My older two children and I have iPod Touch devices. My son saved birthday and Christmas money to buy his, my oldest and I both received ours as gifts. It’s a hoot to watch the 3 of us all on them at the same time on with our fingers dancing across the screen. My husband and four-year-old feel left out for sure and play pretend with remotes and books as their special touch devices, they’re hilarious! My youngest child is in luck, VTech Kids, the company that is famous for it’s fabulous children’s electronic toys is coming out with a new gadget for the younger group to feel cool and high-tech!
Introducing the MobiGo Touch Learning System geared for children ages 3-8. Now our smallest children will be able to mimic our smart technology with their very own working electronic learning device. The MobiGo has a touch screen that allows your child to tap, flick, rub, spin, and drag their way around age appropriate games and skills!
Something I’ve been wishing for in elementary school is that computer classes actually teach kids how to type, rather than pecking at a keyboard. The MobiGo has a fully operable keyboard that slides out and helps those little fingers find their way around a QWERTY keypad. Genius!
What more can they do? Educational games: From fishing, coloring book pages, drawing and playing instruments, kids can discover a wide variety of fun and engaging games similar to “apps” found on smart phones and devices. Learning skills: MobiGo teaches a wide range of skills including math, vocabulary, spelling, logic and categorization. The handheld gaming console makes learning fun on the go for little hands and is equipped with headphone and AC adapter jacks.
Our take: We’ve had the MobiGo for about a day and a half and my daughter’s waking hours have been using it with excitement and pride. The included game cartridge has 6 different games with easy and difficult settings for each game. At 4 years old, she’s been learning to identify letters and in the “shooting gallery” game, she’s searching for them on the attached keyboard with great success. Big brother (age 9) helped out on the addition game (“space challenge”) and “music maestro” was having her follow with music on a piano! The MobiGo is pretty amazing in it’s capabilities and the price point is reasonable for a birthday or Christmas gift! It’s portability is a great selling point for long road trips and quiet time….hallelujah! I was afraid the snapping motion of opening the keyboard was going to be an issue (help me!) but it is easy for her, just making sure she doesn’t get her fingers pinched when closing it. The included USB cord is for connecting to the MobiGo website where you can upload scores for the games, and download “rewards” earned while playing. I’m really impressed by this game! It does take 4 AA batteries, my only wish is for a way to “charge” the machine itself. Hopefully the batteries will last a while.
The MobiGo will be available at Toys ‘R’ Us for purchase at the price of $59.99.
I received a MobiGo to facilitate this review. The opinions are our tried and true experience and was not influenced by any other source.
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