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I am debating on the LeapFrog Tag Jr. vs regular one for my toddler. Why do you like/hate it? Does it really help with reading? TIA!
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My 2.5 year old has had the Tag Jr for about 6 months (she got it for her 2nd birthday) and I like it, but I don't love it and I don't think it will "help her read"...
My daughter loves books and actually will play with them frequently all day, either having me read them, pretending to read them herself, or lining them up from room to room and walking on them like a bridge (go figure, maybe she'll be an engineer? lol). The Tag Jr. doesn't get played with a whole lot -- she chooses other, regular, books much more often. Perhaps, because they have more and "better" pictures? She will actually grab her brother's Tag books more often than her Tag Jr books (not necessarily the reading part of it - just the books).
The Tag Jr. is like any toy "novelty" in my house that she'll use for a couple days then stop using, and then a couple weeks later, she might stumble upon it again and use it for a bit. On the other hand, when we go to visit family (a long car drive) she will use the Tag Jr a lot. And, if I sit with her, she'll read to me with the Tag Jr., kind of opposite of the effect I was going for when I bought it, but it works too. (I'd say the same is true for the regular Tag -- my son uses it a bit more than my daughter uses the Tag Jr. but he goes in lapses too)
Soooo, in my experience, I don't think it'll be what drives your daughter to read but I don't think it's a complete waste of money as my daughter does enjoy it, just not as much as regular books. But, if you do a lot of traveling, it is definitely worth it, it's amazing what becomes the favorite toy while stuck in the car for 10 hours!
One other thing of note, someone gave my son the TJ Bearytales "reading system" around the same time we got the Tags, and that has actually gotten the same if not more use than either the Tag or Tag Jr. by my kids, and we only have one book with it! They, unfortunately, don't make it anymore, but I just looked them up on ebay and you can still get them and additional books there, probably for a lot more money than what they originally sold for, but I figured I'd mention it just in case you were interested.
ETA: I just reread your question and realized you asked which one to go with -- since your daughter is already 2.5, I would probably go with the regular Tag, it might be harder to master it at first but she'll outgrow the Jr. pretty soon.
My 2.5 year old has had the Tag Jr for about 6 months (she got it for her 2nd birthday) and I like it, but I don't love it and I don't think it will "help her read"...
My daughter loves books and actually will play with them frequently all day, either having me read them, pretending to read them herself, or lining them up from room to room and walking on them like a bridge (go figure, maybe she'll be an engineer? lol). The Tag Jr. doesn't get played with a whole lot -- she chooses other, regular, books much more often. Perhaps, because they have more and "better" pictures? She will actually grab her brother's Tag books more often than her Tag Jr books (not necessarily the reading part of it - just the books).
The Tag Jr. is like any toy "novelty" in my house that she'll use for a couple days then stop using, and then a couple weeks later, she might stumble upon it again and use it for a bit. On the other hand, when we go to visit family (a long car drive) she will use the Tag Jr a lot. And, if I sit with her, she'll read to me with the Tag Jr., kind of opposite of the effect I was going for when I bought it, but it works too. (I'd say the same is true for the regular Tag -- my son uses it a bit more than my daughter uses the Tag Jr. but he goes in lapses too)
Soooo, in my experience, I don't think it'll be what drives your daughter to read but I don't think it's a complete waste of money as my daughter does enjoy it, just not as much as regular books. But, if you do a lot of traveling, it is definitely worth it, it's amazing what becomes the favorite toy while stuck in the car for 10 hours!
One other thing of note, someone gave my son the TJ Bearytales "reading system" around the same time we got the Tags, and that has actually gotten the same if not more use than either the Tag or Tag Jr. by my kids, and we only have one book with it! They, unfortunately, don't make it anymore, but I just looked them up on ebay and you can still get them and additional books there, probably for a lot more money than what they originally sold for, but I figured I'd mention it just in case you were interested.
ETA: I just reread your question and realized you asked which one to go with -- since your daughter is already 2.5, I would probably go with the regular Tag, it might be harder to master it at first but she'll outgrow the Jr. pretty soon.
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PS: This reminds me of not long ago when my cousin (a toddler) was playing in the loungeroom with one toy - a set of blocks. He seemed to be having a lot of fun and it was occupying him for a long time, but when I took him into his toyroom FILLED with toys he played for 10 minutes and got bored.
Money doesn't always buy happiness. It can buy things that make you happy, but that wears off. What happens when you've bought every imaginable thing that makes you happy but the novelty wears off? You get depressed, bored, sad and lonely.
I guess you could say that being very rich and being very poor are the same in some ways. Rich people have too much and poor people don't have enough. I would actually find it worse being rich because at least poor people KNOW that they'd be over the moon if they got a new car, a new pair of shoes or even an extra $100. Rich people look in shop windows and realise that nothing on that display will make them happy.
In a nutshell, it's not always material things keep you happy and occupied. No one knows what went on in her personal family life - perhaps she lacked attention from a very young age and was never taught how to occupy herself.
PS: This reminds me of not long ago when my cousin (a toddler) was playing in the loungeroom with one toy - a set of blocks. He seemed to be having a lot of fun and it was occupying him for a long time, but when I took him into his toyroom FILLED with toys he played for 10 minutes and got bored.
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