V.Tech V.Reader Review and Giveaway- 10th Day of Christmas

Here is our 10th Day of Christmas featured post from the Coupon Day Holiday Gift Guide 2010!

We have a good one for you that any kid is sure to love……and a giveaway for you to enter too.

Name of Product:

VTech V.Reader Interactive E-Reading System

Short Description:

With the V.Reader Interactive E-Reading System, children will discover the joy of reading while seeing well-loved characters like Shrek and Disney Fairies in stories with vivid animations. As the stories come alive with animations and sounds on the color touch screen, children take a journey into a world of imagination while developing the necessary building blocks to grow from a pre-reader to a confident and fluent reader. Cartridges are age graded for 3 to 5 year-olds and 5 to 7 year-olds. Each storybook cartridge includes a fully narrated and animated story, 8 reading skill games, and a Story Dictionary.

Feature include:

• 4.3″ Color touch screen
• Plays fully animated stories with story narration, character voices, vivid graphics and exciting music and sounds!
• Includes 3 ways to play: Watch the Story, Reading Games and Story Dictionary
• USB port and SD memory card slot for expansion
• Durable, kid-tough design

Review / Opinions:

The V.Reader made the 10th day of Christmas because I love to read as do my wife and children. The V.Reader is an awesome tool to help kids learn to read!

The thing I love most about the V. Reader is the Story Dictionary. My youngest is always asking what words mean while she is reading. With V. Reader, when a child stumbles upon a word they do not know, they can just click on the integrated dictionary.

When my oldest daughter was learning how to read, she never asked what the word meant or how to pronounce it. Back then I didn’t think much of it but there are still words she pronounces incorrectly. She is 15… see the problem? I really think it is because she just pronounced the word how she saw fit and she has pronounced it that way for so long it is normal for her.

As a father of 4, I have realized that children (or at least mine) learn better when they are doing something they enjoy. The interactive V.Reader makes learning fun. The screen is bright and they can read to their favorites like Dora, Scooby, or Cinderella.

Pros:
Great way for kids to learn to read. Reasonably priced.

Cons:
The V.Reader takes 4 AA batteries which drain rather quickly. A lithium rechargeable battery option would be great!. I use rechargeable AA which I would highly recommend if you purchase this product. Otherwise you will spend a small fortune for batteries.

Link to Product Site:

vTech V. Reader

Where You Can Purchase:

V.Tech V.Reader at Amazon

Target

Walmart

Price of Product:

$59.99 plus cartridges are around $20

The Giveaway:

The people of VTech are offering a VTech V.Reader and two cartridges to 1 lucky Coupon Dad Reader. Open to US residence only.

Giving Back:
The wonderfully awesome people at VTech are giving back this Holiday Season. For every 50 entries to THIS giveaway, VTech will donate one VTech product (up to 3) to First Book, an organization that provides reading material to children in need. How awesome is that! So get going… enter to win!!

The Details:
The giveaway will end at midnight CST on Monday, November 29th. I will draw the winner using And the Winner Is and notify them early in the week by email (make sure to give a good email address when leaving the comment). The winners will have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize.

To Enter: (Main required, then up to 4 more entry opportunities)

Main Entry:
Head over to Facebook and “Like” VTech. Don’t forget to come back here and leave me a comment saying you did!

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Thanks and good luck!

* A free sample of this product was given to me for review purposes. This had no bearing on the review and all comments are my opinion and not that of the manufacturer’s.