Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Description: 

Customize the learning by choosing from 20 different mathematics skills, then help Tinker Bell finish the scepter in time for the Autumn Revelry!

• Cartridge game works with the Leapster Explorer™ and LeapPad™ Explorer systems (sold separately). 
• Choose the mathematics skills you need to study and download them to your game. 
• Solve multiplication problems as you travel to eight different places in Never Land, including Pixie Hollow, Havendish Stream and a sunken pirate ship. 
• Join Tinker Bell, Terence and Blaze as you pilot the Pixie Dust Express. 
• Teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and early Algebra. Appropriate for children ages 5 to 9 years (grades K to 3). 

Teaches:

Early algebra

Children learn about relationships between numbers (such as 5 + 1 = 3 + 3), and detect patterns in their world.

Multiplication

Children begin to understand multiplication as repeated addition, and memorize multiplication facts to allow quick solutions to complex problems.

Subtraction

Children learn to subtract quantities from each other - with objects or symbols such 
as 4 - 3 = __.

Addition

Children learn to add, sometimes with objects, and sometimes with symbolic equations such as 4 + 3 = __.


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Disney Tangled game

Description: 

Customize the learning with over 12,000 spelling words, then join Rapunzel and Flynn on a hair-raising adventure!

• Cartridge game works with the Leapster Explorer™ and LeapPad™ Explorer systems. (Systems sold separately). 
• Create your own spelling list in the Spelling Garden game using the words you need for school. 
• Unscramble words to fix the store signs in the village. 
• Match words to pictures to help Rapunzel get through the forest. 
• Teaches spelling, reading skills, vocabulary skills and creative expression. Appropriate for children ages 4 to 7 years (grades pre-K to 1). 

Teaches:

Reading Fluency

Fluency is a reading term that means a child can recognize common words at a glance, and can read in meaningful chunks, or phrases, rather than reading one word at a time. Fluency contributes to the reader's enjoyment and comprehension of books.

Listening and Reading Comprehension


As children develop comprehension of books read aloud or independently, they explore the uses and functions of written language. They begin to construct meaning, eventually applying critical skills to make inferences and draw conclusions.


Best price Ive found this game for in SA is R199 Disney Tangled - takealot.com

Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg game

Description:

Learn how to write letters and numbers and create art as you help Mr. Pencil and his friends save the town!

• Cartridge game works with the Leapster Explorer™ and LeapPad™ Explorer systems (sold separately). 
• Help save the town by writing letters and drawing lines, shapes and objects. 
• Create your own art using cool tools, colors, filters, stamps and effects. 
• Become an animator by creating your own flip book. 
• Teaches letter writing, number writing, shapes and art and drawing. Appropriate for children ages 4 to 7 years (grades pre-K to 1). 

Teaches:

Number writing

Children learn to write numbers using proper stroke order.

Letter writing

Children use knowledge of letter names and shapes to write both uppercase and lowercase letters.

Shapes

Children learn to recognize the defining properties of shapes (such as a square having four sides of equal length and a triangle having three sides) and identify them in different rotations.

Art and drawing

As they draw, children develop spatial reasoning, visual acuity, and hand control, which later helps them write letters.

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Ben 10

Description: 

Learn about animals, DNA and geography as you try to stop Dr. Animo in this exciting action adventure!

• Cartridge game works with the Leapster Explorer™ and LeapPad™ Explorer systems (sold separately). 
• Explore geography as you play through 5 exciting levels around the globe. 
• Use science skills as you battle to free Ben's friends from the evil Dr. Animo. 
• Transform into 10 different alien forms as you defeat Dr. Animo‘s abominations. 
• Teaches geography, animal facts, life science and map skills. Appropriate for children ages 5 to 8 years (grades K to 2). 

Teaches:

Geography

Children may begin by learning about people and animals from different regions and eventually use geography as a tool to understand places, cultures, and the world in spatial terms.

Animal facts

Even very young children can begin to categorize animals by species, imitate their sounds and learn interesting facts about them.

Life science

Children learn to identify living vs. inanimate things, the cycle of life (such as adults versus children), and consider the environmental and physical needs of life.

Map skills

Children develop map skills by reading and drawing maps of familiar places and then using maps to locate places, measure distances, and compare regions.

Best price Ive found this game for in SA is R199 Ben 10 - takealot.com

LeapPad Parent Settings

How to get there.

Turn on your LeapPad  press the "volume up" and "home" buttons simultaneously. 

As you can see the menu is self explanatory .
Once you are finished press the big Green "tick / check" to save your changes. Then the "home" button to return to the normal screen.

LeapPad Set Up Guide

System Requirements: 
High-speed internet connection
Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768
Available USB port
512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
500 MB free disk space
Latest version of Adobe flash player.


PC Requirements:
Pentium 4 or equivalent
(2 GHz processor or faster recommended)
Windows XP, Vista, or 7
operating system with latest service pack


Mac Requirements:
Intel based Apple computer
(1 GHz processor or faster recommended)
Mac OS X 10.5+ operating system software.


Step 1 Install Connect Software 
Download or use disk provided to install the connect software  
Download link : http://www.leapfrog.com/en/pages/support/product_pages/leapfrog_connect.html


Step 2 Create a Parent Account

Account page link : http://www.leapfrog.com/en/login.html?redirect=http://www.leapfrog.com%2Fen%2Fplay%2Fmy_account.accountmanagementview.html

You need a parent account, so you can download learning apps, create custom skill sets with the Skill Selector option, and redeem tokens your child earns during game play for pet supplies and Micromods. It also gives you access to the LeapFrog Learning Path, which offers personalized insights into the skills your child is developing while playing with their LeapPad.

Step 3 Create your child's Profile on the LeapPad

When you first turn on the Leap Pad you will be prompted to select a Language.

I recommend UK English for South Africa. 

Then you will be prompted to set the time and date  

Your child's name and Grade level  (Use the list below to help select the correct grade level)

• Preschool, sometimes called Pre kindergarten  ages 3 and 4
• Kindergarten - age 5
• 1st grade - age 6
• 2nd - age 7
• 3rd - age 8
• 4th - age 9
• 5th - age 10
• 6th - age 11
• 7th - age 12
• 8th - age 13

Once you have done this you can turn off the LeapPad.

Step 4 Connecting the LeapPad to your computer 
Connect the LeapPad to your computer using the USB provided,  once connected turn on.  LeapPad will automatically launch the connect software (if it does not you can double click on the icon to launch it)


You will be prompted to login into your parent account at this point. 

Then it should self detect the LeapPad you have connected but if not press the find toy button.

Now you need to set up the information about your child for the learning path click on "This is played by:" to add information. 

You can add up to 3 children per LeapPad.


If you have more than one LeapPad, as I do, you will need to do this for each device individually using the same parent account.
Step 5 downloading your free apps


On the PC, click on the  app center tab 

As you can see, Story studio and Art studio are pre-selected for download, browse through the list of apps, watch the trailers and decide which other app  you want. When you have selected hit the download button.
(you will notice the list is very limited)

At this point I would go watch some TV as the first download takes 20 mins plus depending on your internet connection as you are not only downloading the apps but updates as well. 
If, like me, you have a second device to set up afterwards you should be happy to know it goes considerably faster than the first as the updates will have already downloaded to your PC. 


Step 6 Loading the apps to your LeapPad 


Now you need to click on the "on this LeapPad" button to load your downloaded gamed onto the device.

You do this by checking the boxes and it will load those apps to your LeapPad.
when you have finished press the "Eject" button at the top left of the screen and when your leapPad shows its safe to disconnect pull out the USB. and your good to GO.