The other day, I was looking at LeapFrog’s Tag Reading System at the store and I thought it would make a great gift for my book-obsessed 2.5-year-old either next Christmas or for his 4th birthday. If you’re not familiar with Tag, it’s basically a cool “pen” that pre-readers and early readers can use to help them read and experience special storybooks and activity books that are part of the Tag system. Check out this review of the Tag system or the demo at the LeapFrog site — they do a much better job explaining things!
Here’s the great news: As part of National Reading Month, LeapFrog is giving away several of their Tag Reader Bundles, and I have the privilege of giving one of those bundles away, here on Callapidder Days.
The Tag Reader Bundle includes:
- A Tag Reader
- The Ozzie & Mack book that comes standard with a reader
- 2 additional Tag books: Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham
Total prize value is almost $80!
To enter:
- Visit the Tag Reader Review at About.com to learn more about the system.
- Leave a comment on this post, telling me your favorite feature of the Tag system.
- U.S. mailing addresses only, please.
You can also earn bonus entries by doing any or all of the following:
- Mentioning and linking to this giveaway on your blog. (Leave a comment with the link to your mention.)
- Subscribing to my RSS feed. (Just leave me an additional comment letting me know you have subscribed, or that you were already subscribed.)
- Joining the 1 Million Reading Hours Pledge with your kid(s), over at LeapFrog. (Leave a comment here letting me know you did it. This one is on the honor system.)
That’s a potential 4 entries per person!
This giveaway will remain open until Monday, March 23rd. I’ll close comments and choose a winner that evening.
Thank you to LeapFrog for sponsoring this terrific giveaway!
And remember I said that Leapfrog is giving away “several” bundles? You’ll find giveaways popping up on the following blogs as well, sometime between now and next Wednesday:
3 Carnations
So Much More Than a Mom
Goddess in Progress
What about Mom?
Parenting by Trial & Error
My Sweet Baboo
Verbatim
Miss Britt
Stop, Drop and Blog
One more thing
If you are new to my blog and if you love to read or would like to read more, check out my upcoming reading challenge, Spring Reading Thing 2009. I’d love for you to join in!
Someone has to be first… I’m already a subscriber!
We have been looking at the Tag system since before Christmas. I love the selection of great, new, and popular books that are available as well as some classics.
I took the pledge!
I pledged
Love this system. Have been looking at purchasing it.
Just subscribed.
I liked that the pen also interacts with pictures in the book and can be used to play simple reading comprehension games. My kids would love that.
I pledged 20 minutes. I usually read more than that with my little ones but I know I do at least 20 minutes a day. Thanks for the chance.
Oh I’ve been eyeing this “system” for awhile!
I like it because you can touch the pen to a word and it says the word. My son is just making the connection that I’m reading the words so he points to them and asks what it says which is so cool! This would be an awesome tool to use. Thanks for hosting the giveaway. =)
And I do subscribe.
wow such a cool system! I think the neatest feature is touching the word and it reading it out loud to you. That is really great for the beginning learners and the ones who can read most of the book but get stuck on some words.
I am a subscriber
My 3 year old is into searching for a particular word that he knows is on each page. This would be great for him!
Ok, I pledged!
I love that you can check the data for the Tag Reader and find out how long a child spent with a particular book, what questions they answered correctly, and what types of skills they are working on.
I like the independent reading aspect – since my older 3 children can read, this would be perfect for my youngest (age 4).
I just subscribed and did the pledge. I’ve been very interested in your reading challenge, so this was a good time to subscribe.
I love this. My favorite part is the “reading games” that interact with the pictures. My kids have always liked that sort of thing.
Of course I’m a subscriber!!
I joined the pledge! I’ve decided that I’m going to use the morning to read to Amanda while she’s eating breakfast and making her lunch.
I actually started this morning (before reading this), and it was fun.
Wow what an opportunity. I have looked at that Tag reader and thought what an awesome way to keep a kid involved in the reading process prior to school. My little Levi loves to be read to but this would make it so much more inter-active. Instead of sitting and pretending to read he could really accomplish it. WOW~!
I subscribed too.
I love how they have a choice in reading. They can have help by having a word read, or they can have the whole story read. Because we know that each day they feel like doing something different.
As a former teacher ANYTHING that gets kids interested in reading is a big YES!!!!!
Both of my little ones love to be read to and even though neither of them are reading on their own yet they sit down and “read” their favorites all the time. I would love to have one of the TAG readers for them to allow them more of a chance to be reading independently.
Thanks for entering me in your drawing.
I like that the pen interacts with the pictures as well as reads the wods
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I pledged 30 minutes
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I like that the Leapfrog builds the confidence of young readers, and overall, the best feature is the “fun factor”, menaing, the interactive components make for a great enticement to read.
I pledged 20 minutes a day under the name cdziuba.
The games will be fun for emergent readers, as well as those with those with more advanced reading skills.
I pledged 30 minutes a day.
I’m following
This is so cool! My 3 and 4 year old kids would love something like this…Love your blog!
My favorite part is that it’s interactive – My son could click on the different words and learn some new sight words that way, or check words he has sounded out.
I took the challenge – At least 30 minutes per day.
I am now subscribing to you in bloglines.
We are a MAJOR LeapFrog family! The kids LOVE their stuff! I like that this one only requires two AA’s! LOL
I already subscribe via Bloglines…hey, can I tweet about it for another entry? LOL
I tried to enter the LeapFrog pledge but my email is too long to fit into their allotted field!
This sounds like such a great tool for independent reading! I love that fact that kids can easily use the tool to discover new words. And I like the idea that you can reuse the tool by uploading new books.
-Amy
Ok, I linked you in my blog. Thanks for the opportunity.
