iLearn 'N' Play: Adventure Explorer
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Connect your iPad, iPad mini, iPhone or iPod to this plastic console, and your child can turn on the ignition key and drive. The working on/off ignition switch, steering wheel, shifter, accelerator, and forward/reverse control integrates with free iLearn ‘N’ Play apps. The Adventure Explorer comes bundled with three levels of the Letter Explorer app, downloadable from the app store, designed to teach letters and phonics. Children are asked to collect and recognize letters, and spell simple high frequency words. You use Bluetooth to pair with the Adventure Explorer unit, place your Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod in the toy, and then your child can use the steering wheel and controls to interact with the App. Requires 3 AA batteries, not included. Other apps available include Number Explore and Words Explorer. Full versions of the apps are $1.99 each and have 36 levels. Note that the press materials says it come with free lite version of app containing three levels, but if you click the link on the website to download the free app, iTunes says it comes with 12 levels. Also, the box says it works with all iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch devices, but the website says "Apple is no longer supporting any Operating System below 4.3 on all iOS devices. Our products clearly state that they work with all iOS devices, but this is unfortunately not the case if the device is not able to update to iOS 4.3 or above." And on iTunes it says the app requires iOS 5.1 or later.
$40, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone. iPod Touch
Teaches: early learning