The Leapster Multimedia Learning system teaches the way your child loves to play! With one interactive system and the Leapster Learning Library, children can PLAY action-packed learning games, READ electronic books, CREATE works of art, and WATCH interactive videos! Play and learn essential pre-school through second year school skills that include: reading, maths, critical and creative thinking, story comprehension, vocabulary, and much more!

Leapster teaches through 4 exciting ways: Educational Game Player: Learn essential school skills with leveled games that teach reading, maths and critical thinking skills. Digital Art Studio: Encourage 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: Inspire a love for reading, with electronic storybooks that teach literacy skills, story comprehension, vocabulary and phonemic awareness. Interactive Video Player: Develop fundamental reading and maths skills by playing interactive videos that encourage children to participate in the action! Children control the action using a multi-directional control pad or a slimline stylus. Includes a bonus cartridge with 6 Educational Games! Full color system features a backlit, touch sensitive screen for easy viewing, and a headphone jack for quiet play.

What it teaches The Leapster Multimedia Learning System teaches letters, phonics, rhyming, spelling, numbers, counting, addition, subtraction, art and music. Use the Learning at a Glance card to the left to find out more about the general categories of learning for the Leapster Handheld Multimedia Learning System. By clicking a category on the Learning at a Glance card, you'll see a list of knowledge areas that children develop when they play with this product and the skills on which those knowledge areas are based.