Leapster L-MAX Hardware (TV Feature) 4 - 10 Years by LeapFrog List Price: $79.88 $73.99 At Amazon on 12-7-2008.

Features Handheld computerized learning system Learn to write letters on the L-Max handheld screen - the letters you write will appear on the TV and star in an animated story! Learn on the go or at home Works with the full Leapster and Leapster L-Max software library Four AA batteries required not included Product Description The award-winning original LeapFrog Leapster handheld takes it up a notch with the Leapster L-Max for kids ages 4 to 10 years. This handheld features dual-screen action (players interact with the handheld screen and watch the results on their TV screen), multiple skill levels, tailored tutorials, and unlimited potential for educational fun. Slip in one of Leapsters many separately sold software games ("Letters on the Loose," "Rock the World," "Madagascar," "Dora the Explorer Wildlife Rescue," etc.) and follow spoken instructions. Youngsters wont even realize theyre learning how to write their letters, identifying plants and animals, recognizing mathematical concepts, matching shapes, performing logical reasoning, mastering diphthongs, and even expressing ideas musically and artistically! Plug the toy into a TV for dual-screen actionand twice the fun! In case you didnt catch that, this groovy teaching toy can be hooked up directly to a TV (necessary cables are included) so that kids can experience all the fun and learning on a bigger screen. When hooked up to a television, the system goes into dual-screen mode: the L-Max puts one image on the TV and a second one on its own screen, allowing players to interact with the handheld while they watch the action unfold above. An example would be the players writing the letter B on the handheld game and then seeing an animated dance the B does on the TV screen. This action is controlled by using the multi-directional control pad or by placing the attached stylus directly to the toys interactive touch screen. When a TV is not handy (possibly when traveling between destinations) the portable game can be played in single screen mode. The full color system features a backlit screen for easy viewing and a headphone jack for quiet play. comfortably shaped for little hands with safe, rounded edges and small enough to store or travel easily. The Leapster L-Max helps teach through four exciting modes: Educational Game Player. Lets players learn essential school skills with leveled games that teach reading, math, and critical thinking skills. Digital Art Studio. Encourages creative thinking with dozens of art tools and step-by-step lessons that let children draw, write, and create anything they can imagine. Electronic Book Reader. Inspires a love for reading via electronic storybooks that teach literacy skills, story comprehension, vocabulary, and phonetic awareness. Interactive Video Player. Develops fundamental reading and math skills by playing interactive videos that encourage children to participate in the action. The device itself is comfortably shaped for little hands with safe, rounded edges, and is small enough to store and travel easily. Games offer multiple skill levels and teach kids letters, words, plants, animals, shapes, and basic math. The L-Max requires special cartridges (sold separately) for dual-screen play, but can work with existing Leapster titles. Older titles won't play on dual screens, though, and may not project to the TV. Four AA batteries are required, but not included. Product Description Turn your TV into a maximum learning machine! Maximize the learning by connecting the Leapster L-Max handheld directly to your TV for expanded play. Dual-screen action allows your child to interact with the handheld screen and see the learning unfold on the TV screen. The full Leapster and Leapster L-Max library allow your child to play action-packed games while learning essential preschool through 4th grade skills. Requires 4 "AA" batteries (not included). Measures 6.25" x 4.25" x 1.75". L-Max software sold separately. Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism My son is entering Kindergarden and having a lot of trouble writing his letters, numbers etc. The leapster L-max (unlike the original Leapster) allowed me to purchase a game called letters on the loose. This game asks him to create his own letter book that he can write the upper and lower case letters after a pen narrates the direction he should write each line in. He then follows the same lines. If he does it wrong it asks him to do it again. When it's correct it's added to his book in his own handwriting that he can review anytime. It also congradulates them when they do it correctly. We clap as well. That's most of the fun is the accomplishment he feels. The BONUS feature is you can hook it up to the TV and see it on the big screen. (A great way to share your achievement with the family) He loves to show Mom & Dad what new letters he wrote. Sure you can do this on paper. My son gets bored with me after about 15 minutes. Professor Quigley is way more cool than Mom. Back to the Leapster L-Max; the OLD GAMES WORK ON THE LEAPSTER, you just can't play them on TV. So what! You can't on the old leapster either. The new L-Max gives you the capability of purchasing ANY of the Leapster software and any of the L-max titles which do work on the TV. The L-Max is the newer model you can do more with but still use all the old software on handheld. After all the handheld portion is what they use most, I think. The TV is something added that he likes to show us what he has already done and saved inside. It's much more educational than Interact TV or V-Smile or any of those. My son will not touch those now. I suggest: Letters on The Loose (L-max), Spongebob (L-max) and Kindergarden (For reg Leapster) next I want to get (L-Max) Number Zero- all about math for K+. Leapster L-MAX Hardware (TV Feature) Available from Amazon Updated on 12-7-2008.

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