Phonics Notebook
© 1999 KB Toys
This "pretend" laptop is made of brightly colored, durable plastic and features a small (1 x 3 inch) LCD screen. Keyboard buttons are large and easy to select. The toy's six learning activities include find the letter, sounding out words, a spelling game and an arcade-style "hit-the-letter" game. Our testers found the toy easy to use and enjoyed playing with it. This would be nice in classrooms, but note that there is no volume control or headphone jack.
$19.99, Smart Toy
Teaches: reading, letters, phonics, spelling