Customer Reviews

LeapFrog Tag Junior Book: 1-2-3 Dora

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

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I can see why the previous reviewers were disappointed, because it does seem pretty basic. However I think the reviewer who judged 1-2-3 Dora to lack substance is missing some key opportunities within this book. It is not just sequential counting 1-10.

The book starts out with Dora asking her little reader, "We're going on a picnic. Can you help me count the fruit for my basket?" Each page features a different fruit (pineapple, bananas, oranges, guavas, limes, mangos, cherries, strawberies, blueberries, and coconuts). While my 3-year-old can easily count in sequence from 1-10, he has not yet had much practice looking at a picture and counting how many of an object are there, which is what this book encourages. Not only that, but for my 15-month-old daughter, it will teach number sequence, build her English vocabulary (fruit names), and both my daughter and sons alike will get a light introduction to Spanish, which I LOVE. We are already bilingual (English and Arabic), so introducing the #2 language in the USA will help them.

I rate this book 5 stars since a large age range will actually benefit from this book, as advertised.

Very few pages and very little content overall compared to other Tag Jr books. No story, just counting 1 to 10.

I saw the previous review only gave this book 2 stars but decided to order it anyway because my family is bilingual and that is something i want to pass on to my little girl. It is a short book and does not follow a story line. I would still buy it again solely because it does contain spanish words and phrases; however, I was a bit disappointed because it calls banana the same in English and Spanish. I grew up knowing bananas were called "platanos" in spanish. I have friends from different parts of Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador even from Puerto Rico and we all know bananas as platanos in spanish so I'm wondering where leapfrog got there spanish from. I hope leapfrog makes more bilingual story books, but I hope they put a little more effort into it.

I bought this book for my 17 month old daughter to use with her Tag Junior system because she LOVES Dora and I love educational products. She loves to look at the pictures and talk about the animals. I really like that the book includes both english and spanish!

This is a great reading system and this book with both Spanish & English is a great for teaching my daughter another language

My 2.5 year old is so-so about her Tag Jr. reader in general because she already worked the cooler looking Tag Pen that her older sister has. We initially bought several of the books to go with the Jr., and Dora is definitely her favorite; I think it's the only one she really pays attention to in the Jr. series. But that is mainly because it is Dora. After reading her Dora book, it inspires her to read her other books though.

There are more things about this book besides it counting from 1 to 10. It teaches about the different fruits Dora is gathering for the picnic, as well as counting them. The book also includes all of Dora's little buddies too. And it has other little hidden educational/problem-solving things in it. For example, my daughter will land on the Dora picture for the 4 Guavas page. It asks my daughter to find the other type of fruit on the page, which is a pineapple in Dora's basket. There are all sorts of these throughout the book. It also, of course, says the fruit names and other words in Spanish... The music it plays when she lands on a "blank" area of the book sounds like the show's music, and Dora's narrative voice is true to the show.

This book definitely is fun for about 10 minutes at a time, which is pretty good for a little one. If you have a fan of Dora, this is a great Tag Jr. book to have.

This is exactly as in the stores, and is a good deal on Amazon. My daughter LOVED the book as it just arrived this morning and she has had it out several times already. I still have to download the info into my little Tag guy, but am sure this will be one of her favorite books for some time. The price was right and it came in the original Leapster packaging. I would definitely buy again and recommend. As far as my impression of the book goes, I think it is cute and is a good book for her age which is 2.5 years old.

I bought this for my niece, I watched the video and saw that the child had a hand held object using it with the book and loved the concept. Unfortunately when I received it that was not included. The book itself is nice though, very thick pages so not to tear.

My daughter says her daughter really enjoys her Christmas gift. I was impressed at how quickly I received this order. Love Amazon.LeapFrog Leapster Educational Game Dora the Explorer

Note....If your child can count to 10. Do not Buy!! However, other than the counting there is also fruit identification. Plus people just need to relax and let their kids have a good time