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| | Features | The Tag Reading System encourages children to learn to read and to love reading as words talk, pictures sing and stories live out loudThe Tag library includes over 40 books and games based on favorite TV, movie and classic talesTag storybooks and learning activities help children build reading skills such as vocabulary, phonics and reading comprehensionThe Tag Reader holds audio for up to 10 books at a time and is sized to fit small hands with a no-slip gripParents can connect the Tag Reader online to collect fun rewards their child has earned and to see their child's play
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| | Description | Learn to read. Love to read! The #1 best-selling Tag™ Reading System brings stories to life with each touch to the pages of specially printed storybooks. Words talk, pictures sing and stories live out loud, engaging children's senses to make reading a rich, fulfilling experience. Now re-sized to better fit little hands, the Tag Reader holds audio for up to 10 titles at a time from our library of 40+ books and games! And parents can see details of their child's play and learning with the LeapFrog? Learning Path.
Features include:
•The Tag Reading System encourages children to learn to read and to love reading as words talk, pictures sing and stories live out loud
•The Tag library includes over 40 books and games based on favorite TV, movie and classic tales
•Tag storybooks and learning activities help children build reading skills such as vocabulary, phonics and reading comprehension
•The Tag Reader holds audio for up to 10 books at a time and is sized to fit small hands with a no-slip grip
•Parents can connect the Tag Reader online to collect fun rewards their child has earned and to see their child's play | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 11.81 inches | | Product Width: | 11.81 inches | | Product Height: | 5.51 inches | | Package Length: | 10.94 inches | | Package Width: | 9.53 inches | | Package Height: | 2.44 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.01 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 82 reviews |
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117 of 126 found the following review helpful:
 A Fun Toy Oct 16, 2010
By TheProf
As an educator, I'm leery of electronic aids for education purposes. I was interested in the Leapfrog TAG Reading System because my daughter had been begging for it for a long time. Overall, it was a fun toy for her but, as I suspected, not a great learning tool.
Pros:
1. It is sturdy.
2. It is easy enough to download to your computer and upload the books you purchase.
3. It was a welcome change from DVDs during travel.
4. It is simple enough that a child can use and get the "hang of" fairly quickly.
Cons:
1. I dislike that they claim to be a reading system. It doesn't help your child read, it merely reads for them. My daughter already reads so she was more interested in the games.
2. While certain stories are fun (I Spy and the Nature cards), there isn't much "learning".
3. While it may be a fairly simple start up, you still have to download the Leapfrog system to your computer, upload every time you purchase a new book, etc.
After a week or so of use, my daughter tired of it and went back to reading on her own. The books are fairly expensive for the system so unless you're willing to heavily invest in the system, it can get rather old quickly.
51 of 53 found the following review helpful:
 Engaging and educational - worth a look for every parent Nov 17, 2010
By Snap, Crackle and Pop
THE QUICK TAKE: The Leapfrog Tag Reader is a terrific toy, one that every parent with children from ages 3 or 4 to 6 or so should consider purchasing. Just plan on spending another $30-60 a year on books, so that you'll have age-appropriate books as your child grows. Also, to download the audio for a book, you need a computer with an internet connection.
FULL REVIEW: There are several ways to use the Tag Reader with the Tag books. In a storybook, the Reader will read the text for a page if the child taps a symbol. Or, a child can tap individual words to have them read aloud, or tap one of many characters or images on a page to get dialogue or a sound effect - so each page has more to explore. Some pages have letter or number activities. And some pages have games. The content on some pages is a little thin, but overall the entire system - the Reader and the books - is thoughtfully designed and works well.
I'm always a little skeptical about the claims about toys that will make my child smarter, while they are having fun. But the Tag Reader delivers on that promise:
- It's interactive and self directed, which keeps our child engaged.
- The games and activities are fairly well-designed and engaging, though a child may need some help getting started.
- All of that encourages exploration, and gets the child to go through the educational content.
- Our child also uses the audiobook mode to play an entire book at times.
