Vtech – V.Reader Animated E-Book System
- 4.3″ color touch screen
- Plays fully animated stories with story narration, character voices, vivid graphics and exciting music and sounds
- Includes 3 ways to play: Watch the story, reading games and story dictionary
- USB port and SD memory card slot for expansion
- Durable, kid-tough design
The V.Reader Animated E-Book System by VTech is an interactive digital learning toy that encourages young kids ages three to seven years to learn to read and improve their vocabulary and reading skills. This e-reader is designed for younger users and features brightly colored buttons, a large touch screen, and a see-through protective case cover. Use the V.Reader to introduce reading in a fun, dynamic way that will encourage the development of important skills and keep active imaginations engaged.
Interactive E-Reading System
Ages: 3 to 7 years
Requires: Four AA batteries ( Not included )
Comes with 6 Free downloadable books !
A $ 30 Value !
Requires 4 ( “AA” batteries ) not includedThe V.Reader Animated E-Book System by VTech is an interactive digital learning toy that encourages young kids ages three to seven years to learn to read and improve their vocabulary and reading skills. This e-reader is designed for younger users and features brightly colored buttons, a large touch screen, and a see-through protective case cover. Use the V.Reader to introduce reading in a fun, dynamic way that will encourage the development of important skills and keep active imaginations engaged.
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Kids’ E-Book System Designed for Easy, Durable Use
Engineered to encourage the development of important reading skills, the V.Reader is a fun, dynamic learning tool that will keep active minds encouraged and engaged. Designed to withstand regular use and abuse by young users, the V.Reader features a sturdy plastic body with see-through plastic screen cover that easily opens and closes for access to the touch screen and navigational/keyboard buttons.
This engaging e-reader also features rounded corners and rubberized plastic on the edges for added protection against dings and bumps. A large speaker on the front projects delightful voices, sounds, and music, and the included V.Reader pen helps users navigate menu options and learning exercises on the touch screen. The headphone jack provides young users with the option of listening to storybook cartridges in private, and the DC power jack allows the use of the V.Reader without batteries. As with other e-readers, new interactive content may be downloaded by parents from the VTech Web site using the included USB cable.
Versatile, Fun Activities for Different Levels of Learning
The V.Reader’s interactive storytelling capabilities engage young readers to explore the art of reading while encouraging them to have fun at the same time. Users may choose to enter their name and select an avatar to personalize their V.Reader before their first use. After that, young readers may choose from a variety of activities: users can watch a story, where each line of the story is read aloud and can be followed on the screen; they can play reading games that challenge them to learn more about rhyming, syllables, lowercase and uppercase letters, and reading comprehension; and they can use the dictionary feature that provides a complete list of vocabulary words corresponding to the story.
Older users, over the age of five, may choose from more difficult categories of activities including phonics, vocabulary, and word recognition games. Additionally, by using the provided USB cable to connect the V.Reader to a computer, parents can monitor their child’s reading activity and create completion certificates as progress is made.
What’s in the Box
V.Reader device, V.Reader pen, V.Reader Storybook cartridge, soft cleaning cloth, USB cable, user’s manual.
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Vtech – V.Reader Animated E-Book System
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3 year old and 5 year old love it. Already had to get a replacement though!!,
We got these for our 3 year old and 5 year old in the car. We had them for 4 days. On day 4 my daughter’s V-reader would turn on in “engineering mode” and would not load games or anything. We tried calling the company, but they are a Mon-Fri 8-5 customer service. I sent an email that night (Sunday) and had a return email by 8:30 Monday morning with ideas of how to fix it. None of these worked and we had to return it to where we purchased it for a replacement. It’s been almost 2 weeks since then and we haven’t run into any more problems.
Pros:
1. You can plug headphones in to it
2. My favorite feature is that my 5 year old can use the pen and touch each word in a story and read it word by word – she only needs to touch the words she doesn’t know and can read the others on her own. (She tells me that it first reads you the full page and you can then either turn the page or read it word by word by touching each word with the pen).
3. Very easy to navigate – my 3 year old can do it without any assistance.
Cons:
1. It goes through batteries like crazy. You can buy an AC adapter for it, but one is not included.
2. The cartridges are expensive – $20 each.
3. The battery pack is so tight on one that I can barely get the batteries out when I need to. On the other the compartment is so loose that the batteries often get loose causing the reader not to work until I open the battery compartment and fix it for my kids.
4. The “pen” is not connected to the reader at all and is easily lost. It has a storage space, but is not attached by a string or anything.
Overall we’re very happy with the purchase – great alternative to a portable DVD player in the car!
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|A must buy for Christmas,
We tried this item on a demo at a local store. My son loved it because it was just like Mommy’s Kindle. We both enjoyed the annimation feature. My son has insisted that I help him ask Santa for this for Christmas this year and two weeks after trying it out is still talking about it.
To address a previous reviewer’s concerns, it is animated, but it also shows and highlights the words of the story. Also, unlike with the tag and other reading toys, the page turning option does not appear until the entire passage has been read. I’ve noticed that this discourages my little button pusher from skipping the reading portion and just looking at the pictures.
I’ve done some research online about this item , and the Vtech website will soon have an ebook library similar to the Kindle. The website says that many of the books offered there will be free. Considering that the Vreader is expensive itself, having free books offered is definitely welcome.
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|Wow! Give that kid a Kindle-like toy!,
I am really impressed with this toy. It came today with one cartridge book and computer connection cable. It has a Stylus-type pen, a protective screen and good graphics.
Pros:
1. There are a few interactive parts on the displayed pages, but not so many as to be distracting to my daughter, unlike the TAG LeapFrog® Tag Reading System (16 MB) which has so many things she can select on every page that she never actually makes it through the story.
2. She also loves one of the games that came with it that is akin to Whack-a-mole. She is given a word and must select the missing letters as the moles bring them up out of their holes.
a)In the easy mode, the word continues to be displayed at the top of the screen throughout the attempts and the word is spelled for her.
b)In the medium mode, the preview is removed, but the word is spelled for her once and you move into words greater than three letters.
c)In the hard mode, there are no hints (hangman style). Each level also has cute little extras that pop up either removing points if selected, giving bonuses (a mole with a present) or adding time to the counter (a mole with a clock). She loves to select the rabbit that pops up despite losing points because it makes a funny noise and face.
3. The story goes word-by-word, ensuring that she actually goes through the story as it is on screen instead of just jumping around.
4. Like other Vtech toys, this one looks to incorporate a lot of familiar characters into the available stories. Unfortunately, the site for downloading new stories has not been activated yet. It says there will be some free stories, and basic information is available here: [...]
Cons:
1. My only real concern at this point is how much the stories will cost once they are available and how much other cartridges will be. With the initial start-up cost of this item, it could be an expensive investment, much like the TAG ended up being with all the books and limited memory space on the original model.
Overall, my daughter is enjoying this reader immensely. She is thrilled with the touch-screen capability and the content. I’m overjoyed with anything that can keep a 5-year-old’s attention for more than 10 seconds AND teaches her!
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