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Help Your Child Begin Their Life With A Vtech Learn and Discover Driver
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Aug 9, 2011
- by badbonz007
- posted in Eco-Babyz
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When my wife and I had our last child, we thought since it was child number six, that we had every toy on the market. But, as we strolled down the aisles of Toys "R" Us we found this particular V-Tech Learn and Discover Driver on sale for only $14.99. It is a little bit larger than some of the other toys that we have at home. But, we thought as long as it was a learning tool, it would be well worth the money as long as it did its job that it advertised to do. We did not know what would happen when our grandchild saw this, being that he was only six months old at the time, we were about to find out, when our grandchild saw this particular toy his eyes just about popped out of his head. This was kind of nice seeing a toy that is very useful without having any lose parts hanging from the side of it.
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Description
This particular toy is a little bit larger than hand held toy that kids are usually used to playing with. The dimensions of this miniature activity Center is approximately 6" x 16" x 23" and only weighs 3 pounds. I recommend that you get a slew of AA batteries, because it will take three AA batteries to get it going. This is a brightly colored activity Center that has a big yellow steering wheel mounted in the center. These are excellent for babies and toddlers to keep their mind on just one thing, and that is playing with this toy so that you can get some peace and quiet. This makes a spinning and clicking noised and has colored location buttons. There is a moving or sliding car and a sliding mode selector. This also has a gear shifter which everybody will love and a flimsy so called turn signal, that they can flip from side to side, and it will decide which way that they are turning. This comes completely assembled inside of a box. Plus, the batteries (two AA) of course are included.
Features
This product has several activities and quite a few songs and melodies that will have your child dancing and bobbing their heads and singing and humming and making all kinds of noises to the music. The activities are centered around their motor skills and will exercise their memory. They will have to learn to solve things, how to push, pull, turn, open, and close, and even flip a switch up and down. This particular switch will flip the activity center to help learn animals, colors, and numbers. Once you see your child playing with this, they will automatically want to stand alongside of this activity center. You can either use this at a table for them to sit at, or place it flat on the floor.
What to Do
If you were wondering, what you have to do with this. Well, I can say that all you have to do is purchase it, and stick it on the floor, in the middle of the room and watch your child have the time of their life as our child did. If you wish, you could sit alongside them on the floor and help to teach them about colors and because the buttons are different colors and all of their primary colors are on the keys. They will learn up and down and how to spin, roll, slide, and open things, and this is all just to start. You will be amazed at how many hours that your child will sit alongside this thing or even scoot around the floor to play with it.
Learn or Not to Learn
It will depend on you, whether or not your child wants to learn, if you make a game of it. This will help your Child learn to count one to 10 and all of the basic colors. This will also teach your child to count and learn their ABCs in different languages. This toy is recommended for children six months and older. I can honestly say that when my grandchild was three years old, they still got into playing with this. One of the most important lessons that we have probably learned about this toy, is the fact that when our grandchild started to crawl and climb. Of course, they would climb on top of this and sit, so that it's time that you might have to remove it from the floor. This is a very durable toy and easy to clean, but I would not recommend letting them have no food or drinks around it, because there are so many small crevices that this stuff can get stuck down into, and that might not be very sanitary for the child, you can't get it totally cleaned up.
This not only helps your child sound out animals noises, it will help in phrases and different sounds. This will help in all fine motor skills by the turning and pressing motions that your child will have to make while playing with this toy. Your child will get the new discovery and begin to explore all different noises ant then reacting to them. This will flash with different colors and you will notice how your child will react to different colors when they make them light up.
Conclusion
Now that our child has grown up and we have gotten all of its use out of it, our grandkids now play with this. I would highly recommend this toy, but what I would like to see this toy, come down a little bit in price. It is a little bit of a steep price. But, if you look at how long it lasts and what it will do for your child, it is worth the money. This is very sturdy and made totally a plastic. We have even taken this on trips with us because there are no removable parts, it will fit in the trunk or in the back seat very easily.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 15.00
Type of Toy: Baby Toy
Age Range of Child: 12 to 36 Months
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devora
August 12, 2011
I had no idea that Vtech made toys, too! I dig their phones, so I'm sure that their toys are great, too :)
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When my wife and I had our last child, we thought since it was child number six, that we had every toy on the market. But, as we strolled down the aisles of Toys "R" Us we found this particular V-Tech Learn and Discover Driver on sale for only $14.99. It is a little bit larger than some of the other toys that we have at home. But, we thought as long as it was a learning tool, it would be well worth the money as long as it did its job that it advertised to do. We did not know what would happen when our grandchild saw this, being that he was only six months old at the time, we were about to find out, when our grandchild saw this particular toy his eyes just about popped out of his head. This was kind of nice seeing a toy that is very useful without having any lose parts hanging from the side of it.
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