I love the variety of books the Tag Reader has, as well as its educational value. Really want one now! =)
I have linked to you on my blog since I’m one of the other blogs doing the same giveaway. =)
I’m subscribing to your blog.
I pledged to read 20 minutes a day to my boys.
My favorite feature is that the pen also interacts with pictures in the book and can be used to play simple reading comprehension games.
I have suscribed to your feed by email.
I have pledged to read to my son for 20 minutes every day.
I love that it encourages independent reading.
I pledged to read 20 minutes a day.
I subscribed!
we love reading. what a great giveaway!
we pledged!
As a parent with speech delay triplets, this tag system is so interactive and it will definitely get the boys interested in reading! Especially for Lucas who couldnt sit still for a book, this interactive reading with participation from him will definitely get him busy!
I am a subscriber to the RSS feeds!
We just pledged!
I will post a link on my blog for this giveaway!
I really love how it helps kids not only read but they can play comprehension games as well. I also love the wide variety of books that it has to offer. Thanks so much for such a wonderful giveaway!
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I have also pledged to read 30 minutes a day to each one of my girls, thanks again!
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I’d love to enter….my favorite feature is the reading independently part. We’ve been looking at getting one of these for our 4 year old but just haven’t done it yet…would love to win it! Oh and I subscribe to you through google reader…does that count? =) Thanks for a great contest!
WOW! What a great giveaway!
Honestly, my favorite part of the whole thing is the variety of materials, my little 2 year old is a VORACIOUS reader – the more options the better!
I’m following you already on my RSS… thanks for the extra entry!
I’ve pledged an additional 30 minutes a day on top of my already 30 minutes a day for my kiddos (1 and 2 yrs old). They love reading!
thanks for the extra chances!
I love that my son can play comprehensive games on it
I pledged 20 min per day on the leapfrog website
What a great product. Something I like is that it can read a page of the story, the entire story, or just one word at a time. My grandson would love exploring books that way.
http://fuzzysheepknits.blogspot.com/2009/03/leapfrog-tag-giveaway.html
I blogged the giveaway! Thanks for all the extra chances to win!
Hi, I like this reading system because it says the words out loud!
Also, It can say one word, one page or read the entire book.
What a fantastic prize drawing. Please enter my name in your
contest. Many thanks to you…..Cindi
I am subscribed to your RSS Feed.
Thanks, Cindi
I know this sounds silly, but I like that there is a headphone jack in the pen. My daughter really likes using headphones and doesn’t get to very often. I also like that it can be updated online. Thanks for the chance!
I blogged about you!
I subscribe to your blog via email
I pledged to read 30 minutes a day (or 15hours and 30 minutes a month)!
I love that it is FUN!
I pledge to read 20 minutes a day.
I’ve pledged 20 minutes everyday! Thanks!
Im signed up!!
I’m really interested in the Tag Reader for my 4 year old son (and someday my 1 yr. old will like it too). He is just getting interested in word recognition and I think the pen approach would really help him have fun with it, especially on our 7 hr car ride next month.
I subscribe to your RSS.
Thanks for your blog.
Ann May
I would love to win this!! Having the headphone option is great for the car.
I also linked back to you here: http://thelifetimesoftheperryfamily.blogspot.com/2009/03/flip-flop-giveaway.html
My favorite feature…before actually getting hold of it…is the portability of the system. I can see my boys taking this to Grandma’s and using it in the car. My boys love to hear their favorite books over and over, so the limited storage space wouldn’t be that big a deal to us.
Here’s my link love!
http://hometeamwins.blogspot.com/2009/03/leapfrog-tag-bundle-giveaway.html
I subscribed to your feed via email. : )
OK, I took the pledge!
I took the pledge !!
Mentioned this contest on my blog
http://andrew-natty.blogspot.com/2009/03/leapfrog-tag-reader-giveaway.html
Subscribed to your rss feed
I have had my eye on this product for my 4 year old for a while now. While he loves for me to read to him, the independent nature and versatility of this product appear to be just what he needs to take the next step in reading on his own. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
My pledge is in!
Subscribed to your feed! Thanks again!
I love that the pen also works with the pictures in the books and can be used to play reading comprehension games! Awesome! I’d so love to win this for my son! He’s a Math whiz…but he struggles in reading.
I pledged to read 20 minutes a day with my son!
I like that you can view the data and see what they are doing, what they got wrong (to work on) and how long they were reading
pledged 30 mins day
I love that it “reads” words and interacts with the pitures!
I also pleadged to read 30 minutes per day with my children!
The feature that I like the best is the data tracking so you can see how your child is doing with a particular book.
I joined the pledge and I pledged to read for 30 minutes a day to my son.
I love that it has a headphone jack! Yes!
I love that the “system” is just a pen and not a huge laptop. Much more compact!
I just subscribed to your RSS feed and I also took the 30 minutes a day challenge at Leapfrog
I love that they are adding things in addition to books like flashcards to make it even more useful. Thanks!
I pledged 30 minutes per day with my son! Thanks.
I love that the pen can read any word in the book.
I pledged 30 minutes with my kids!
My favorite feature is that the pen can read any word the child has trouble with. This allows more independent reading.
I love that with it “they can make a guess at a particular word and see if they are right. Or they can memorize the words, which is an early stage of learning to read.” Great tool!
I pledged 20 minutes a day!
It’s good to know the ups and downs of the system. How can it be that bad though if it’s encouraging a little one to read! Thanks for the giveaway!
I pledged 20 min a day!
We think the TAG reader is great. I love the fact that Leapfrog has chosen to digitize some of the classic favorite kid books, and also that the recognizable characters from film or television in the books sound familiar in the audio.
I love that it encourages independant reading. My daughter is very independant and would love that! LOL!
I pledged 20 minutes a day with my kiddos!