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Product Details
- Binding: Toy
- EAN: 5055380065212
- Feature: Light the way to early writing with Scribble and Write Four learning modes can help your child progress from drawing simple shapes and pictures, to writing upper- and lowercase letters Features a child-sized stylus, single retraceable surface and stroke-by-stroke guidance Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog Children simply trace over the lights with the stylus to form letters
- Label: LeapFrog
- Publisher: LeapFrog
- Studio: LeapFrog
Editorial Reviews
Leapfrog Enterprises Scribble and Write Game 19139 Learning
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
Might be the best I've bought yet! by Sammy Jackson
I just got 2 of these for my 4 year old and letter-excited 2 and 1/2 year old. Since the boxes have been opened, they have both been enamored for over an hour. The letter instruction is accurate and straightforward. The eraser is easy to use and the stylus is at least more accurate than the one at Target where I bought these. My 2 year old loves to write letters, so I know it would be a hit for him. But my 4 year old fights writing and drawing, so it's super exciting to see him get all excited about it AND actually write decent looking letters and lines. Get it! You'll be glad you did! Perfect back to school, starting school toy/tool for your youngster!
My daughter is learning to write her letters!! by Daddy B Me
My 3 year old is starting to write and draw and this is really helping with her learning to write her ABC's and shapes. She really loves the dog Scout and the cute audio. The size of it is right on the money and is easy to take along in the car. Every letter brings out some cute responses too.
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Well worth the money! by BoysMommy
This was an Amazon gift from the grandparents to my 4 year old. He LOVES this! It teaches your child the proper way to make their letters. (My 8 year old needs one LOL!)He loves tracing the dots and sliding the eraser. It cheers the kids on after they push the paw print. He will sneak to play with it when he is suppose to be sleeping. It is currently at show and tell at his pre-k, he loves it that much. One week of use and he is going all over the house writing the first letter of his name. He has shown off his letter writing skills at the Drs. office. He now writes his letters better than his big brother in 3rd grade!
I enjoyed it more...that's not saying a lot. by MEA
Based on the positive reviews, I bought this for my 4 1/2 year old son. I wish I'd listened to the 3 star reviews. This is more like a magnadoodle with a suggestion on what to draw. It doesn't give any feedback as to whether the child follows the drawing or letter correctly. What's more is that if you don't press hard enough, your drawing won't be made. I wish I'd passed on this purchase.
Great toy but maybe a little advanced for younger 3's by Just a Mom
My just-turned-3 daughter loves this toy - we bought it in advance of a long car trip and it was helpful in keeping her attention. She calls it her "Leapster" and loves the fact that she has something electronic and portable like her older sisters have. She's a smart cookie, but due to her age, she's not really able to really follow tracing letters. I can see this being increasingly fun and interesting to her later this year. There are lots of different play features so fortunately not all of it is beyond her. She's able to turn it on and off by herself which is great for battery life, and is able to put the stylus back in it's place too. It's lightweight but not flimsy and a perfect size for preschoolers to carry around. The volume level is not obnoxious if it's on the lower setting - it doesn't drive the adults crazy. Recommended.
Update: March 2011: My now 4.5 year old still plays with this! She loves it! At this age, she is able to use her big sisters' Leapsters but she continues to come back to the Scribble and Write to trace letters and play the other games. It will probably travel on Spring Break with us again this year too. It's going on year 2 of play value (pretty impressive for a toy), so I continue to recommend it. Thanks, LeapFrog!
Great educational toy. One thing I would like to see get improved is the part you write on. It is a cheap plastic and when you write on it you can barely see what you wrote. I can see this part breaking or getting ruined somehow so easily. Those scribble pads that use a magnet are way better in this one aspect. Also the slide bar that you use to "erase" is completely open at the bottom so once you get any type of dirt, grime, food in there it will interfere with the writing.
Perfect for a 4 year old that 'hates' to write by Colorado Sea Lover
Let me start by saying my 4 year old, hates to write. He will do anything in his power not to do the letters both at school and at home. I have workbooks and he will do everything but the letter tracing. He thinks he is not as good as the kids in his pre-school class and doesn't want to be embarrassed.
I will say the prices now listed are a bit high, they were going for under twenty when I bought mine.
I had purchase this for Christmas, when I showed my husband he asked I give it to my son right away. I am so happy we did. The first two days, my son that has a very short attention span, played with this for 4 hours at a time. It was unbelievable to me. It also has a reward where after you draw the letter it has you draw things like turtles, butterflies and a house. My son really loved that.
