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Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Beam Box Game Pack (Heatwave the Fire-Bot)

The Beam Box Game System lets you beam Rescue Bots figures into Rescue Bots video games! Just choose your favorite Rescue Bots hero and place that figure into the console. Press the activator button and whoosh! The figure disappears from view and reappears in the game on your TV screen! (Beam Box Game System Starter Pack sold separately.)

If Heatwave the Fire-Bot is your favorite Rescue Bots hero, get ready for an exclusive Heatwave the Fire-Bot adventure! Just place the Heatwave the Fire-Bot figure into the console of the Beam Box Game System Starter Pack (sold separately) and press the activator button. Presto! The Heatwave the Fire-Bot figure disappears from view and reappears in the game on your TV screen! Unlock the exclusive Fire Alarm Frenzy game! You can also play as Heatwave the Fire-Bot in all of the 5 games that come with the Beam Box Game System Starter Pack!
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With the Beam Box Game System, you can enjoy hours of action-figure play and then place your favorite figure into the Beam Box Game System Starter Pack console (sold separately) for exciting video-game adventures. Place your Heatwave the Fire-Bot figure into the console to unlock an exclusive video game! Team up with Heatwave the Fire-Bot as he comes to the rescue! No matter what the emergency, Heatwave the Fire-Bot finds a way to save the day!
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It’s cool to watch your favorite Rescue Bots figure disappear from view and reappear on the TV screen, time after time! (Beam Box Game System Starter Pack sold separately). Not only can you unlock an exclusive game with Heatwave the Fire-Bot, you can play the games that come in the Beam Box Game System Starter Pack and play as Heatwave the Fire-Bot there, too!
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Exclusive Heatwave the Fire-Bot Game
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2-in-1 Play
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First It’s in the Box, Now It’s on TV
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Features/Specifications

• Disappears from view, then reappears on your TV screen
• Exclusive Heatwave the Fire-Bot game
• 2-in-1 play
• Ages 3-7
• Includes Heatwave the Fire-Bot Beam Box figure and instructions

Learn to Read with Merida

Read at your own pace using the LeapReader for word by word support

Shoot words with similar spelling patterns—such as deep, sleep and sheep—to practice word-building

Interactive activities are built into the plot to engage readers and make this book re-readable

Touch advanced vocabulary words (such as diplomacy and etiquette) to hear them read aloud

Question and answer activities help strengthen understanding and bolster reading confidence

The Early Reading Series is designed to build core phonics skills

Teaches:

Learn to read with the #1 selling reading system!*

Designed for children ages four to eight, the Tag Reading System uses touch technology to engage children and bring reading to life. Each touch to the pages of specially printed storybooks, puzzles, maps and more triggers audio responses that support and surprise-engaging children’s senses to make reading-and learning-a rich, fulfilling experience. Winner of 55+ awards worldwide, the Tag system holds audio for up to 10 titles at a time from a vast library featuring characters from favorite TV, movie and classic tales.

For parents, the Tag Reader offers easy audio download with no cartridges to lose, adjustable volume control and it turns itself automatically after a period of inactivity to save battery life. Parents can also see specific details of their child’s reading progress through the free online Learning Path.

99% of teachers recommend Tag!**

Tag helps children build the skills to learn to read, and games and learning activities help reinforce new skills, building confidence and encouraging children to continue to explore and discover a love of reading and learning.

The Tag Reading System:

• Provides children with tools to build phonics and reading comprehension skills.

• Sounds out words in select books to provide tutorial support.

• Challenges and supports young readers to progress at their own pace.

The Learn to Read System Library

The Tag Learn to Ready System is designed to guide children through their learn-to-read journey. Beginning with the Get Ready to Read series and the Tag Junior book pal, children are introduced to reading basics and essential preschool skills. Moving on to the Tag Reader, the Early Reading series expands upon these skills with core phonics practice and exposure to basic sentence structure. As children build confidence they can develop their reading comprehension and vocabulary skills with the longer text and more complex sentences of the Read on Your Own series. And their growing reading skills lead to even more fun with the Learn through Reading series, which features maps, puzzles, flash cards and sets that expand the learning to geography, writing, science and more.

Book and Print Basics

A child’s early experiences with books greatly influence his ability to learn to read. Reading together helps a child learn how to turn pages one at a time and that text moves from left to right. Advanced readers learn how to use books for research.

Consonants

There are more consonants sounds than there are consonants in the alphabet. A consonant digraph is a pair of consonants that stand for a single sound (ch, sh, th, wh).

Vowels

Spelling begins with regular short vowel sounds (cap) and long vowel sounds (with silent e, cap becomes cape). Finally, children learn the rules and patterns of vowel pairs (ee), digraphs (ai in train), dipthongs (oi in boil) and r-controlled vowels (farm, bird).

Phonological Awareness

Along with learning language and letters, phonological awareness-the ability to pick out and play with sounds in words (such as syllables and rhymes)-is essential for learning to read.

Word recognition

With repeated exposure to commonly used words, word recognition grows and becomes more automatic.

Phonics skills

To read independently, children must understand the relationship between the sounds in spoken words and the letters that represent those sounds.

Vocabulary

The larger their vocabulary, the easier it is for children to comprehend what they read and hear and communicate with others.

Listening and Reading Comprehension

As children develop comprehension of books read aloud or independently, they explore the uses and functions of written language. They begin to construct meaning, eventually applying critical skills to make inferences and draw conclusions.

Learn Through Reading

In addition to creating a strong foundation through language and literacy learning, there are skill sets that children need exposure to and knowledge of for further development and achievement in school. Topics like science, social studies, mathematics and overall life skills are essential experiences to ensure further development and achievement in school.

Product Dimensions: 5.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches

Package Dimensions: 11.0 x 2.5 x 10.6 inches

Package Weight: 1.80 lbs

Batteries: 2 AAA (not included)

What’s in the Box:

• LeapFrog Tag Reader

• Sampler activity book (audio pre-loaded on Reader)

• User guide

• USB cable

About LeapFrog

LeapFrog is a leader in education innovation. We create award-winning learning toys, interactive book and map experiences, reading systems, educational gaming handhelds and learning tablets that are age-appropriate. Our mission is to help every child achieve his or her potential. So our products combine robust technology, curriculum and popular characters to create engaging experiences that make play and learning even more fun. With more than 120 million learning systems, books and games in homes worldwide, plus multisensory technology in more than 100,000 U.S. classrooms, the LeapFrog brand is trusted by parents, valued by teachers and loved by children. Many of our products connect to the Internet for enhanced learning with additional interactive experiences. Those connections also empower parents with personalized insights and recommendations, helping them see and share in their child’s learning progress through our groundbreaking LeapFrog Learning Path.

*U.S. Source: The NPD Group / Consumer Tracking Service; Preschool Electronic Learning, Reading System brands in Dollars, Annual 2010(excluding gaming systems). U.K. Source: The NPD Group/ EPoS Retail Tracking; Preschool Electronic Learning, Reading System brands in Value, Annual 2010 (excluding gaming systems). Canada Source: The Nielsen Company, Market Track Closed Group, National Toy Market 2010 (52 weeks ending December 2010).

**Based on a 2010 survey conducted by LeapFrog of teachers participating in its Tag Kindergarten Program who received Tag Reading Systems from LeapFrog for use in their classrooms.

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