old grandson. It is easy for him to understand and use on his own. The books are flimsy but are excellent you would not expect a simple paper book to be so amazing. I think that we will be pleased with the tag and will buy many more books as my grandson grows. Superb!!!!!

Not many books to go with it, and they're expensive. Otherwise it's good.

We had the previous version of the LeapPad, which had a bulky form and needed cartridges to function. This meant keeping track of which book went with which cartridge, and they always seemed to go missing. Also, we had some trouble with cartridges coming loose and causing errors. This new version is so much more streamlined. You download the audio to the pen (10 books at a time), and then you can forget about cartridges. The pen knows which book you are using, straight away. You don't even need to tell it when you have turned a page. Being a bit geeky, I spent some time trying to figure out how it works. I wondered if the pages had some sort of transmitters hidden in the paper. The truth appears to be even more clever, but I won't spoil it for you! We bought the Spongebob book and the Cat In The Hat. So far, our 4 year old boy has had lots of fun. If the quality of the other books matches the old LeapPad range, there'll be plenty to enjoy. Another nice feature is the Learning Path, where parents can connect the pen to a computer and see which pages are being read the most, how well the child is doing at the games, what they have learned, etc. I'm looking forward to seeing how my son progresses. All in all, a nice update with plenty of potential. I wonder if they'll tackle the writing system next?

How genius to have one tool that can be used with the different leap frog books, games, maps and much more to discover as our daughter further develops her own skills