The electronic reading pen contains a small infrared camera that recognizes letters, words and symbols printed on the pages of Tag books. The pen delivers audio, games and activities that correspond with the specific book the child is reading. Tag's 16MB memory capacity allows it to hold up to five books at any given time. Tag also tells parents which words kids are reading well, and documents the amount of time kids spend reading.
— As of 8.03.2010, this product had 4 out of 5 stars from 43 reviews on Amazon.com and was No. 50 in the top 100 best-selling toys and games. PROS: Educational, entertaining and portable. CONS: Requires a computer with USB port and CD device. Is not compatible with some MAC computer systems.

The handheld system provides children with fun activities and rewards that encourage continued play while allowing parents to see what their child is learning and share in their accomplishments. The system features auto-levels that adjust games to fit each child’s particular skills and progress, so children are appropriately challenged.
— As of 1.06.2011 this product had 4.5 out of 5 stars from 51 reviews on Amazon.com and was No. 17 on the top 100 bestselling toys and games. Pros:Very soft; appeals to girls of all ages. Good quality and multi-purpose. Cons: Difficult to wash and gets dirty easily.

LeapFrog’s Spin & Sing ball musically introduces babies to letters and animals, while encouraging language development and motor skills. The colorful spinning wheel matches each letter of the alphabet with a different animal, all in three fun learning modes: letters, animals and music. Launch date: July 2007.
 —  As of 8.30.10, this product had 5 out of 5 stars from 19 reviews on Target.com and was listed in the top 30 best-selling toys and games. PROS: Durable, entertaining and educational.

Toddlers can now invite another friend to join the band and play LeapFrog’s new Learn & Groove Animal Sounds Guitar. The colorful guitar, complete with whammy bar and fret button, introduces numbers and animals in English or Spanish, while encouraging little ones’ exploration of music and guitar sound effects. The guitar’s three fun learning modes—numbers, animals and music—will keep kids jamming and learning. Launch date: July 2007.

The WordLaunch system is a carnival-themed multimedia adventure that engages children and encourages them to learn, through animated games that offer fun rewards. The system recognizes 2,000 preschool and kindergarten words and actively helps children learn 300 common three- and four-letter words. The system comes ready to play and includes the magic word machine, TV connector cable, 32 letter tiles and an alphabet tray for organizing and storing the letters. Launch date: July 2007.

The Brightlings Exploration Station offers new worlds for babies to discover each time they play. When babies drop a play pal into the Tumble Tunnel, they’ll hear musical chimes; in toddler mode, children will hear counting, from one to ten. At the Greetings Gate, baby mode is all about opposites, while toddlers can hear the word “hello” in five languages! Babies will love the three included Bitty Brights play pals, who dance with the colored ribbons on Rainbow Balcony and bounce with the Bobblers. Launch date: July 2007.

FLY Fusion Pentop Computer enhances homework productivity by providing easy access to subject information for faster problem-solving and real-time homework support. New for 2007 is a sleeker design and improved hardware capabilities. Students can upload notes and drafts they write on special FLY paper to a PC and convert them to word processing or e-mail documents. Users can also download useful applications for their FLY Fusion platform, as well as store and play an album’s worth of MP3 files. Launch date: July 2007.

This product turns any TV into a child’s first computer, featuring a desktop experience that looks and works like a grown-up PC. It delivers a safe, age-appropriate computing experience through engaging games that help children build important preschool and basic computing skills. The system features a cartridge console that plugs into the TV and a working desktop, as well as a child-sized, wireless keyboard and convertible mouse for righties and lefties. Friendly green puppy Scout guides children through leveled-learning activities involving keyboard navigation, mousing, phonics skills, simple math, shapes and more. “The ClickStart system is a welcome tool for parents who want their children to benefit from using a computer, but would rather spare their high-end desktops the task,” Erin Nelson of LeapFrog told TDmonthly. Launch date: Fall 2007.

These fun-to-use maracas feature twinkling lights, silly sounds and lively music, and introduce numbers from 1 to 10 and the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple in both English and Spanish.

Benefit from 15 activities, including bilingual learning for letters, numbers, colors, shapes and musical instruments. Learn ‘N Groove for sitting babies or standing toddlers.
— As of 7.27.2010, this product had 4.5 out of 5 stars from 568 reviews on Amazon.com, and was listed No. 34 in the top 100 best-selling toys and games. PROS: Colorful, appeals to a wide age range and entertains consistently. Includes bilingual feature. CONS: Children might try to climb on it.

Children can create more than 325 three-letter words with interactive, magnetic letters that sing and teach, and are based on the LeapFrog Talking Words Factory video. The Word Whammer features three modes of play: letter hunt, word builder, and word hunt. Lights follow each letter during play to reinforce the learning. Volume control and 3AA batteries are included.

This is the only basketball game that teaches numbers and counting all the way to 100 – in both English and Spanish. The product features rally sounds and a cheering crowd for encouragement, and children can choose the counting mode and language. The game can be attached to a chair, doorknob or wall, and includes a 3” soft ball. This product received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award for 2007.

