Also, the LeapBand ticks off the intervals by counting aloud “10,” “20” and “30” so we can discuss counting by 10s. For my 3-year–old, this is great for learning to identify the written numbers that match the ”song of numbers” that he has memorized. But WAIT there’s more: There is a stopwatch that counts up to 30 seconds, but does so using big, clear numbers. We decided to start bicycling to school and when we practiced the route this weekend my 7-year-old was in charge of time checks and calculating our trip time! We’ve also used the clock to (anxiously) count down the minutes until cookies finished baking in the oven (yum!) I can ask my kid the time of day and he can feel so grown-up AND helpful with a quick response. You’d be right: LeapBand has a few nifty features that a parent might expect in a watch, but they have been transformed for kid usage and fun learning! I love that my kids can practice telling time with a good ol’ analog clock, made by a monkey who, very fortunately for us, has arms of differing length :) We’ve found a bunch of uses for it: It’s great for discussing the “o’clocks” with my 3-year-old and calculating “a quarter past” and “a quarter ‘til” with my 7-year-old.įor quick time checks there is also a digital clock on the main screen. Because the form factor of LeapFrog’s new Leapband™ activity tracker is watch-like with a band you might expect it to tell time.
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