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Product Features
- Interactive drum teaches child through lights & sounds
- Teaches Letter
- Numbers
- Cause & Effect
- Alphabet & Counting for babies & toddlers
Product Specifications
Model Number10004
Batteries Required?Yes
Batteries Included?Yes
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Learning Drum from LeapFrog is a new innovation for babies of six months and over, introducing phonics and counting in an appropriate and fun way. It's a bold, bright and solid toy which is just right for the age for when babies reach that sitting up stage, and would otherwise be deriving pleasure from banging on your pots and pans.
In each of the four modes, a tap on the top of the drum makes a drum sound and provokes a response in lights and speech or music.
In "abc" mode, the toy will provoke play with flashing lights and a cry of "Hi, lets play the drum--a, b, c" and each pat of the electronic "drum skin" brings a new letter up on display with accompanying speech, all the way from a to z if 26 pats are done in sequence. In this way, a baby's natural boisterous play is harnessed to develop unconscious learning of the alphabet and familiarisation with the shapes and sounds of the letters. The "123" mode likewise encourages repetitive pats to reveal more numbers in sequence, up to 10. In "drum" mode, babies are given a sequence of taps to copy and are complimented highly when they get it right, encouraging co-ordination through the use of rhythm. In "music" mode, the drum says "let's sing and play", appealing to babies to play the drum, this time with each pat producing a note and a different panel of lights to illuminate the drum skin.
Babies at the younger age of this age group may find it a challenge to always hit the drum hard enough to provoke the lights and sounds, but an encouraging extra hand will suffice and once the concept has been grasped there'll be lots of enthusiasm for play on their own. The on/off switch which also controls the modes of the drum is a bit sophisticated and fiddly for very little fingers and will probably be operated by older playmates.
Overall, this is a toy with lots of learning potential, and those whose little drummers find it too irresistible will be relieved that it also has that most welcome of features, a volume control. --Rachel Ediss
Manufacturer's Description
Like most children, children have always had plenty of fun from banging a drum. The Learning Drum takes things a stage further, allowing your children to learn while banging!
Turn the drum on and you have a number of different options--ABC mode, where the top of the drum lights up when tapped to display the letters of the alphabet, 123 mode, which displays numbers from 1-10, Follow the Beat mode where children have to try and copy the beats of the Drum and Interactive Song mode, where children sing along and follow the song's instructions.
This toy is recommended for 6 months up and but it really is a toy that will be played with and enjoyed for a number of years. At its simplest level, very young children will enjoy the fact that when they bang, the top lights up with letters or numbers and plays music. Slightly older children will be helped to learn their letters and numbers, as well as beginning to develop musical skills, be it repeating rhythms in Follow the Beat mode or singing along in Interactive Song mode. The fact that it can be played with in so many ways certainly seems to have keep the interest Elizabeth Currie
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this toy for my son when he was about 7 months old. At that time I needed to sit with him and encourage him to play. He was easily bored. Now at 12 months, he has rediscovered this toy and loves it. The only problem is that if it is not played with for a few minutes, it shuts off and does not turn back on without adult assistance.
Another great toy (that I love too) is the Leap Frog piano. My son can turn this toy back on by himself.
Leap Frog is a great company!
Another great toy (that I love too) is the Leap Frog piano. My son can turn this toy back on by himself.
Leap Frog is a great company!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this when my twins were about 6 months old and it has remained a firm favourite ever since. They are now 13 months old and can do more with the toy, but there is plenty to keep them occupied from an early age. Of course part of the reason for this toy's popularity is the loudness, and whilst this is great fun for the kids and even though there are two volume settings, it's enough to drive you round the bend. Mercifully, even though they love the toy, they do not seem interested enough to play with it for any great length of time, which may make one question the value were it not for the shrieks of delight when it is in use. In my case there's only one thing more traumatising than the overbearing electronic voice on the drum, and that's the overpowering screams when my two are "playing" tug-of-war with it when they both decide they want to play with it at the same time!
53 of 57 people found the following review helpful
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Okay, before voicing my own opinions, I have to admit that my 9-month old son seems to enjoy playing with the Learning Drum. Furthermore, it will probably help him learn the alphabet and count when he's ready and it looks robust enough to last till then. But here's the rub - I secretly wish he would break it! I simply bought the drum because I had noticed that my son had started to enjoy banging things. So I thought that it would provide a more varied and entertaining response than, say, a kitchen table top. However, I was not expecting to find that with any mode of the drum there would be an intensely annoying, American kiddie's voice constantly egging him on to "LET'S PLAY THE DRUM" and "MORE... MORE..." Five-minutes at a time is about all I can stand of this tirade.
So, buy it if you don't mind the all-American auditory assault that threatens your sanity. Personally, I can't wait to replace this toy with a set of bongos.
So, buy it if you don't mind the all-American auditory assault that threatens your sanity. Personally, I can't wait to replace this toy with a set of bongos.
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