With this portable, lightweight system, letters, words and numbers come to life with the touch of a Magic Pen, and interactive learning games, sing-a-longs and word play give kids a full-throttle jump into the exciting world of reading. Children can just snap in a book, pop in a cartridge, and be ready to read and play.

This game sends kids on a desperate mission to save the universe using the secrets of Sudoku. It’s a fun and interactive way to learn and play Sudoku. The game includes Sudoku: The Power of Nine FLYware Cartridge and a comic and puzzle book with more than 200 puzzles.

This interactive writing system will help kids learn how to compare and contrast essays, write their own persuasive essays, engage in creative writing, such as short stories and poetry, and more. The system takes them through brainstorming and outlining to editing and revising. The game includes a FLY Through Writing FLYware Cartridge, 20 idea maps, 20 pages of drafting paper, 50 pages of FLY open paper, a Story Starter, Poetry Slam, FLY thesaurus, control panel, flight manual and a storage box. Launch date: 2005. (Read Review)

Using a FLY Pentop computer, players navigate around a Harry Potter interactive Marauder’s Map and use their movie knowledge to master 15 magical games. If they think they know Hogwarts, they’ll soon find out by trying to correctly answer the game’s questions. The game includes a Harry Potter Marauder’s Map and a Quick Start Guide.

Kids can get step-by-step help solving beginning algebra homework with this handheld computer game system. FLY Through Algebra is the faster, easier way to learn how to solve simple algebra problems. It aids with single variable equations, inequalities, factoring and even graphic linear equations. The kit comes with a FLY Through Algebra FLYware Cartridge, 50 pages of graph paper, 50 pages of FLY open paper, a lead pencil cartridge, interactive glossary, key-facts study sheet, control panel, flight manual and a storage box. Launch date: 2005. (Read Review)

Kids can sing along to 10 great learning songs that are based on the Letter Factory and Talking Factory videos, while playing with Letter Factory flash cards that help them to master key phonics skills. It includes 26 letter cards, a card case and a music CD. It teaches letter names, letter sounds and learning songs.
— “Leapfrog is a consistent seller, innovative and trusted by parents,” mentioned Marcus Witt, owner of Live & Learn in Vancouver, B.C., “This product really catches the smallest learners.
— “This is a great learning toy. We find it to be a wonderful seller, and an excellent educational tool,” declared Bobbie Douglas, owner of Utah’s Best in Salt Lake City.
— M. Fields of Alexadria, Va., Kinah’s mom, said “The songs on this CD are great! My nearly 3-year-old jumps around to the music and is learning some of the songs because the tunes are so catchy.”

When Mr. Websley builds Storybook Factory to create talking storybooks, Leap, Lily and their friends act out "The Three Little Pigs," while Professor Quigley captures the scenes and words for the book! As narrator, Tad learns chunking and inflection and gains reading confidence. Children learn along with him, reading highlighted text that appears during the scenes. Kids can join this magical adventure and build a lifelong love of reading.

This Leapster offers two ways to play: Kids can learn while traveling or plug into the television, with the unique dual screen learning. advantage, children can interact with the handheld screen. This educational handheld offers multiple skill levels and tailored tutorials. Parents can share in learning experiences as they watch their children play.

Depending on what button on the globe’s base is pressed, this globe can tell users all kinds of geographic information, including population, distances, a nation’s highest point, its currency and the lowest point of large bodies of water, to name just a few features.
— Michelle Burns, supervisor at Grandrabbit’s Toy Shoppe in Boulder, Colo., who was currently sold out of the product, said they have sold out of this product a couple of different times throughout the year.
— It was an Educational Source Top 10 Toy of the Year.
— It is a best seller at the Discovery Channel Store online.

The LeapStages Infant Learning System transforms throughout baby’s first year based on the learning parents choose to match to their baby’s abilities and interests. There are four LeapStages Learning Screens: LeapStage 1, The Classical Connections screen (lying-down mode), uses music, lights, and black/white patterns to provide a variety of stimulation; LeapStage 2, The Baby Senses screen (lying down mode), shows real baby faces and plays music with real baby coos and giggles to encourage language development; LeapStage 3, With the Word Play screen (sitting up mode), rewards baby’s touches with colorful images and lights; LeapStage 4, The Learning Songs screen (standing mode), has lively melodies that promote language and memory development.

This train comes with 5 cars and an engine that displays different number of objects, which match to the number on the car, reinforcing the number/object correlation. However, the magic really begins when toddlers can attach each of the cars in any order and get a different response. With 3 modes of play, toddlers are introduced to numbers, colors, animal names, animal sounds, music and other fun sounds.

Kids listen to a nation´s statistical information, including its population size, music and currency, by touching the globe with an interactive pen. Students can compare information between two countries. The Explorer Globe includes a game that challenges players to find various spots on earth.

Cinderella and Belle help guide the user through various learning activities, such as letter hunt, spelling games, addition and subtraction games, and number find. Both Belle and Cinderella tell jokes, sing songs, and encourage the child with sweet and cheerful voices. If left unplayed for a period of time, the princesses ask, "Would you like to play some more?" and if there is no answer, the toy shuts itself off. An LCD screen displays letters, numbers and other pictures during the activities. Although there is virtually no setup, it does require 4 "AA" batteries (included).