Customer Reviews

Vtech - Write & Learn Smartboard

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I got this toy for my three and four year old. It is very clear on the pronunciation of the letters (you know how some toys the "b" sounds the same as the "v" or even "c"). This toys is great for understanding the letters spoken. The writer pad works well and the games are easy enough for them to understand. My three year old loves it spends a lot of time using it and can already id half the letters and we have only had it bor a few weeks (great road trip toy). If your child likes to learn using computer toys and will sit down with it this toy is a good buy and helpful.

this toy is a nice concept... that needs a lot of work. I bought it for my newly 4 year son. unless you write the letters perfectly the toy was unable to recognize them. when my son try to write slowly then the toy did not wait for him to finish his writting, the toy would try to guess the letter. No matter how hard he tried, the toy either got the letter wrong or did not let him finish. The toy concept is great but it needs a lot of work as no parent will buy this toy if their kids know how to form their letters already. it works best if you know how to form your letters already then what's the point??? This is a very frustrating toy for the little one who is learning to write their letters and doesn't have a handle on them yet.

The "smart writer" doesn't work well. Even when I try and write letters, it often doesn't recognize the letter (and my handwriting isn't that bad!).

We just bought this for our three year old son. He knows his letters very well and can read a little too. So we hoped that this would encourage him to develop his writing ability. The problem is when he writes the letter his way the machine will not accept it. This is discouraging and he tends to ask me or his father to write the letters. Sometimes we can't even get an approval on the letter!? As a result he tends to play the other little games such as "missing letter" or pressing the animals on the smart board. The animals on the smartboard serve no purpose really. The funny pages that come with the machine are a waste. These are just photocopy quality coloring pages with the each letter of the alphabet printed on. These tend to get crinkled and torn in a couple of uses. If this toy was priced $20 lower it would be fine, but for this price, V- tech should do better.

I bought this for my 3 1/2 year old who was already writing her letters pretty well. This toy is awful for recognizing letters and would even tell me I was incorrect when I wrote one perfectly. It only frustrates my daughter and makes her feel like she didn't do a good job. On the other hand, she enjoys playing the games on it. I won't even save this toy for my second child and wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

I bought this for my 4 1/2 year old daughter, hoping that this would help her with learing how to write her ABC's. It does seem to show you how to write letters, but unless you put enough pressure with the stylus AND write the letters EXACTLY the computer will not recognize them. My daughter was really excited when she got it....but is now pure frustration because she cannot write the letter exactly. Very dissappointed with this toy!

My 5 year old son is getting really good at writing letters, so he recieved this as a gift. I like the way it sounds and how clear it is. However, If the child doesn't write straight on it or it is a little uneven, the machine tells him that it isn't right. It is a good thing that my son knows he is right, and I tell him the machine is pretty picky!

I bought this for my 4 year old son who took an interest in learning to write some letters. It wouldn't receognoze the letters he wrote no matter how careful he wrote them. What a huge waste of money and I'm very disappointed. The games are difficult and do not give the preschooler enough time to solve them. For $35 it should be much better. He was happier with some lined paper and a pencil!

I bought this thinking it would help my 4 yr old learn to write. It gives great instructions on how to write the letter, I will say that. However, unless your child writes PERFECTLY, it won't say they wrote the letter. I myself wrote letters and numbers with it, only to be told "good try." It is more frustrating to my daughter than anything else. If I had tried it before I bought it, I never would have made the purchase.

This toy is a great fun tool to help your child with writing/ alphabet skills. It can be very frustrating when it doesnt recognize the letter you are writing (half the time its not even your fault, the board just isnt sensitive enough)...BUT it does help. My daughter improved her skills right after getting this toy even though she often got frustrated with the board not picking up her writing correctly. So I think that any toy that can help alittle is worth some frustration. It definitely works. I found it helped calm my daughter down when I showed her that it didnt always recognize when I wrote the letters too. When its working correctly its a wonderful fun toy. My daughter was 4 when I first got her this toy...However I just introduced this toy to my son who is 2 and he is also getting some benefit from it. FYI, even if you cant write numbers or letters yet - you can still make scribbles and then it finally shows you the right answer.