Giveaway: LeapFrog Tag Reading System Bundle!

I love educational toys. So I’m very pleased to announce a new contest (drum roll, please!), the LeapFrog Tag Reading System Giveway.

Thanks to my friend Sarah Ludwig at Parenting by Trial and Error, I’ve been selected as one of ten bloggers to host a LeapFrog giveaway. The prize is amazing: a LeapFrog Tag Reading System, including The Cat in the Hat and two extra books. Retail value: $77.97

In case you’re not familiar with the Tag, it’s the one with the magic pen — you know, the pen that your child can drag over the words to read the words outloud. It also interacts with the book in dozen other ways (check out the demo), offering kids multiple ways to enter into the story. The Tag Reading System has won 28 awards in 6 countries and was recently named the Best Educational Toy of 2009.

So how do you enter? Leave a comment here, telling me why you want to win. (Limit one comment per person. For extra entries, you can:

  • Tweet the contest (including a link to my blog). You can do this daily, so each day can equal another extra entry.
  • Post about the contest on your blog.
  • Join the Blogging ‘Bout Boys community. Sign on as a follower (and be sure to let me know!)

Contest ends at 11:59 pm Central Time on Monday, September 28 2009 and the winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 29. Contest open to residents of the United States and Canada only. The winner be chosen by random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to notification with shipping info. If no response is received, another winner will be chosen at random.

Now for the really good news: You can enter 9 more times! Visit each of these blogs and sign up for extra chances to win. (Not all of the contests are up and running yet, so check back frequently)

Parenting By Trial and Error

Frisco Kids

Confessions of a Mean Mommy

Ready Mom

The Adventures of Supermom

3 Carnations

My Semblance of Sanity

World of Weasels

Blog Salad

Good luck!

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211 Responses

  1. I’d really love to win this for my son. I think that helping a child read early is so important. These Tag Readers sound like and fun way to help my son read. Thanks so much.

  2. I would love to win because I have 2 kids who could really benefit from this. My daughter still struggles to read and my son is turning 4 and would like to start him early.
    brewerchickey78(at)yahoo.com

  3. Why do I want to win? Because my 4 1/2 year old son informed me the other day that he’s tired of having me read to him: “I want to read by myself right NOW, Mama!” This gizmo will help! Plus, he loves gadgets…

    Wendy
    ta*****@sy*******.ca

  4. I would love to have one of these for my four year old, just starting preschool. She wanted me to teach her how to read one night. “No mama, ALL the words”. YIKES!

  5. It’s never to early to instill a love of reading and books in a child and the Leapfrog system is wonderful for that.
    traymona[at]aol.com

  6. My daughter is starting to read, and her brother will be learning within a year, no doubt. They would have a blast with this together! And mommy would get some quiet! Ah ha ha.

  7. I want to win thise because it would make a great gift for my 4 year old nephew Andrew.

    Amycastellano74(at)hotmail(dot)com

  8. We have one Tag Reader & 3 of my kids fight over it. We really need at least one more, plus I’m totally excited about this new version that holds 10 books, I’m getting really tired of taking off books to add a different one.

  9. We love reading to our daughter and have been reading to her since she was less than a year old (she is now six). She loves to be read to and she likes reading when someone is watching over her shoulders but she does not like independent reading. It would be great to have the LeapFrog reader to help her gain a love for independent reading. I can envision her getting stuck on some words and using the pen to help her get through the tough parts. While I would still love to continue read to her, I hope this can also inspire to read on her own.

    I also have boy/girl twins who are just shy of two, I would love to try to use this system with them too and hopefully create a foundation for a love of reading.

    we******@ya***.com

  10. I would love to have this for my grandson. He is just at the stage of recognizing some words, very early reading and has a great love of books. His parents and siblings read to him and get books from the library but this would be something of his own that would help him learn to read and would be FUN!

  11. This is a great product and should be a great help to any reader. We could really use this. I would love to be entered please.

    ssummmer(at)gmail(dot)com

  12. Oh my gosh these LeapFrog Tag Reading Systems are phenominal I hear! I always wanted to get my children one but could never afford it! 🙁
    Thanks for giving me the opportunity to try and win one!

    roxxyroller(at)hotmail(dot)com

  13. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me. I would love to win this for my son. He would absolutely love this.

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  14. I’d love to win this for my daughter! She is a very bright 2yo who is already starting to put letters together to make words, such as “baby” – I think this would be perfect to take her the next step!

    janemaritz at yahoo dot com

  15. Why do I want to win? I’ve heard so many good things about the Leapfrog Tag System and would love to find out what it’s all about! I’m all for encouraging my daughter in reading – I want to make it fun!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    ladyufshalott at yahoo.com

  16. I would love to win this for my daughter. She is learning all her letters and her phonics, and she loves books and really wants to learn to read!
    I think this would help her a lot and she would love it!
    mainlandmama at gmail dot com

  17. I would love to win because this would be great for my son. He loves to be read to and he could use this in the car or when I’m busy with chores.

    hafner611{AT}gmail{DOT}com

  18. I woudl like to win one so my daughter has help (besides me) learning to read! I would love to give her a little bit of a head start!
    Thanks for the chance!

    hawkgirl_16{at}hotmail{dot}com

  19. I would love to win since using the Tag with my older son was so successful! He has outgrown it, and now we are on munchkin number 2, trying to teach him the joy of reading as well!

  20. I’d love to win for my nephew who is the middle of three kids. He’s too young to be helpful around the house yet too old to be cutesy like baby brother. I’d love for him to have something that is just his alone. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com

  21. I would love to win this for my granddaughter because of her love for books. This is a wonderful learning tool and the magic pen is so awesome. I can see it now, she’d be dragging that pen over those words constantly just so she could hear them spoken outloud. What a marvelous interaction toy.

    Please enter me in this fabulous giveaway. Thank you.

  22. I would love to win since my daughter wants to read so badly. This would definitely help–I’ve even seen their phonics books at Target. I think we’d have fun picking those up and some of her favorite books as well!
    lkziegler[at]gmail[dot]com

  23. I’d love to give this to my little cousin who is incredibly curious and eager to learn. He has a very extensive vocabulary for a three year old and this would further engage him.

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