LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Backyardigans 4 - 6 Years by LeapFrog List Price: $24.99 $22.89 At Amazon on 11-8-2008.

Features Explore rivers, canyons and other destinations of your imagination with the Backyardigans! Jump on the logs with the correct letters to Austin the Pirate reach where X marks the spot. Learn about shapes and patterns as you your friends cross a canyon. Listen for a number, find the matching tumbleweed and Pablo and Tyrone hop aboard to cross the desert. Teaches letters, phonics skills, matching skills, pattern recognition and counting to 100. Manufacturer Description Welcome to The Backyardigans! Join your friends¿Pablo, Uniqua, Tyrone, Tasha and Austin¿on their fantastic adventures! This collection of imaginative games will introduce important math, language arts and motor skills, preschool readiness skills and creativity. Leapster2 players can connect online for extra activities and rewards. And with the LeapFrog® Learning Path, parents can see what their child is learning. Appropriate for ages 4 years to 8 years. All Leapster games work with all Leapster systems. Product Description With Nick Jr. The Backyardigans, kids will have learning adventures as big as their imagination. As they play, they'll learn critical skills for being ready for school. Kids will explore the Frozen North to find a Yeti, help a pirate find its treasure, use pattern-matching to help a cowboy cross a canyon and find hidden items on the beach. Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism What a disappointment! My 4 yr. old daughter absolutely LOVES the Backyardigans so I thought this would be a perfect to sneak in some learning. It is more like a DVD than a video game in that there is a lot of animated "filler" as kids navigate from activity to activity. The only skills that are practiced are counting (in a Frogger like activity), patterning (in a Simon like activity), and observing (in an I-Spy like activity). The games themselves offer 2 levels: easy and super easy. Once kids have played each one, there is a "bonus" dance party at the end where kids can choose a character to move to the music. My daughter quickly learned that the dance party music never changed and each character followed the same pattern of steps over and over. All in all, my daughter liked the game because she could interact (albeit minimally) with the characters. It did hold her attention for a couple hours during a long car trip. However, it does not deliver the same level of content and challenge as other Leapster cartridges. For my purposes, I would have been better off buying a Backyardigans DVD and saving about $10 to use on gas! :( LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Backyardigans Available from Amazon Updated on 11-8-2008.

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