The next week at school, my son's pre-school teacher was surprised and thrilled he finished his letter tracing. I know I have the LeapFrog Scribble and Write to thank for that.
I really love leap frog products, this one will help your child prepare for school and life.
This toy is a good toy, but I guess I was expecting more... The lights that light up behind the writing surface are small red LED type lights, and are arranged in a 90 degree pattern, so that diagonal lines appear jagged. The writing surface utilizes a dual film surface, and the pressure between the two films leaves a mark. You have to have your child press very hard to have their writing stay intact, otherwise, the film comes apart and the written image degrades. I still think this toy is a good idea for teaching basic writing skills. I think for $15, it would be a good value.
Received this as a gift for my 3 year old daughter's birthday. She likes it, but my 5 year old son loves it! My 3 year old scribbles, presses the buttons, and will sometimes follow the directions. It will be a great toy for her as she gets a little older. I was surprised how much my 5 year old likes it....took to it immediately, is practicing his letters, sounds, etc. I would definately recommend for an older 3 year old to maybe a 5 or 6 year old.
What is going on with the Amazon price for this? by Jims mom in Bham
I first saw the Leapfrog Scribble and Write and the Text and Learn on Amazon. However, I am glad I decided to shop around before purchasing through Amazon. The Amazon price is $42 for the Scribble and Write. It is $16.99 on the Leapfrog site and $19.99 on Walmart.com and in their stores. The Text and Learn is also significantly lower at both sites than on Amazon. Why are Amazon's prices so high? I am very disappointed because I love shopping on Amazon.
Fantastic Toy by KAM
I purchased the Leap Frog Scribble and Write for my son's 4th birthday. He already knew how to write his letters so this toy provides a fun and easy way for him to practice them. The toy also encourages the kids to draw pictures and he has fun following along with the verbal instructions. After playing with the toy for a few days, I also noticed that he was freestyle drawing pictures on regular paper (trying to copy the Scribble and Write) so it was nice to see that the toy seemed to be encouraging his artistic imagination and some drawing creativity. It is certainly not a miracle toy to teach kids letters by any means, but for kids already interested in the alphabet this is a great way to reinforce learning letters.
My 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son both love this toy. She will play with it for what seems like hours, he will only play with it for a few minutes at a time. The drawing game is pretty cute. I like that it shows the kids the steps for writing the letters. My daughter was writing her "y" backwards until she started playing with this.
We gave this to our 3-year-old granddaughter for Christmas and she loved it! It carefully shows the child how to write upper and lower case letters and also to draw various shapes. The friendly voice is encouraging and nicely reinforcing. The stylus is easy for a preschooler to work with. She spent hours with it, which is rare otherwise for a 3-year-old. It was her favorite among all 20 gifts. She's so excited to be able to learn to write her name. This was sadly almost the only gift we gave them that they didn't ask for the receipts so they could take their gifts back. You know that says something great about the toy and bad about other things. I highly recommend this toy.LeapFrog Scribble and Write
The kids like it a lot but... by 2isjustright
I got this because my son is terrible at his letters. He's only 4, but he is still a little behind the curve. When we first got it, he was excited and we practiced his letters. Then he started to use it like it was a Magna Doodle and didn't bother trying to use the letters. If I do try to get him to do the letters he gets bored really easily and runs away from me. :(
I was slightly disappointed at the actual part where you practice writing. I thought that the pen was somewhat electrical and would tell your kid if he was doing it correctly, but it's just a screen that sticks to the bottom and you wipe it away (like a magna doodle) when you are done. It is visible, but seems rather cheesy.
I still like this, and will continue to try to get my son to practice more.
No feedback, hard to write on by Youpple
I do not like this toy, though my son is playing with it a lot. It does not give any feedback on how accurate the line is. So he gets encouraged even when he does not do a good job. It's also hard to see the lines unless you press really hard. And he does not.
Among top 10 toys for ages 2-5 of all time!!! by Dorothy LaBar "Agabe
My Daughter received this for Christmas last year when she was just 2yo and has absolutely LOVED it ever since. It's a really fabulous toy for the car since it fits neatly in her small hands and doesn't take up a ton of space in the car's toy box. It's also not as annoying as a lot of the other ones out there these days. Since the time she started using this (now almost a year) she has not only significantly improved her letter recognition but can write virtually every letter and this toy has generated her passion for writing words and creative drawings (there are also drawing activities on this toy). Definitely one of the best buys out there!!! Highly recommended.
