Just this month, Vtech released the V.Reader in stores nationwide. Before its release, I was contacted and asked if I would like to check it out with Alex. Can you guess? I was more than excited for this opportunity.


First, let me get the details out of the way. I know most people are thinking "what is a V.Reader?".  Basically, it's an E-Reader for children ages 3 years and up. It has a touch screen, full qwerty keyboard, and many ways to play and learn built in to each cartridge.  And beyond the cartridges, you can insert a memory card to download additional stories. (These will be available online.)

From the website, it's features are:

V.Reader Interactive E-Reading System Features:

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  4.3" Color touch screen

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  Plays fully animated stories with story narration, character voices, vivid graphics and exciting music and sounds!

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  Includes 3 ways to play: Watch the Story, Reading Games and Story Dictionary

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  USB port and SD memory card slot for expansion

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  Durable, kid-tough design

To give you a better look at the V.Reader and how it works, I put together a brief video. The story is Mr. Men/Little Miss: The Case of the Smelly Sock. Alex just loves this story and laughs at the same parts every time he reads it.

We absolutely love the Vtech V.Reader in our house. Alex uses it almost daily and has even tried his hand at quite a few of the games on the cartridges. Now, these games are a tad advanced for a 3 year old, but I'm excited for the things he's learning from them (i.e. syllables).

The hubster and I like it enough to invest in it and buy Alex a few more stories. We're also excited to purchase a memory card and download stories for the V.Reader as soon as we're able to. I see this as something that will grow with Alex while helping him develop skills along the way. What a wonderful learning tool this is!

I highly recommend purchasing this for the little ones in your life as well. The holidays are right around the corner, you know? 

BUY IT: You can purchase the Vtech V.Reader for $59.99.

** The opinions expressed are mine and mine alone.Others may have a different experience and may not agree with my opinion.Thanks to Vtech for the product to review. I was able to keep the item at no cost to me.**

VTech V.Reader *New For Little Readers* (review)

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Thanks for your patience! My little ones are finally feeling better and I can get back to my "norm". I have a few winners to announce!!

• The Step2 Giveaway goes to:
  

• And winning the VTech Giveaway is

Both winners have been e-mailed and I will redraw if the prizes are not claimed within 48 hours. 

Congrats to the winners and thanks to all who entered. 

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Alex loves to watch TV and even enjoys trying his hand at a video game or too. And in a media powered world, it's very hard to keep him from these things. Instead, I try to find ways for him to enjoy modern technology while helping him learn at the same time. 

VTech offers many different ways for Alex to play and learn as he grows. (There are even toys for Eliana's age of 6 months, too.)

For review in this event, Alex was sent the V.Smile Motion system. In short, this is a wireless gaming system that encourages the learning of children ages 3-7 through playing with their favorite characters.

The system comes with one remote control. The size of the remote makes handling very easy for little ones and the "one big button" is a feature that Alex really enjoys using when he plays his games. It also comes with one game entitled Action Mania that is jam-packed with active games like racing cars or bobsledding for example.

I particularly enjoy the fact that this system will hold its own games. On the top of the system is a storage area that can store the games easily and fosters independence as Alex can take out and put away his own games as he chooses.

We found a great deal on some games so we picked up 2 different ones for Alex and gave him the system with the games for a gift at his birthday party.

He was excited for sure but he didn't really understand what he had received. He only understood "Thomas & Friends" and "Handy Manny" as those are the games he received.

Once we got home, we opened up and put in his Thomas & Friends game to play. I love how he learns things like time management, problem solving, colors, and more from just this one game. And from the Handy Manny game, he's learning about things like patterns and even how to speak and understand Spanish.

This is absolutely something that we will continue to use and enjoy as Alex gets older. His favorite games can get years of play as he can adjust the difficultly level and find new games and challenges to match his current needs. And when he finally does grow out of the games he has now (that are for ages 3-6), there are other games available to teach him new things at a new completely different learning level. 

BUY IT:  You can purchase the V.Smile Motion for about $59.99 and games for around $24.99

THE GIVEAWAY!! NOW CLOSED

Vtech has offered one V.Smile Motion system for one lucky winner!

To enter:

• Visit Vtech and tell me one other item that you would like to have for your little one. (Make sure to include your e-mail address for your entry to count!)

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Please leave a separate comment for each entry. This giveaway will run until May 14th at 11:59pm ET. The winner will be selected by using random.org and will be contacted and announced on May 15th. If the prize is not claimed within 48 hours, I will randomly select another winner.

** Thanks to Vtech for the V.Smile Motion System to review.**

**This review is based strictly on my experience and opinion. I was not compensated in any way for the review itself or to influence my choice of words. Others may not agree with my opinion.**

April Showers ~ Vtech V.Smile Motion Review (Giveaway now closed)

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