LeapFrog Tag – A ‘Must Have’ Toy for this Christmas

This Christmas, the Practical Parenting Gold Award winning new LeapFrog Tag Reading System, will take learning to read to a whole new level. Combining the enjoyment of reading with an interactive learning experience through fun games and activities, Tag has already been tipped by Woolworths and Argos as one of the top new toys for Christmas.  [See Agros Top Christmas Toys and Woolworths Top Christmas Toys]

LeapFrog Tag

The Tag Reading System consists of an electronic reader which, when used with the range of exciting LeapFrog book titles, makes story time come to life. With every touch Tag’s built-in camera reads words and pages aloud, with characters and pictures making noises to enhance the reading experience. The groundbreaking Tag technology helps children learn to read, develop their vocabulary and learn how to spell, through games and activities within the books.

The Tag system works by “reading” by identifying dotted media. A small, sophisticated infrared camera works as an imaging system to recognize letters, words, and symbols when written on special dot-patterned paper. Using an optical pattern system and digital processing techniques the Tag reader can determine its precise location within the dot media. This enables a child to jump around within a book, or back and forth between different books in a seamless way.

There are more than nine titles in the LeapFrog Tag range, from classics such as Paddington Bear and Dr Seuss, to contemporary characters like Ariel from Disney Princesses and Po from Kung Fu Panda.

The current full list is:

Disney Pixar Cars
Disney Princess
Kung Fu Panda
Go Diego Go
SpongeBob Square Pants
Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends
Olivia
Paddington Bear
Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat

Exciting titles due to launch in 2009 include Dora the Explorer, Scooby Doo and the eagerly anticipated Madagascar 2. Tag stores up to five titles and is small enough for learning on the go.

A unique benefit of Tag is that it connects to a brand new online Learning Path*: a dedicated website where kids can unlock fun rewards and activities and parents can follow their child’s learning progress.
Tag is suitable for 4-8 years old. RRP £39.99 which includes the title Ozzie & Mack

The new technology means that children are no longer confined to repetitive books. With Tag, reading becomes a joy and a game! Children are now able to get a sense of independence as they can to read by themselves or with their parent. For more information visit www.leapfrog.com/tag

Get this Year’s Top Toys at Boots

The Toy Retailers Association recently listed their Dream Toys list for Christmas 2008, which reported here.

Boots are stocking 5 of these products which can be ordered online.

Gr8 Girls Cup Cake Maker – £30

Girls will have hours of fun cooking and decorating delicious cup cakes with Gr8 Girls Cup Cake Maker.
£30.00

Click here to buy.

FurReal Friends Biscuit My Lovin’ Pup – £150

FurReal Friends Biscuit My Lovin’ Pup is a fully interactive life-size golden retriever and a perfect friend for dog-loving kids.

Click here to buy.

High School Musical Dance Mat – £25

Dance and groove with this High School Musical Dance Mat!

Click here to buy.

My Life – £50

My Life lets you have fun by making a virtual life that can be shared with your friends.

Click here to buy.

Clone Wars Helmet – £30

This Clone Wars Helmet features voice amplifier and plays signature phrases.

Click here to buy.

At the time of writing, you can also get 600 extra advantage points when you spend £60 at Boots!
Click here to visit the Boots online store or click on the banner below for one of their latest online offer.

Woolworths Toy Sale – 3 for 2 Offers

All this week, until Midnight Sunday 19th October, Woolworths have a great 3 for 2 toys offer.  Shop early for Christmas and get some real bargains.

The offer applies to all toys showing this tag:

3 for 2 on Toys at Woolworths

When you buy 3 toys you get the lowest priced toy for free.
For the girls the offer includes:

Hannah Montana Electric Guitar and Microphone

High School Musical Feature Doll – Sharpay

For the boys offer includes:

Indiana Jones 4 Temple of the Crystal Skull

Dr Who Dalek Helmet

For pre-school offer includes:

Thomas the Tank Engine and Cranky Deluxe Set

Black and Decker Toy Workbench

To see the full range click here.

Top Toys for Christmas 2008 prediction from Toys R Us

Toys R Us has just announced its top toy predictions for Christmas with High School Musical, Hannah Montana, Ben 10, In The Night Garden and Nintendo Wii expected to be topping Christmas wish lists this year.

This year’s top Christmas toys see many traditional toys in the list with High School Musical, Hannah Montana and Baby Chou Chou My First Tooth doll all expected to be high on every girl’s wish list. For boys it’s Ben 10 and his Omnitrix watch, classic Doctor Who Figures, Star Wars Clone Wars, Lego and the latest craze Bakugan Battle Warriors.

For the younger ones, In The Night Garden Upsy Daisy and her bed is joined by the ever popular Dance with me Teletubbies.

Technology toys and gadgets will be important this year with Biscuit – The Interactive Pup, Silverlit Picoo-z helicopter and two handheld games, Catch-a-beast and My Meebas in high demand.

This year’s top board game will be the Latest Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition, allowing you to travel to the cities across the globe.

Video Games and consoles will be key with Nintendo DS Lite and Wii in hot demand with an exciting range of games for all the family.

The Asus Eee PC has revolutionised portable PC usage and promises to be a massive hit this Christmas. The super light compact laptops are available from under GBP170 with pre-installed full Windows XP or the intuitive Linux Operations System.

Bikes will again be in high demand, along with trikes, go-karts and battery powered vehicles.
Here is the full list of Top Toys for Christmas 2008

- High School Musical Dance Mat

- Hannah Montana Tour Bus

- Baby Annabel Doll

- Ben 10 Action Figures

- Ben 10 Omnitrix Watch

- In the Night Garden Upsy Daisy and her Bed

- Dance with me Teletubby

- Lego

- Star Wars Clone Wars

- Dr Who Classic Figures

- Bakugan Battle Brawlers

- My Meebas

- Catcha Beast

- Fur Real Biscuit

- Silverlit Picoo-Z Helicopter

- Nintendo Wii & Nintendo DS

- Monopoly Here and Now; the World Edition

- Baby Chou Chou My First Tooth Doll

- LeapFrog Tag

- LeapFrog Musical Fold Up Trike

- Asus Eec PC 7″ Laptop

- Nintendo Wii and DS Lite