I have a four year old that is learning to write the letters of the alphabet. Is this cool for tracing on an ipad?
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We have used it in the school I work in with great success, so yes! That and my own children use it as well.
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You'd be amazed at what kids can do. Give them the tablet and they just take off like a rocket learning. With a few guided lessons and with just the right apps your child will certainly enjoy using and growing with the Leapfrog LeapPad Tablet. we've had ours since my son was 3 1/2 but my God daughter turned 3 this September and she sits down with it and taps away and watches videos, takes photos and tries playing games. great part is they don't grow out of it for a while when they are that long and its so durable that even if a child has the dropsy's its still safe to use. My son has thrown ours several times and it just amazes me that it still works I can't say the same for his other gaming counsel. You'd be amazed at what kids can do. Give them the tablet and they just take off like a rocket learning. With a few guided lessons and with just the right apps your child will certainly enjoy using and growing with the Leapfrog LeapPad Tablet. we've had ours since my son was 3 1/2 but my God daughter turned 3 this September and she sits down with it and taps away and watches videos, takes photos and tries playing games. great part is they don't grow out of it for a while when they are that long and its so durable that even if a child has the dropsy's its still safe to use. My son has thrown... » Read More You'd be amazed at what kids can do. Give them the tablet and they just take off like a rocket learning. With a few guided lessons and with just the right apps your child will certainly enjoy using and growing with the Leapfrog LeapPad Tablet. we've had ours since my son was 3 1/2 but my God daughter turned 3 this September and she sits down with it and taps away and watches videos, takes photos and tries playing games. great part is they don't grow out of it for a while when they are that long and its so durable that even if a child has the dropsy's its still safe to use. My son has thrown ours several times and it just amazes me that it still works I can't say the same for his other gaming counsel. « Show Less
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There are few apps that come with it, but they are very basic, lame and boring (like Pets, drawing/coloring). I never bought apps on it yet. My son who is almost 2 prefers to play with my iPad it's more fun and interesting plus you get a lot more apps for free from Apple. I'm not sure how old your child is but I do not recommend it.
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Sorry I never use iWriter or a Novel Idea. I gave the iPad to my 9 year old and I do see her using the keyboards every now and then. She always forgets to charge the keyboard so I have to do it every night.
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I like the Innotab 2 because it's pretty much like an iPad for kids. You can get games according to their age. It's very convenient.
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I don't have a mini iPad but I would imagine the digitools would be usable on yours. I would, however, think twice about buying the tools. I have two sets, with a repeat of one of the tools and they are not interesting enough to use by my 3 grandchildren. They tried using them several times and just quit because the tools were NOT that fun to use. Use that money on educational apps for your family/kids. My regular sized iPad 4 screen wasn't big enough for the tools to be used with any degree of fun behind them. Of course, that's my opinion only. I was hoping I could use them, too, but they don't measure up to what even I think is a good/fun thing to have. Now they are collecting dust........ I don't have a mini iPad but I would imagine the digitools would be usable on yours. I would, however, think twice about buying the tools. I have two sets, with a repeat of one of the tools and they are not interesting enough to use by my 3 grandchildren. They tried using them several times and just quit because the tools were NOT that fun to use. Use that money on educational apps for your family/kids. My regular sized iPad 4 screen wasn't big enough for the tools to be used with any degree of fun behind them. Of course, that's my opinion only. I was hoping I could use them, too, but they... » Read More I don't have a mini iPad but I would imagine the digitools would be usable on yours. I would, however, think twice about buying the tools. I have two sets, with a repeat of one of the tools and they are not interesting enough to use by my 3 grandchildren. They tried using them several times and just quit because the tools were NOT that fun to use. Use that money on educational apps for your family/kids. My regular sized iPad 4 screen wasn't big enough for the tools to be used with any degree of fun behind them. Of course, that's my opinion only. I was hoping I could use them, too, but they don't measure up to what even I think is a good/fun thing to have. Now they are collecting dust........ « Show Less
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I've used mine for that and it works okay, but I think that (despite the cost of special paper) the LiveScribe series does notes better. The inkling is better for sketching/drawing as the potential for a vector output is there.
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Yes and no. Yes in that a one year old probably wouldn't get the concept of what they were doing and they might not have the motor skills. The writing area is very small for a child. No in that the stylus is large and easy to hold and the 'grading' is very lenient, which means they can scribble pretty much anything and the vtech will say 'good job.' A one-year old child might benefit from pressing the buttons and hearing the letter and sound more so than the writing component.
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It can be used like any stylus, I believe. My four year old uses it on the iPad On non- leapfrog apps.
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It definitely works for both applications on the iPad, but it's not very good for either. It has a pretty sticky nib at the writing tip so it's difficult to get good quality writing, let alone nice drawings.
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My son was 2 1/2 when we got the system, and he did amazingly! The day after he got it, he had already learned to write several letters by himself. We had never practiced letters before!But it also depends on the game. Many of the games are geared towards older children.
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Hi, I have calculator which you can write out the problems on screen and I have found these stylus' to be very accurate even when writing exponents I downloaded a 'chalkboard' and found that it writes like a chalkboard in other words odds are this stylus will work on a IPAD chalkboard app. I wish I could give you more information. These are great stylus' for the price as well as how well they work.
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I use it for drawing websites and taking notes. For actual sketching any basic drawing pad would work better but if you are lets say doing home design, architecture, web design or grid based art this would work fine.
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It works only with stylus. It's too small to use as touch screen anyway. And when the child traces a circle for example the line doesn't align exactly. It's approximate. If the child is used to ipad I think he or she is not going to be very satisfied.
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Absolutely. You don't need the inserts. You can actually just use paper and a large marker and create your own letters or numbers or even words which doesn't come with the software. Just cut out some paper that fits under the tracing component and put whatever you want there... Actually, I did this (even though we had the inserts) just so I could have my twins learn to write their names and words instead of just letters.
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Absolutely! My son is 2 and a half and loves it. His favorite games on it currently are counting at the dragon cafe and the alphabet flash cards. He also loves watching the letter factory on it and has some ebooks. The screen isn't as durable as a Nintendo ds so make sure she knows to be gentle with it. I really feel it's apps are far superior to anything else I have found for educational preschool games.
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Yes..my kid is a beginner..he played before with the iphone app.. There is a lot of demos and help on youtube that you can search to help him.