Leapster Learning Game - Pet Pals

Appropriate for Ages 4 Years to 7 Years

Leapster® Game: Pet Pals

Learning Skills

  • Listening and Speaking
    • Listening and Speaking

      Children learn the intonations and speech patterns in language by listening. Learning to read also requires careful listening, because good listening skills help children break down words into their individual sounds.

  • Phonics Skills
    • Phonics Skills

      Before they can read independently, children must learn the relationship of letters to their sounds and be able to distinguish individual sounds, or phonemes, within words. Phonics skills help children sounds out new words (If I can read "pot", then I can read "hot" and "spot").

  • Word Recognition
    • Word Recognition

      As children learn to read, they must be able to "decode" the words they don't know- to translate strings of letters into words. Eventually they can recognize common words that can't be sounded out (the, said, she).

  • The Alphabet
    • The Alphabet

      Knowing the letters of the alphabet is one of the first steps toward learning to read and write. Introducing letters to young children helps them learn to recognize the different shapes and names - an early indicator for reading achievement.

  • Early Number Sense
    • Early Number Sense

      As early as 6 months, babies begin to understand the concept of numbers, noticing small groups of one, two or three things. As children develop number sense they learn to count by ones, skip count and count backwards, gaining the foundation for operations. Children who have good number sense find learning operations like addition and subtraction much easier.

  • Number Recognition
    • Number Recognition

      To begin their study of math, children must distinguish numerals from letters and shapes and understand that numbers are symbols for amounts.

  • Addition
    • Addition

      Once children know that numbers are symbols for objects (2 stands for two cars) they learn to count sets, or groups of objects, to find sums. Finally, sets of objects can be replaced by numerals and added together in equations.

  • Subtraction
    • Subtraction

      The inverse of addition is subtraction - to take away objects and tell how many are left. Once children grasp subtraction, sets of objects can be replaced by numerals in equations.

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Leapster® Game: Pet Pals

 

Adopt and raise your very own puppy!  You'll improve reading and mathematics skills as you feed, groom and care for your puppy, take it for walks, play fetch and more.  Then use what you learn to win top dog at the show!  Leapster2 players can connect online for extra activities and rewards.  And with the LeapFrog® Learning Path, parents can see what their child is learning. 

 

All Leapster games work with all Leapster systems.

 

All Leapster games work with all Leapster Learning Game Systems (Leapster, Leapster L-Max™ and Leapster TV™).

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