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No screen, no app, no wifi
Rechargeable, cable included
14-day returns
Gift-ready box
Set him on the picture. He says the word out loud. Your child says it back, and goes looking for the next one.
He is a small green dinosaur with a speaker in his belly and a reader under his feet. No screen, no app, no wifi, and nobody has to read anything to anybody. What comes with him is a whole phonics course: 148 cards in five ring-bound sets, printed on both sides, 592 words between them. The alphabet, short vowels, vowel pairs, consonant blends, and a phonics list, in that order.
Each card carries a full sentence too, not just a word, so it goes past naming things. The small ball fell off the wall. I have a blue blanket.
Six sheets of picture stickers come in the box and they go anywhere: the fridge door, the oven, the back of a chair, the arm of the couch. He reads them there just the same, which turns the whole house into the lesson. A three-year-old will cross the room to get to the next one, and then the one after that.
Put four rings in the drawer and work on one. He charges by cable. Nothing to unscrew, no batteries to buy.
| Ages | 3 and up, with an adult nearby. |
| Cards | 148 phonics cards in five ring-bound sets, printed both sides. |
| Words | 592 words and full sentences. |
| Sets | the alphabet, short vowels, vowel pairs, consonant blends, phonics list. |
| Stickers | six sheets of peel-off picture stickers. |
| Rings | five colored rings, one for each card set. |
| Sound | a speaker in the belly, with volume up and down. |
| Extras | a microphone, so they can record themselves and play it back. |
| Power | a built-in rechargeable battery, USB-C cable included. |
| Screen | none, and no app, no wifi, nothing to pair. |
| Size | the reader fits in one small hand. |
| Materials | ABS plastic, silicone and card stock. |
No. There is no slot, and nothing to push in. You set him down on the card, or on a sticker, and the reader under his feet does the rest. That is why the stickers work just as well on a fridge door as the cards do on a table.
We list it for 3 and up, with an adult nearby. There are small parts, and the stickers are best put up where a baby cannot get at them.
No. There is a rechargeable battery inside and a USB-C cable in the box. You plug him in the way you plug in anything else, and there is nothing to unscrew.
Off a fridge, an oven door or a painted table leg, yes, and they can be moved around. On wallpaper and on fresh paint, put one in a corner first and see how it lifts before you cover the kitchen.
They are thick printed card stock, heavier than a playing card, and printed on both sides. A determined three-year-old can still fold one. This is what the five rings are for: keep four sets in a drawer and hand over one.