VTech Whiz Kid Learning System

by VTech

Product Features

• Whiz Kid learning system merges learning with amusing game play
• Innovative learning tablet with 120 different activities; recommended for ages 3 through 6
• Kids can learn wherever they go; can be used at computer or when traveling
• Includes connectable pen, PC connection cable, 2 user manuals, 20 activity pages, storage folder, game cartridge, and CD-ROM
• Kids can use keyboard as piano

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 13.3 x 16 inches ; 5.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NOXH1C
• Item model number: 80-071900
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 7 years
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,321 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The V-Tech Whiz Kid Learning System is an interactive learning board that merges learning with amusing game-play. This innovative toy has 120 different activities that help kids ages 3 to 6 discover how much fun learning can be.

How it Works
The Whiz Kid Learning System is an interactive learning tablet with cartridge-based content. It contains a CD-ROM and cartridge with 120 games and activities. Slide an activity page into the learning board and the Whiz Kid system magically knows what activities to play.

The touch-sensitive screen and stylus make learning more fun than ever.

The Whiz Kid tablet works with the Whiz Ware software library. Each Whiz Ware title contains 40 multi-curricular activity pages, but if you lose a sheet, you can just print out another one from the enclosed CD-ROM. The touch-sensitive screen and stylus makes learning more fun than ever. This innovative system can be connected to a regular computer with the included USB cord to download the content from the PC to the learning board. It even has printable progress reports to track the young whiz kid's learning progress.

The New Way to Play
Tech-toys are the wave of the future, and this learning board by V-Tech plugs your child right into education. This long-lasting toy grows with kids, from when they are beginners and first learn how to use the touch-sensitive screen, to when they advance and can use the keyboard as a piano. With two methods of play, kids can learn wherever they go, whether in the car or at the computer. Each game features child-directed play and various skills, so the learning adventure is never the same twice! This system includes a connectable pen, PC connection cable, two user manuals, 20-double-sided activity pages, storage folder, Whiz Kid Wondertown game cartridge, and Whiz Kid Wondertown CD-ROM.

What's in the Box
Connectable pen, PC connection cable, 2 user manuals, 20-double-sided activity pages, storage folder, game cartridge, and CD-ROM.

This Whiz Kid system can be connected to a regular computer with the included USB cord.

Product Description

Becoming a whiz kid is a breeze with this innovative teaching system. This learning board works with cartridge-based content to challenge kids while also making it enjoyable. Simply slide an activity page into the learning board and Whiz Kid knows which activities to play. With the included Wondertown CD, there's over 100 fun and fact-filled games. If you lose a sheet, it's no problem because you can print out another one from the CD. Whiz Kid even prints out a progress report, so you can be proud of your child's progress.

Features a touch-sensitive screen and stylus. You can also connect Whiz Kid to your PC (cable included) for more challenges. Includes system and one CD. Expand play with Whiz Kid Learning System CDs, sold separately. Requires 4 "AA" batteries, included. Measures 13" x 16" x 3.5".

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars V-Tech Whiz Kid Learning System, November 15, 2007

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ACee (Virginia) - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: VTech Whiz Kid Learning System (Toy)

My five year old grandaughter is having lots of fun with this game. I ordered it for her birthday. Her mother finds the educational material an excellent reinforcement for what she is learning at school. She likes its versatility. My grandaughter enjoys it most when she connects it to the computer.

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Whiz Kid' for my whiz kid, December 3, 2007

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S. K. Dunn "Oregon Grandma" (Oregon) - See all my reviews

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

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This review is from: VTech Whiz Kid Learning System (Toy)

I bought this as a learning tool for my grandson who's in kindergarten. He hardly plays with anything else. Once very shy when it came to participating in class, now he's the first one to raise his hand. Excellent learning tool for beginers in reading and math...and so much more

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Age recommendation: 4-6, not 3-6, July 26, 2008

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Ayah David (Jerusalem) - See all my reviews

= 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: VTech Whiz Kid Learning System (Toy)

The Whiz Kid unit itself comes with a pretty cool learning CD called "Wondertown," but the CD set it comes with is more like a survey of activities for kids ranging anywhere from 3-6. Some of the activities are:

-You have 2 one-dollar-bills and you go to a snack machine with prices on the snacks. What can you buy?
-Telling time.
-Giving you a picture like a boat, you have the word "b _ _ t," and the child is supposed to choose the right vowel combination (oa, oo, ee, ea) to make that word
-Tracing numbers, letters, and pictures (which is one of the activities appopriate for my preschooler)
-Nursery rhymes and stories. Your child is following the story, pretending to act out that particular motion on the page (like stirring a bowl would have a picture of a bowl and the child is making circles with the pen).

I really think if you are buying this toy you should buy the age-specific books to go with it. The Whiz Kid is very cool but most activities are too hard for a 3-year-old. We bought two Pre-K CDs for it and they are much more appropriate for him but I still feel this should be age-rated at 4+.

I think the Wondertown activities are better than the themed activities that are the Pre-K/K CDs (like Thomas, Bob the Builder, Spiderman, Dora). It's a shame they didn't sell the Whiz Kid for slightly less with no books included, and created Wondertowns for each age group and sold them separately. JMO.

It's definitely better than other Vtech products. Normally I despise Vtech with a passion and bought this based on the good reviews. I am not disappointed.