The system works well for us, and provides an activity that's both enjoyable and educational. Since our 4 year old gave up naps, the Tag Reader has been a great activity for the "quiet time" in the afternoon when she used to sleep.
Every child is different, and develops in their own way, so you may need to try re-introducing the Tag Reader more than once to get your child started. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of children had to try the Tag Reader a few times before they really got going with it.
Note that the Reader is actually detecting special encoding hidden in the books, and that triggers a programmed sound - it's not actually reading the letters, etc. So the Tag Reader and only be used with the specially designed books.
WELL DESIGNED: The Reader seems well designed and durable. The electronics are all inside the case - the little point at the end has a switch built in, but it isn't fragile. And the eye of the reader is inside the nearby hole. It took a little while for our child to get the hang of how to use the Reader, but overall it works well.
BOOK SELECTION: Leapfrog currently offers about 40 books. But keep in mind that those span the entire age range, so there may only be a handful of books for your child's age and tastes. There are also some other products the Reader works on, such as National Geographic Activity Cards - Land Animals and some maps.
SETUP IS STRAIGHTFORWARD: To use a book, you need to first download the audio to the Reader, then activate that book by touching the Reader on something inside the book. The software needed for the downloads installed quickly and worked well enough for me. The Tag Reader was recognized quickly when connected using the included USB cable. The audio files are not large, so adding a book is a reasonably quick process. And you only need to do it once per book. The reader holds about 10-12 books in the 32 MB of memory, so most parents should be able to keep all the books a child is currently using on the Tag Reader. It's easy to imagine going for months without needing to update books on the Reader.
MORE INFORMATION: If you want more information, read the product description and some of the reviews for the previous version of the product: LeapFrog Tag Reading System (32 MB). Amazon has a much better description of the product there.
NOT QUITE PERFECT (BUT CLOSE): The Tag Reader has been around a while, so it's been refined. But I do have a few minor quibbles:
- The included "Let's Play Tag" sampler book isn't really much use, even as a demonstration of what the Reader can do. We never used it after the first day. I'd much rather have had a real book, or a better, expanded version of the sampler with more content.
- The instructions could be improved a little. For example, there is a diagram that points out the audiobook button, but as far as I could see there are no instructions on how to use it or what it was for. Although like most things with the Tag Reader, it's not hard to figure out.
- The USB cable that comes with the reader is a little short.
- After being used for a while, the Reader starts to talk about getting rewards online when you turn it on. I'd rather that wasn't on by default, and want to disable it.
- The software is a little bloated and rough, but works well enough.
And, while we're dreaming, it would be great if there was a way to locate the darn thing! We've lost it (in the house) a few times already.
The Tag Reader and the books go on sale from time to time, which may help make it all more affordable if you can wait.
17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Fun for Kids but, uses the Razor Selling Strategy Nov 14, 2010
By jt
My 4 yo likes this Tag pen. You should plan on getting some books when you get the pen because the included introduction book is really just a demo book with limited content. At first my boy just poked around with the pen to hear different sounds but later started working on the educational stuff and seems to enjoy the immediate feeling of success when he gets stuff right. The books are definitely overpriced at around $10+ each. Sort of the shaving razor selling strategy. You can get the pen (razor) cheap but, if you want to use it you need to pay a lot for the books (blades). Even though the kids want the movie/TV themed books I think the educational value is better in the leap character ones. They are also cheaper. If your kid really gets in to this thing plan on spending an easy $100 for all the books they are going to want.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
An excellent learning tool that happens to be fun too! Oct 12, 2010
By Steven A. Godun
"sgodun"
My three-year-old daughter is just learning words and how to read, so this seemed like an excellent way to help her discover the joy of reading. We already have storytime almost every night and she adores looking through her small-but-growing library. Coupled with her relatively rapid adoption of electronic toys (she LOVES mommy's iPad) I thought this would be a good one for her.