Great for many ages by Music-loving mommy "
I don't usually take the time to write reviews but I had to put in the good word for this toy. I typically don't buy battery-operated toys when I can avoid them but I got this for my son for his 3rd Christmas when he was just getting interested in letters. Here we are almost a year later and my (now) 4 year old and my 7 year old play with this toy all the time. It goes in the car to occupy them on long or short trips and get played with at home more than any other toy we have. Interesting side note: we have never changed the batteries. My boys love the games on it and even play with it turned off, just using the screen to draw litle pictures on their own.
How much has it helped my younger son learn his letters? That's hard to say, but I certainly believe it has helped and even if it didn't it is still a wonderful toy and a great value for the price.
Great Learning and Entertainment Toy by M. Foster "mckennamo
We bought this for my oldest daughter when she was 2.5yrs old (now nearly 4) she still loves to play with it. She has been able to practice drawing letters on it shortly after we bought it, which was impressive! I loved that it used games and tracing to help engage them. My youngest daughter also loves to play with it. She just turned 2. Even though this toy is a bit advanced for her, she loves to explore the letters and games it has. This toy also gets "handled" by both girls and not gently sometimes. It still looks and works great! My favorite use for this toy is to keep it in our car or backpack for travel. This is really handy to keep them busy in drs offices or while on longer drives.
great toy for toddlers,my grandaughter loves this toy, will play with it for awhile then put it away, but always go back to it. Mom loves is because she can take it in the car and has something to do while they are driving. Very educational and grows with the child. Very good quality, will last for more than one child. Price point is great
Great learning activity by Tiffany Rhoades "dev
I got this for my stepson shortly after he had a surgery which required him to stay laying down most of the day (at 4 years old - ha!). He absolutely loved it. Initially, he played with it all the time - he loved drawing on the screen. However, the four different settings aren't something he can keep focused on - he usually changes it quite often until the game allows him to do something he wants. I'd recommend getting this with an etch-a-sketch or similar toy as well, as your child may want to draw things that the game doesn't allow. However, it's the ONLY effective tool I've ever found to help him learn (he stays at home). He's writing now more than workbooks and activity books have been able to get him to do. Combine this with the Leap Frog DVD's and a LeapFrog reader, and you'll hit a home run in getting your child to learn letters almost effortlessly.
Taught My Two Year Old The Alphabet! by Rad Rob "Game Solsti
I really thought this was going to be just another noisy randomly played with toy, but my two year old really digs it. We bought it as a Christmas gift and by February he solidly knows at least half of the letters in the Alphabet, I'm shocked. My 7 year old also finds it entertaining and swipes it from his brother, heck--even I get caught tracing the blinking lights for fun! It also makes a dot-to-dot like butterfly, smiley face, heart and some other cute figures. This was a good buy.
Great educational toy for the money! by B. Dunning
Purchased this for Christmas for our 3 year old. She loves it and is learning how to write very well with it. This keeps her very entertained and she is learning her upper and lower case letters!!!! The only thing I wish was that the plastic "magna doodle" part of the toy was made a bit nicer. It is a bit loose on ours, but doesn't seem to affect anything so I still give it a great review. Her favourite part is the drawing section because it shows you how to make happy faces!
Love it Love it! by Vanessa M. Miller
My daughter got this gift last week for her 4th birthday and has played with it every day since. She takes it in the car with her too. It is very easy for her to use and she is so proud to be writing and drawing on her own and makes sure to show everyone what she can do. The design is very sturdy and just the right size for little hands. And especially little hands that tend to be rough on toys. It also has that cell-phone look so she feels as though she has her own little iPhone.... and is leaving mine alone.
I have to say I was very excited to get this one. Overall it seems ok, but I am disappointed in the qualiry of the screen. Its very cheaply made. It doesn't know when something is wrong, it just says "great job" whether the child does it correctly or not. I really thought it would know the difference. I dont know how long the screen will hold up. Hopefully it lasts a while. The idea of the toy is great. If they improved the screen this toy would be great!
