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    Posts Tagged with vtech

    Top 5 Fun Learning Toys for Babies and Toddlers

    Posted September 2, 2009 by molly
    Found in: Toys

    Here are five awesome learning toys for babies and younger toddlers at affordable prices!

    Fisher-Price Interactive Baby Grand Piano $44.50

    Little ones can rock out with their very own Baby Grand Piano! This pint-sized piano teaches numbers and colors, as well as exposes them to musical concepts like tempo, pitch and style. Baby is encouraged to play and learn with the eight light-up keys and four activities with four songs led by a dancing character and “magic” music book. Features three modes: Learning, Musical Fun and Imagination.

    Leap Frog ClickStart My First Computer $39.99

    Turn your TV into a learning PC with Leap Frog’s ClickStart My First Computer. With a child-friendly wireless keyboard, console and mouse that converts for right or left-handed use, your little one will dive headfirst into the digital world. The doggy-designed keyboard has the same QWERTY key positioning as a standard version to advance their typing skills, while the mouse will teach proper screen navigation.

    Four included games provide essential skills for school and beyond. Along with computer navigation, your child will be taught letters, numbers, phonics, matching, vocabulary, word building, animal facts and more! There’s so much to learn and do inside this safe computing environment.

    Learning Resources Attribute Lacing Buttons $14.99

    String-along fun! Easy for little hands to manipulate, this 48-piece set includes large plastic buttons in four colors, three shapes, two sizes and two hole styles. Four 36″ laces and Activity Guide “lace up” a good time! Stringing the easily grasped buttons promotes eye-hand coordination, fine motor, cognitive and visual perception skills. This one is best for kids over 3 years old as the buttons could cause choking.

    Vtech Baby’s Learning Laptop $17.99

    If I had just seen this one online, I probably wouldn’t have been interested in it but my daughter was given this as a gift when she was about 6-months-old. She STILL loves it and she’s almost two! Three modes of play teach shapes, common objects, feelings and music. Light-up screen interacts with colorful keyboard and moveable mouse sized for little hands.

    Leap Frog Brightlings Builders $9.97

    Leap Frog Brightlings Builders hold fun surprises that encourage exploration! Nine pieces fit together in different ways, motivating babies to create endless combinations. Different shapes and sizes develop spatial awareness. Colors, textures and sounds stimulate all the senses.

    Shop for more affordable learning toys at Smarter.com.

    Celine Dion’s Expanding Family

    Posted August 26, 2009 by molly
    Found in: Kids' Gear, Celebrity

    First, side note…

    This morning I was reading a review of the VTech V. Smile Motion Active Learning system over at celebrity-babies:

    “For kids ages 4-7, the games are lessons in disguise: while my daughter was spending time happily bouncing the joystick from frame to frame, she was counting to 20, working through the alphabet and matching animal babies with the sounds they make. I read up on the different lessons, feeling happy that she was learning something and playing at the same time. She’s also really into the Disney Little Einsteins ($24.99) cartridge because it has all of the music and dancing that she enjoys in the show. We’re finding that the lessons are fun, integral parts of the games.”

    The system is available on the VTech website for $60, but look! You can get it for $40! What a deal!

    In other news, Céline Dion is expecting her second child. A rep for the 41-year-old singer confirmed the news to various outlets saying, “Céline and René are very happy,” and “They are crazy in love over the news … they are overjoyed.” Céline is reportedly due in May. Céline and her husband already have an 8 year old son, René-Charles. When I saw a picture of their son (who is really cute!) I was surprised to see his extremely long hair. What do you think, Moms? Would you let your son grow his hair that long?

    Image: mamamia

    Kidizoom Digital Camera

    Posted November 20, 2007 by evette
    Found in: Toys

    KidizoomKidizoom Digital Camera

                                                     Kidizoom Digital Camera: $59.99 

    Crazy, right?  A digital camera for kids.  The Kidizoom Camera by VTech works like any digital camera these days.  Your child can take & review pictures and shoot video.  The pictures & videos can also be viewed on your TV or PC.  There are photo editing options that let kids distort images & add fun frames. 

    I love pictures taken by kids.  Sometimes you have no idea what the picture is, but it’s really cute to see the world in their perspective.  The only device I can think of that was the closest thing to a camera when I was a kid was….the Viewmaster.  And this isn’t a camera at all, but you can look at pictures through it.  :) 

                         Viewmaster

    By the way you can still purchase a Viewmaster.  I found one at The Vermont Country Store for $10.95.

    Coupons for store that carry the Kidizoom Camera:

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