Out of the box you get a sample book, the unit itself, and a small instruction book showing how to insert batteries, etc. The sample book is thin, about 12 pages or so, and contains samples from a broad selection of materials. This has the advantage of introducing the TAG system to any reasonable age range and shows parents what they can expect at different age ranges. On the other hand, for $40 I would have preferred to receive at least one complete book. A young child can't really use the sampler since there's no carry-through from page to page. How can you show a child how to read a book when there's only one page in any given section?
The TAG unit itself is best described as a very fat pen, about the same size as a small tube of toothpaste or maybe a fat hot dog. It's tapered like a pen, with a point at the slim end and a speaker plus a few buttons on the fat end. In an adult hand it feels awkward to manipulate but my daughter handles it easily, holding it not like a pen but more like a handle, using "stabbing" motions to put the point on the letters, words and objects.
Setup is a breeze. Out of the box you insert the batteries (not included, naturally) and...that's pretty much it. The unit is preprogrammed for the sample book so all you need to do is push the POWER button and away you go. The volume of the TAG unit is surprisingly loud, even on its lowest setting, but there's minimal distortion even at full volume. This was also surprising to me, considering the relatively tiny size of the speaker. Volume is adjusted via push button which, though durable enough for young kids, makes fine tuning the volume impossible.
Durability seems to be quite good, having survived multiple 3' to 4' drops onto hardwood floors without complaint. A few people have negatively commented on the TAG system having a screw-in battery door. I feel this is an entirely positive trait for several reasons. It prevents the batteries from leaping out if it gets dropped and, most importantly, it prevents curious fingers from opening the battery compartment and potentially swallowing the batteries. Just about every single small child's toy that I've encountered has a similar screw-in battery door for exactly that reason. Learning to read is as much an internal experience as it is external and I have no doubt that my daughter will be using this on her own, and I am content in knowing that I can let her use it whenever and wherever she wants to without the threat of her swallowing the batteries.
Using the TAG system is about as simple as it gets. It works very similarly to an iPad or iPhone or similar touch-based system, except you use the TAG unit rather than your finger and (of course) paper books rather than a screen. Touch the TAG unit to a word and it speaks the word. Sweep the TAG unit across a sentence and it speaks the sentence. Its reading speed is entirely dependent upon how quickly you move it across the page.
As a reading tool there are three settings; one (the default) speaks words, the second speaks letters, and the third gives the phonetic sound of each letter, allowing the child to read along at exactly his or her own pace. Although my daughter was more interested in hearing the full words I thought the phonetic setting would be very useful when she encounters longer words that may be more difficult for her to pronounce or repeat on her own. You change the mode by touching an appropriate symbol on the page.
Most pages also have a number of "free spots" in them - areas which, when touched, generate a sound effect (mooing cow, etc) and/or additional dialogue or information. This is a double-edged sword; on the one hand it kept my child interested in the story, but on the other hand it often distracted her from the words. I did notice that these "free spots" are often kept away from the story words so accidentally touching a free spot while reading will likely be minimal.
The books - or at least, the sample book - is of reasonably good quality with bright colors, heavy glossy paper and sharp printing. Although I never thought otherwise, two people have asked me the same question so I guess it bears repeating here: No, you cannot use just any book, magazine, or printed word with the TAG system. You must buy TAG books. Although they look like regular books, they're not.
I cannot comment on battery life. My daughter and I have been using this for about a week or so and we're still on the same set of batteries, but that's hardly a basis for long-term evaluation.
I'm giving the TAG system four stars rather than five only because, for $40, there should have been a better book. The volume control is a bit of a disappointment as well; even though I understand the need for durability, I think the need to adjust the volume to a level appropriate for my child and the environment that she's in would be more important. I also would have liked to see a small wrist lariat so that the unit can't be thrown or accidentally dropped as easily.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Can't hold enough books Dec 26, 2011
By annoyed mom
Seriously??!! They can't make a Tag Reader that holds more than 10 books?? Really annoying that it only holds 10 books!!
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