Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software:Disney Princess, The Love of Letters

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• Explore the wonders of reading with Belle, Ariel and Cinderella!
• Help Flounder collect all the letters and pearls.
• Adorn Cinderella?s dress with colorful accessories.
• Help Belle and Lumière put the books back in letter order.
• Teaches letters, phonics skills, shapes, matching skills and computer skills such as screen navigation, mousing and QWERTY keyboarding.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00134RPJ6
• Item model number: 22671
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,261 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Explore the wonders of early reading with your favorite Disney Princesses! Join Belle, Ariel, Cinderella and their friends on magical adventures as you practice phonics and computer skills. Appropriate for ages 3 years to 6 years.

Product Description

Explore the wonders of early reading with your favorite Disney Princess friends. Join Belle, Ariel, Cinderella and their friends on magical adventures while learning important phonics and computer skills. For use with ClickStart My First Computer, sold separately.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only if your child loves these Disney princesses, July 14, 2008

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JSP (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software:Disney Princess, The Love of Letters (Toy)

I purchased this because my daughter (3) loves Disney princesses. While it held her attention for a while, the games are very disappointing. There are only three games with two settings, but no real teaching variety. The games center on point and click, arrow buttons, and keyboard familiarity - something the basic console teaches.

Overall, very disappointing for $20. Seems the game makers may just be relying on the Disney label to sell games - I fell for it, but I would not recommend it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for a four year old girl, October 6, 2008

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Frosty - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software:Disney Princess, The Love of Letters (Toy)

The LeapFrog ClickStart games are not the most exceptional as far as quality of the character resemblence, and none of the games are going to turn your child into an Einstein. But my four year old loves to play them and she is learning to spell from them and learning computer skills. She especially loves anything Disney Princess. Next to the game already downloaded on the product when you buy it, this is the game she likes the most. I try to limit TV time so if I can get ready in the morning and she is doing something interactive/educational I feel it's a bonus.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is the best clickstart game so far for my child, February 14, 2010

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Avid Reader - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software:Disney Princess, The Love of Letters (Toy)

My daughter is just now getting into Princess mode and she likes this game. I like the game b/c it teaches her a bit more than the other games we own, which are Learning Carnival, and Cars.
The Ariel game on the 1st level teaches arrow key use. Which is also reinforcing right and left concepts. This is the best game so far with teaching arrow key use. She now understands what those keys are for and can play it herself. My daughter is just over 2 1/2 yrs old.

The Cinderella game on the 1st level teaches them to click and "drag" the mouse. This is concept that hasn't been taught on any of the other games. You click the shape and drag it over to the cut out shape in the dress. The game catches it when they get close and puts it in the dress for her. I really like this basic dragging concept and she is learning about where to put missing items. I am very happy with that part. It switches over to designing Cinderella's dress and the game is not very forgiving when it comes to the mouse, you have to be pretty exact. That will be good for her when she gets a little older and more into the age range intended for this toy. So she already has to grow into level 1 a bit. I like that.

The Belle game will be more exciting when she is bigger, also a bonus. On Level 1 you use the arrow keys to catch books. On Level 2 it calls out a letter and you push the letter to catch books. Level 2 is actually easier for my daughter than level 1. This is a reoccuring theme on for us on the Clickstart. My daughter can find letters better than using coordination with the mouse to complete games and finding letters is a Level 2 concept. Odd.

After you complete a game you get a bonus round of clicking on gems before they disappear. They disappear faster on this game then they do on any other of the ones we own. So it will be better for the kids more inside the age range for the Clickstart. Not as good for the newbies.

I like this game a lot. If you have a beginner at this computer and want to purchase a game to go with the Clickstart, I highly recommend this one. Ariel and Flouder talk a lot which gives them a little exciting break in between games.