OK, but should have a "free draw" section. by D. Braun
I got this for my almost four year old. It's OK. However, you can ONLY do what the announcer tell you to do ["draw a star..."] there is no option just to draw on your own with the lights. [You can draw with it turned off...not as fun.] I have a feeling this one may end up at the bootom of the toy pile. It's too expensive for that.
It alright. . . just alright by hilaryw2
My daughter loves this toy. . . that being said she is 2. My 4 year son however, who I got it for to help with his writing, could care less about it. The reason I didn't rate it higher is because it doesn't realize when someone is just scribbling or actually writing well, it just gives the same "good job." Very, very durable though! My daughter carries it around by the pencil and drops it repeatedly on the ground and it still works great! :)
While I agree that it offers no real feedback and you need to press hard to form letters on it, I have tried several different methods to teach my son basic reading skills, and he genuinely likes this one best. It's still necessary to sit down with him and help, but he's more eager to try, and he runs to get his Scribble and write and a book every day. He picks a page, I read it. He picks two words off of the page, and we go over how they're spelled, he writes out each letter, and we sound out the word as we go, then he picks the word off of the page again, this time by sight. Yes, it requires some adult interaction to be an effective learning tool, but our kids are more likely to want to learn if we are willing to get involved anyway. No piece of electronic equipment is going to do that for us. I do wish that the stylus was smaller. It's easier for him to hold, but if it were closer to the size of a real pencil he would not be as tempted to just wrap his hand around it.
I bought one of these a while ago for my kids and they just adore it. So much in fact that I had to go out and make sure each of them had their own because they never wanted to give it up. It helped both my youngest learn their letters, how to follow directions and how to write. The baby of the family is only 3 and he now knows all his letters and how to write them both in capitol and lower case plus basic shapes and how to draw. This is a must have for any parent. I wish schools could carry these for all their K and Pre-K Class rooms!
Amazing! by S. Brown "swirly gir
My daughter received this as a gift when she was 2 1/2. At that point, she didn't do much with it but use it as an Etch-a-Sketch. About 2 months before her 3rd birthday, she started taking an interest in it, wanting to learn to draw a happy face. Since then, she's not only mastered the happy face but most of her letters as well. She is now 37 mos old, and last week she wrote her entire name (7 letters long). The writing, while not perfect, was perfectly legible. I do NOT think this would have been possible without this toy. It may not be for every child, but I think it's worth it for every child to have the opportunity to feel the pride my daughter feels when she writes her name.
Great preschool learning toy that helps prepare them for kindergarten early. by N. George "nikki"
I gave this to my son when he was 2 1/2 years old, he's 3 now and still plays with it almost every other day. He can write all his abc's through to Z on paper now, he can write his own name and he can also write cat, dot hat, ball etc. His penmanship for such a young age is remarkable and it's all thanks to this tool - he loves tracing the lights and has learned to write his letters and number quite neatly now. Great preschool learning toy that helps prepare them for kindergarten early.
Trace the lights... by D. Wheeler
My son likes the toy, but as a "magna-doodle" type toy. He just turned 3, and would much rather draw on the screen than trace the letters. I'm sure when he is a little older he will find more fun tracing the letters, and perhaps he was a little too young for it (it was a 3rd birthday present). I suppose you could get the same results writing a letter, telling the child what the letter is, and having them write it down, as this toy doesn't offer any feedback as far as whether they wrote the letter right or not. The letter games it includes seem fun, but again, for a slightly older child.
Kid plays with it all the time by P.Norris
I have 4 kids and they all play with this. We have two now and they have been hard on it and the pencil has never come off the string or anything. Very great.
Helps 3 year old to learn to write by R. Parthasarathy "If
This is a nice and affordable toy/tool to help toddlers learn how to write. It is small enough to be held by kids and big enough to make it easy to write. The principle is similar to a doodle pad where the kid can write and erase. In addition, there are lights to guide the kid to write as he/she should. We love this product. Only two minor complaints which I hope will be incorporated in a future release.
1. There is no validation to show if the kid has indeed written the alphabet he was supposed to. This would help in ensuring that the child is truly learning with the tool.
2. While the doodle pad principle is nice, even a mild touch on the screen creates coloring that needs to be cleaned. So a better screen which responds only to the stylus would be nice.
3. Finally, I wish the voice prompts waited for the kid to respond to each step of writing the alphabet instead of giving the set of instructions all at once. At 3, it may be hard to process multiple instructions in sequence.
