Tap the LeapStart ® Go stylus to charts, words and pictures on LeapStart ® books and deluxe activity sets to trigger sounds, on-screen animations and real videos to explore advanced concepts like the human body and the solar system. The Tag pen device works with specially made books which include an optical pattern of dots too small to disturb the reader.

Internet connection for parent account and device set-up required to download additional book audio. is one of the leader in innovative solutions that encourage a child's curiosity and love of learning throughout their early developmental journey. For more than 20 years, LeapFrog has helped children expand their knowledge and imagination through various products that combine state-of-the-art educational expertise led by the LeapFrog Learning Team, innovative technology, and engaging play – turning playtime into quality time that helps children leap ahead. If you leave LeapReader connected during the download, then your companion audio will be installed as soon as they finish downloading.Another way to do this is that you can touch a page inside your LeapReader book with your LeapReader pen while it is switched on and it will prompt you to connect it to your computer to LeapFrog Connect to download the companion audio. A computer with an Internet connection is required to download books and activity sets onto the LeapStart® system.

A stylus touches the book to actuate the Tag device, and the device, through analysis of the printed pattern, divines both the book being read and its exact position within the book. Soon he was able to learn how the pen worked and let me know how he could listen to the ABC song and how he could switch to story mode.Leapfrog were useless and in the end it went in the bin and I had a very unhappy little boy and a bunch of useless books. Tag requires a Microsoft Windows or Mac OS computer running LeapFrog Connect software to populate the Tag with audio for books. This includes downloading whichever audiobook or companion audio you want for your LeapReader book which you can then upload onto your pen by connecting it to your computer. This lets you know what your child has been reading and if they have been playing the games built into each book, how many questions they are getting right. One thing that we noticed was that the LeapReader book had tiny grey dots covering the whole page even the text and the images.