Electronic Toys
Red The Robot® Interactive Home Learning Set
Manufacturer: IGS Group Tel: 0845 600 1676 Web:
www.redtherobot.com
Price: £30.00 (Books and Cards available separately) Age range: 3 years +
Description: Red The Robot is a fun, motivational way for parents and pre-school settings to introduce children to the joys of reading. This interactive, teacher-designed, cuddly robot reads from adventure story books and poses questions about interactive learning cards, created in line with Phase One of the Letters and Sounds programme.
Score: 88.9%
What the testers said: “A really fun way of learning with enjoyable activities and stories. The children were immediately attracted because Red is a brightly coloured, friendly looking character. It would be better if more than one book came with the robot, and he had a wider variety of phrases when using the question cards.”
Pop Tunes Big Rock Guitar
Supplier: Little Tikes Tel: 01908 268 480 Web:
www.littletikes.co.uk Price: £19.99 Age range: 2 years +
Description: Pop Tunes Big Rock Guitar for pre-schoolers plays the songs that parents grew up listening to, for example, Police’s “Message in a Bottle”. It develops coordination and music appreciation from a young age, and is easy to use – just strum a note to play existing songs, or freestyle.
Score: 88.5%
What the testers said: “This has been an incredibly popular toy! The children loved this guitar and so did the adults, as the songs were not too annoying. We loved the fact it played well-known songs and that it had real strings for children to strum to make a sound. The toy is great for individual- engaged play, and can occupy a child for hours. One tester said; “I even heard granddad having a go in his study when the children were in bed!” Great for musical development and role-play.”
Manufacturer: LeapFrog Web:
www.leapfrog.co.uk Price: £39.99 Age range: 4 to 8 years
Description: The Leapster 2 is the first pre-school handheld games console that delivers an additional fun, safe and secure online learning experience for children. Leapster 2 has a fantastic catalogue of games to chose from, and offers parents a unique opportunity to view the learning progress that their children are making while playing.
Score: 87.7%
What the testers said: “A great product that was immediately appealing to the children, however older children lost interest after the second week. We found it very easy to use, and it is a fantastic idea that you can keep track of your child’s ability. The only negative is that the picture quality was quite poor, but this did not seem to bother the children.”
Silver Award Leapster 2
A unique resource designed specifi cally for nurseries to promote ICT, speech and communication
Interactive Early Years Red the Robot®
Get ready for reading with Early Years Red the Robot®, developed by teachers especially for pre school children.
Red the Robot® encourages children to take the rst steps in literacy and learn about rhythm, rhyme, syllables and alliteration with interactive adventure storybooks and fun and engaging interactive learning cards based on Phase One of the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.
Tel: 0845 6001676 for further details or visit
Full details of the Red the Robot® interactive range are available at
www.redtherobot.com
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