Pen pulls off easily by Vanessa Kelly
My 4 1/2 year old son managed to pull the pen off the string within the first day of use. Thought it would be a sturdier product. It also doesn't really coach the child with making letters like I thought it would. Save your money.
I am not a big fan of electronic toys but this one is perfect for my daughter. She was a preemie and has been experiencing some delays with her fine motor skills. This toy is teaching her to write without feeling the guilt or pressure of the final result. I highly recommend it for children whose fine motor skills are impaired in some ways.
Excellent product by Happy Wife
We got this for two children, ages 3 and 5. The 3-year old, so she could practice drawing her shapes. The 5-year old, so she could practice her letters, both capital and lower case, and numbers. My only complaint is that it doesn't give all the sounds that each letter has (for example, long 'o' and short 'o')...but I didn't purchase this to be the sole teaching method and that's easily taken care of. Would definitely recommend.
Quality is Excellent - Better Than Most Toys by Picky Reader
Disagree with the negative reviews. I saw some of the not-so-positive reviews before ordering, but ordered it anyway, and am so glad I did. The quality of the toy is excellent. My 3-year-old is totally enchanted with this thing - he's using it a LOT.
As I said, we found no issues with quality - with normal writing pressure and room lighting, the lines appear just fine, and disappear with the easy-to-use eraser slider. I'm wondering if another reviewer is referring to the small adjustment period where the kid learns that holding the stylus is not quite the same as holding a pen or crayon, and during those few minutes the kid may have a hard time writing with appropriate pressure?
Yes, fingerprints smudge it, but I haven't seen that intruding on the experience for the kid. I mean, if the screen gets cluttered with stray marks, it's easy to use the eraser and start the exercise over - which sort of surprised me, because I was expecting it to be like other toys and require a complex sequence of programming selections after the kid makes a mistake. Which brings me to one thing I really like about the toy - it's simple. It's not trying to be a computer. It's a writing tablet with limited playing options. Yes, that's a bonus from our perspective. The kid doesn't have to learn a complex set of options and selections before using it.
Another great thing is that each exercise moves at a pace that is just right for the kid to follow - not so quickly he can't follow the instructions, and not so slowly he's sitting there yawning.
But the best, absolutely best thing about this toy is how CLEAR the speaking voice is. Most kids' electronic toys have fuzzy recordings that can only be "best-guessed" by a kid who's already familiar with the order of the words - like the letter "f" sounding like "s" and "m", and only being identifiable as "f" because it comes after "e". Not this toy. Every word is well articulated. It's so great to see my kid understanding everything and NOT just listing to the toy's music because the sounds are nonsense.
I was kind of afraid the toy would replace writing on paper for the kid, but I don't think that's going to happen. The toy provides some positive feedback (the fireworks are a particular favorite), which offers incentive. But it's not a replacement for paper, since there's not room enough on the screen for whole words with little-kid-sized letters. But there IS enough room for the kid to do small doodles and exercise his creativity.
This toy is not totally the ideal dream toy, yes. I agree it would be nice if it had numbers practice, although that might take away from the "simplicity" aspect I like about it. And I'm embarrassed to admit it took me forever to figure out how the toy can be used just for doodling creatively, with no lights and sounds (the answer, of course, is to turn the toy off - duh! - so maybe this is something that should be included in the instructions for not-quite-gadget-literate parents like me).
But for the price, and judging by what a hit this thing is with our kid, it's really great, and I'd not hesitate to get it for other young kids as a gift.
Fantastic Learning "Toy" by Tina Velez "Mom 2 a
My daughter just turned 4 and is love with this! She is just learning to write in school and i figured i would help her along. I love how there are tools to learn both upper and lower case and games where the computer will begin to draw the letter and they guess what it is. Even when the picture is complete, they're given time to guess the letter! Fantastic Buy! Bought this on a whim to appease my daughter while shopping and its the best decision i've made!
LOVE this product! by Joshua A Sooy
bought this for my 4 year old boys (recommended from a friend), and they are loving it! I think the thickness of the "pen" helps with proper gripping, and they're definitely catching on to letter recognition and sound. Great for the car too! Highly recommend!
We purchased this toy for our then 3-year old son. Not only is it educational, it is fun too! Our son loves it! He is now 4 and is starting to read so now it's more of a "look what I can do" kind of toy. But he's used it for well over a year and it's still going. We actually buy it for birthday gifts for 3 or 4 year-olds!
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