Vtech Ride and Learn Giraffe Bike

December 1, 2009 | Author: webAdmin | Filed under: Electronics for Kids

Vtech Ride and Learn Giraffe Bike

Vtech Ride and Learn Giraffe Bike
List Price: USD 54.99
Lowest New Price: USD 23.39
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Binding: Toy
Manufacturer: V Tech
Average Rating:
Amazon.com Review:
Designed for toddlers between 18 to 36 months old, the award-winning Vtech's Ride & Learn Giraffe Bike lets kids ride a stationary bicycle while learning the ABC's, animal names, and counting. The bike's LCD screen lights up with moving images of animals, numbers and letters, and a variety of large colorful knobs satisfies a child's natural desire to touch and grasp. The more your child pedals, the more he or she can learn.

Ride & Learn Giraffe Bike
    Ages: 18 to 36 months

    Requires:
  • screwdriver for assembly
  • 3 'AA' batteries (short-life demo batteries included; rechargeable batteries not recommended)
What We Think

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The Good: Aids early motor development, teaches the ABCs and counting.

The Challenging: Continuous stream of images and sounds does not always correspond to child's movements.

In a Nutshell: Stationary bike helps kids learn while they exercise.



This interactive stationary bike will teach toddlers their ABCs and numbers as they peddle. View larger.
Keep Pedaling for Moving Images and Sound
Recipient of the iParenting 2009 Outstanding Product Award, this innovative bike helps toddlers develop motor coordination and alpha-numeric learning.

Bike assembly is easy for adults and takes no more than a few minutes, with parts that click neatly into place. Parents should take note that once the bike is assembled, it cannot be disassembled. The bike's overall design emphasizes safety and stability, with easy-to-use pedals that are well-suited to toddlers. A wide stable base restricts side-to-side movement and ensures that the bike won't tip over.

The hard plastic seat is adjustable to two different height positions, catering to a toddler's rapid physical growth. Though the seat is designed to bounce, it shouldn't give more than half an inch or so. Most children will be drawn to the variety of knobs and buttons around the LCD display, as well as the moving images, which change in response to additional pedaling.

As an added bonus, the bike will automatically power down after several minutes of disuse, saving battery life and keeping the house quiet.

The More You Pedal, The More You Learn
Five different activities await your child. In ABC mode, letters of the alphabet will appear in succession on the LCD screen. Each time the pedaling stops, the letter freezes, and an object beginning with that letter appears on the screen. In moments of inactivity, the Alphabet Song begins and letters move across the screen.

In Animal mode, children will be asked to identify a specific animal. The idea is to keep pedaling until that animal appears. In Counting mode, children will see more numbers the more they pedal.

Curious children will love pushing buttons and turning knobs alongside the LCD display. Changing activities is easy, though the continuous stream of images and sounds makes it difficult to associate each button with its respective function. Parents may want to assist in selecting from the five different activities. Either way, an active child will have little trouble finding new things to learn about.

What's in the Box
Ride and Learn Giraffe bike, user's manual with assembly instructions. (Short-life demo batteries included.)


The bike features a number of cheerful, educational matching activities.


Features:
  • Encourages learning through five modes of active play
  • Teaches letters, counting animals and objects
  • Features an LCD screen
  • Adjustable, bouncy seat with three positions to grow with child
  • Ages 18 Mos +
Brand: VTech
Model: 80-106400
Release Date: 2009-05-30
Customer Reviews


Kids will love, parents will hate
My children LOVE this toy and it has helped them learn how to pedal.

I HATE this toy. It is loud loud LOUD. It does not turn off automatically and will keep making noise forever. When you do hit the button to turn it off it loudly announces "Goodbye" which is sure to recapture the attention of your child. Who will promptly come back to the toy and turn it back on, thus ensuring the horrible noise does not end.

Is there a parent in your life that you are mad at? This is the perfect gift for their child.


My Kids Love It!
I have two sons, ages one and two. They both love this bike so much they constantly fight over it. I have actually had to take this bike away from them a few times since neither one of them know how to share properly just yet (I'm trying to work on that). I originally bought it to teach my oldest how to pedal. He has learned well on this. He loves to pedal to the games programmed on it. My youngest who is one, can even reach the pedals. I will agree with others that the volume is a little loud, but it is not enough to bother me or the kids.


Great tricycle trainer
This is perfect for toddlers about 34" tall. My son is 34" and my daughter is 40". Little too small for my daughter eventhough she can still ride it. I bought this for my son anyways to teach him how to paddle. He just started to ride on tricycle but couldn't paddle. This toy actually taught him how to paddle and at same time he likes playing with the electronic gadget too. He sometimes turn this over and ride differently...works fine too. Now he can paddle tricycle! This is a great toy!


Not as great as it seems
My 3 year old son got this for Christmas this past year to help him learn to pedal a bike before spring. It helped a bit but his feet seemed to keep slipping off the pedals; it was odd, I couldn't figure out what was going wrong. Now that it's the end of May and he's pedaling his "big boy bike" around outside like crazy I figured it out: it's the lack of resistance on the pedals. Imagine going to work out on a stationary bike and getting zero resistance. It would be frustrating and no fun right? Well that's the problem with the Giraffe Bike too. But the upside is that he can still play the games on the cheapy screen. He also calls it his cow, throws on a hat, and plays cowboy with the bike =P


Another great vtech toy!
We got this for our son's second birthday. He already had the Kangaroo jumper and loved it and this is the same. He LOVES it! He got right on and with a little help had his feet on the pedals and was trying to ride. We are hoping this helps him learn to ride a bike and it will make it easier when he trys a tricycle or big wheel for the first time. It is very sturdy and looks great too!


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