Leapreader Essay

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The LeapFrog LeapReader allows children from ages four to eight to have an interactive reading experience. The LeapReader teaches kids to read by touching pages or words with a specialized pen to hear them read aloud. It improves children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills by introducing them to new words in the endless interactive books available. Children can also learn to write by getting stroke-by-stroke guidance while tracing numbers, letters, and words. Children are able to develop their fine motor skills by using a pen-like device to trace the shapes. According to Jean Piaget, the Pre-operational Stage of cognitive development best describes the early childhood phase that the LeapReader is targeting. The Pre-operational Stage of symbolic play (or pretend play) is developed as the children read fictitious books that allow them to imagine a different world while drawing parallels to this world. A scene of two frogs playing might spark a child’s imagination. This elicits creativity in the children. As …show more content…

Guilt and Industry vs. Inferiority. The LeapReader may help develop initiative in a child if the child’s parent is involved in the learning experience of this toy. If the parent expresses interest in what the child is learning and encourages the child by asking prompting questions and answering the questions the child may have, the child will feel assured and will benefit greatly from this toy. If a parent gives the LeapReader to a child in effort to have their child not be bothersome, the child will feel a burden when asking questions and thus feel guilt for doing so. Children will also benefit from this toy by gaining knowledge about reading. The knowledge that the child is acquiring outside of school should prompt their teachers and peers to encourage and compliment them on their competence and thus increasing the child’s industry and

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