Leap Frog Fridge Phonics vs Leap Frog Word Builder? Does anyone know?
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Here's the deal. You can buy the Fridge Phonics product that has upper case letters for age 2+ (product shaped like the sun). The Fridge Words product (shaped like an airplane) has lower case letters and forms up to 3 letter words -- and is for 3+. The videos roughly match the curriculum on the products... Letter Factory is for 2+ and Talking Words Factory is for 3+. Products + videos are great reinforcement of basic skills!!!
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You can spell any appropriate three letter word on this device. Letters from any Leap Frog magnetic spelling toy (like this one or a different shape) will work. I had some left over from another different shapped one that I was able to use on this item. You can also buy replacement letters on Ebay or from Leap Frogs website. Hope this helps.
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The only movies it plays are the ones you can download from the leap frog connect. Some discovery animal ones, the leap frog learning dvds and they just added episodes of word world. It does not have any music to download. So that is one major difference. The only things you are able to download have to come from the leap frog connect site. Where inno tab you can download your own music /videos on the sd card, if you can figure out the format to put them in! Someone commented somewhere......Get the LeapPad if you are steering more for education.......the innotab more for entertainment! That is what helped me. The only movies it plays are the ones you can download from the leap frog connect. Some discovery animal ones, the leap frog learning dvds and they just added episodes of word world. It does not have any music to download. So that is one major difference. The only things you are able to download have to come from the leap frog connect site. Where inno tab you can download your own music /videos on the sd card, if you can figure out the format to put them in! Someone commented somewhere......Get the LeapPad if you are steering more for education.......the innotab more for entertainment! That... » Read More The only movies it plays are the ones you can download from the leap frog connect. Some discovery animal ones, the leap frog learning dvds and they just added episodes of word world. It does not have any music to download. So that is one major difference. The only things you are able to download have to come from the leap frog connect site. Where inno tab you can download your own music /videos on the sd card, if you can figure out the format to put them in! Someone commented somewhere......Get the LeapPad if you are steering more for education.......the innotab more for entertainment! That is what helped me. « Show Less
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It has another word program. However I am not sure if it works as well. To be honest with you I barely touch this computer because it's disappointing
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I believe you need the new Leap Reader writing pen for this one. If you check out the Leap Frog website they have information on compatability and their different products. This writing pack has pressure sensitive paper for writing practice that the new pen is specially designed to use. Oh, and the pen is not included in the purchase of this pack. It can be added on separately.
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Thanks for your input. Tomorrow is her B-day, so this would be nice for her. We are working on lots of pre-school activities at this time. Do you know if the LeapPad will use rechargeable batteries?
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I'm really sorry but I don't know if it is or isn't. This was my first LeapFrog purchase and the baby lives 2,000 miles away from me. If I were you, I would try to contact the company and see if you can get an answer. All I know, is, as much as she loves it, I'm glad I bought it. :-)
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NO you cannot according to LeapFrog "Unfortunately, you will need to purchase the Refill for the Writing Workbook for the LeapReader."
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Thanks! My grandson is 7months old. I was looking at leapster but daughter-in-law says she's heard vtech is better. Which is best & there seems to be different programs which is best for his age?
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Connect to your computer and download the book audio (that has to be loaded per book you purchase for it from the "leap frog connect" program that you will be prompted to download when you connect the device to the computer. The sample book that comes with the reader is the only one that comes pre-loaded in the reader. The rest of the audio has to be downloaded through that "connect" program. If the sample book doesn't work, it may be defective, but try hooking it up to the computer with the provided USB cable before trying to return the item. Hope this helps. My son hooked it up for my granddaughter and I asked him how he did it. Hers works great.
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I am only finding these, but perhaps one is interchangeable. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Arechargeable+battery+pack+leapfrog&keywords;=rechargeable+battery+pack+leapfrog&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1405199637
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I'm not familiar with Leapfrog. I agree the price is pretty high, but I'm still happy with the purchase for a 9 year old. This globe has a ton of features usable with the stylus........ plays national anthems, tells distance or flight time between any points, talks about facts of any place you point to, has games where you have to locate countries in one minute, a reference pamphlet to go with the globe, volume control on the stylus....This can occupy a child's curiosity for many hours. I think it's just a matter of one's budget...... and don't drop the globe or stylus on a hard floor.
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Thanks once again. I ordered her LeapPad today. Got a great bundle deal from LeapFrog plus free shipping. Her school just got one this week also, so we will be able to work together.
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Thank you for the feedback. I went ahead and bought the V-Tech only because I had read the stylus sometimes didn't work on the leapster and I can see my son freaking out when it doesn't work. We are going on a long trip (overseas) so I wanted something to entertain him. The Leapster might be in our future as well however.
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To be honest, my son is very young and cant fully use it. I figured when he does start using it more, he would be up to date. I would say for the price difference, the 2 prob. Would be smarter. Leap frog has such great products, I am sure the 2 is packed with great stuff and a lot less $.
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Little Dot, I spent sometime on leapfrog.com reading about compatibility. From my understand, they should be able to work together. I would recommend looking on their website or having a chat with one of their reps to fully answer your question.
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No, you need a LeapFrog Explorer (1 or 2) or any of the LeapPads. I'd get the Ultra if I was buying something new.