Pretend and Learn Cash Register

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 12 x 13.9 inches ; 4.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• ASIN: B00008PW04
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,978 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #62 in Toys & Games > Pretend Play > Grocery Shopping
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

This pretend cash register may seem like all fun and games to your little one but is actually teaching him coin and money values, coin identification, numbers, counting, and quantities. The register comes with a stack of play pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, all encased in easy-to-handle plastic chips. In explore mode, the smart coin reader on the register identifies all coins as kids drop them in, teaching their name and value. Four additional price tags represent larger monetary values and as kids slide price tags over the flashing scanner or drop coins in the register, they learn how to add values together and make totals. Kids can also set the register to price check mode to play a fun game that teaches number identification. Final checkout reinforces numbers, coins, and coin combinations once again and plays a fun song when the register opens. Throughout playtime, kids will receive encouragement and requests to keep playing from the LeapFrog's friendly voice. --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

Preschoolers will love minding the store, with a "smart" cash register and a scanner that works like the real thing! Songs and games encourage creative thinking, while introducing basic money and math concepts. Scanner works with the Pretend and Learn Shopping Cart food items.

Features:

• Four fun modes
• 25 realistic coins and four scannable price tags
• LCD display that shows coins, numbers and fun animations to reinforce curriculum
• Cash register that identifies each of the 25 "coins" (quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies)
• Magical scanner that recognizes four included price tags
• Completely compatible with the Pretend and Learn Shopping Cart and its grocery items (sold separately)

Requires 4 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

115 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a great toy!, October 28, 2003

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Raab Family (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: Pretend and Learn Cash Register (Toy)

My 3 year old son just got this for his birthday and has been playing with it nonstop for days now! Best of all, the food from the LeapFrog shopping cart works with this cash register.

About 10 minutes after using this toy, my son was able to tell the difference between all of the coins and he loves to put the extra price tags on his other toys and scan them too!

The coins did get stuck one time so far, but it is really really easy to get them unstuck.

I would highly recommend this toy as a math, counting, learning toy!

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great intentions, only one complaint, October 25, 2003

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N. Cooper (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pretend and Learn Cash Register (Toy)

This is a great learning toy, but my ONLY complaint is that the coins get stuck in the drop slot. When my 3 year old got this toy for his birthday he was very excited. After about 5 minutes of playing with it, the coins got stuck in the machine...and he lost interest. Everytime he plays with the cash register, I end up having to get the screwdriver out to "unplug" the stuck coins. It interrupts play and therefore he moves on to a different toy.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for fun and learning!, May 15, 2004

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Tiare Solorzano "Mother of 3, teacher, reader... (Citrus Heights, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pretend and Learn Cash Register (Toy)

We gave this cash register to our 4 yr. old and 2 yr. old last Christmas. It has since been used for countless games of "Store" and is still working and looking great (5 months later). As a parent and home educator, my favorite feature is the coins, which are made to resemble actual coins, but are surrounded by color-coded plastic rings to help children learn to identify the correct amounts. The price scanners are another neat, unique function, as the kids can customize price amounts for their store "merchandise."

My children remain interested in this toy, partially because cash registers just add to the fun of pretend play, and perhaps partially due to the four different modes of play. I appreciate the volume control button, too!

I can understand the complaint about coins getting stuck, but we have never had any real problems with this. They really only get jammed if a child loads too many coins in the slot at once. Our children have learned to remove the coins after inserting just a few.

Bottom line: I highly recommend this toy if you are looking for a high-quality cash register, or just an exciting means of learning math concepts.