The toy I looked at is a children's computer made by Leapfrog. The toy is called Leaptop and is meant to be a child's first laptop. This toy comes from a company with a good reputation for educational, durable toys. The Leaptop is no exception. At only $29.97 at Walmart, the Leaptop has a wide variety of educational activities for children.
Evaluator names: Amy Strong
Store: Walmart
Disability Category: Rating: **** or * stars
Physical ***
Sensory ***
Communicative ****
Cognitive *****
Toy Company: Leapfrog
Price: $29.97
Box Age Range: 2-4
Years
# Pieces: 1
Washability: Wipeable
Storability: Small,
fold up
Play Locations: Portable
Adjustability: Can
personalize
Levels of Play: Can
personalize
Batteries: 3AA
Description general:
This toy allows children to choose and download songs, make
custom play lists, email and receive personalized emails from parents. Children
can explore letters; participate in pretend play, music and animal activities,
APPLICATIONS FOR
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Physical Rating: ***
Description
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This toy encourages
the pushing of buttons. The children using the toy will have to be able to
push the appropriate keys and isolate a finger in order to get the desired
response. One of the games also incorporates music, so gross motor skills
will be developed when the child moves to the music.
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Skills
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Fine motor skills and
hand-eye coordination will be developed.
Children can dance
to the music or move to the beat to develop gross motor skills.
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Play Ideas
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Dance to music
Make rhythms/beats
Select correct
responses to games
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Adaptation Ideas
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Child make need
parent support at first. May need someone to demonstrate and experience the
cause and effect relationship between pushing the buttons and the toy making
sound.
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Sensory Rating: ***
Description
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This toy is
attractive to the eye with bright colours and images. The toy comes in two
colour schemes so children can get the one they find most attractive. The toy
has six games for children to play, that include music, animals, letters,
email, etc.
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Skills
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The visual
attraction of pictures and colours.
Children can have
personalized music downloaded from parent or Internet.
Many listen and
respond activities
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Play Ideas
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Sing along
Clap to the beat
Matching animals to
sounds
Recognizing letters.
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Adaptation Ideas
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Have a parent
demonstrate and talk through activities with child. Give children choices –
does the cow or the cat say moo.
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Communicative Rating: ****
Description
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This toy has six
activity stations and they all work on aspects of communication. Letters,
words, sounds, etc.
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Skills
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Identify, match,
say, read letters
Sing along to songs
Sending and receiving
email
Animal sounds and
labels
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Play Ideas
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Identify, match,
say, read letters
Sing along to songs
Sending and receiving
email
Animal sounds and
labels
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Adaptation Ideas
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Have a parent
demonstrate and talk through activities with child. Give children choices –
does the cow or the cat say moo.
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Cognitive Rating: *****
Description
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This toy has many
different activities to work on children’s cognitive skills. Many letter
recognition activities, starting with the letters in the child’s name.
Personalized emails can be received from parents and children can respond.
Music plays a big role in making this toy fun and educational for children. This
toy introduces them to keyboards and computers.
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Skills
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Recognize letters,
especially letters in name
Act out different
experiences and roles
Making and
listening to music
Attend to different
sounds and rhythms
Identify animals
and sounds they make
Become familiar
with keyboard
Learn common
computer terms and interactions
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Play Ideas
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Identify, match,
say, read letters
Music - Sing along
to songs
Sending and receiving
email
Animal sounds and
labels
Clap to the beat
Role play
Mobile – can take
in car
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Adaptation Ideas
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Personalize email for
your child.
Help child focus on
name letters first
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FEATURES AND BENEFITS CHECK IF APPROPRIATE
X
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Durable
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X
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High Contrasting Colours
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X
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Tactilely Stimulating
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X
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Visually Stimulating
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Wide Age Range
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Inviting Due to Uniqueness
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X
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Open-ended
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X
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Innovative
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X
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High quality
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X
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Detailed
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X
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Hands on Approach to learning
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X
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Easy to grasp/hold
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X
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One-piece unit
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X
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Upright position for play
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Other:
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DEVELOPMENTAL
PROCESSES PROMOTED
X
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Visual attention
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X
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Visual tracking
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X
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Visual processing
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X
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Memory and recall
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X
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Cause and effect
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Action concepts:
in/out, push/pull, on/off, go/stop
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X
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Fine motor
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X
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Eye-hand
coordination
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X
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Problem solving
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X
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Finger and hand
control and dexterity
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Physical range of
motion
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X
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Deliberate finger
movements
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X
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Precision
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Directionality
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Wrist rotation
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Hand and finger
grasp
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X
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Pointing, one
isolated finger
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X
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Motor planning
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X
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Self esteem
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Manual dexterity
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Sequential thought
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X
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Reaching
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Strategic thinking
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X
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Turn taking
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X
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Patience
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Spatial
relationships – over, under, on, off
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Reaching/arm
extension
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Functional finger
movement and exploration
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X
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Coordinated
movement
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X
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Sorting and
classification
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X
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Early Literacy
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Texture
Discrimination
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Object Permanence
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Tactile
Discrimination
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Problem Solving
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Directionality
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Cooperative Hand
Movement
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X
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Letter Recognition
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Life Skills
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X
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Pre-Literacy
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X
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Social Interaction
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Foot Placement
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Weight Shifting
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Core Strengthening
– Trunk Strengthening
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X
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Colour Recognition
and Identification
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X
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Word Recognition
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X
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Number concepts
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| X |
Visual Acuity
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