PRODUCT INFORMATION
Take learning to the MAX!™
The Leapster L-Max
handheld, complete with interactive touch screen, stylus pen and
directional pad, allows your child to play action-packed games anywhere
- on the go or at home on your TV. 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! Simply insert any of the Leapster or Leapster
L-Max cartridges and your child will enjoy mastering preschool through
4th grade skills.
Letter
names
Phonics skills
- To learn to read, a child must
understand the
letter-sound relationship and distinguish individual sounds, or
phonemes, within words. Crucial to reading, phonics skills help
children sound out new words (If I can read "pot," then I can read
"hot" and "spot").
Rhyming
- The act of rhyming directs a child's
attention to
the similarities in words (hat sounds like cat). Because sensitivity to
rhyme comes quite naturally, it is an excellent entry into phonological
awareness, or the ability to distinguish individual sounds in words.
Spelling
- Children first learn to spell by
breaking down
words into sounds. But many sounds in our language have irregular
spellings. Children must learn the fundamental spelling rules and
recognize commonly misspelled words.
Numbers
Addition
- Once
Children know that numbers are symbols for objects (2 stands for two
cars) they learn to count sets, or groups of objects, to find sums.
Finally, sets of objects can be replaced by numerals and added together
in equations.
Subtraction
- The
inverse of addition is subtraction - to take away objects and tell how
many are left. Once children grasp subtraction, sets of objects can be
replaced by numerals in equations.
Artistic
expression
- Creating
art is an exercise in learning how to see. With increased confidence in
their skills, children discover that art is a vehicle for
self-expression.
Music
exploration
- Encouraging
children to create music deepens their understanding of music as a form
of self-expression. Experimenting with basic musical elements such as
rhythm, tempo and mood helps lay a foundation for parallel concepts
such as those found in poetry.
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