I can almost hear my precious laptop breathing a sigh of relief. No more sticky fingers and tiny hands banging on it, at least, we hope. My toddler now feels empowered and less left-out when mamá sits in front of the computer because she has her own little laptop to carry around.
Hers is even cooler because it speaks…in TWO languages: English and Spanish. OK, she can’t stream Pocoyó on Ingenio’s Mi Primer Notebook/My First Notebook, but she can certainly use her expanding imagination by freely hitting buttons that prompt a lovely española’s voice to teach her numbers, letters, colors and shapes in Spanish and, with a press of a button, in English.
Her new laptop is compact and perfect for her to carry around. The first thing she did when I gave it to her was to place it on my desk, sit in front of it and madly press every single button she found, while hysterically laughing out loud (surely she’s not imitating me!?)
I wasted no time looking for a volume control–couldn’t find one–but was happy that the “screen” is really just a picture. This is one electronic toy that will not over-stimulate my daughter visually with unnecessary flashing lights and videos. It will, however, interactively teach her basic pre-school concepts in the two languages she understands.
All of Ingenio´s bilingual toys are available via Amazon. Of course, the best way to get them is via La Tiendita.
Our First Giveaway!
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our very first SBFinds winner: Diana!
Ingenio, the first educational bilingual toys and games brand in the U.S., has chosen you to be the first to get a chance to win every single one of their ten toys. Today you can enter to win Mi Primer Notebook, winner of the Top Toy of the Year 2009 Award from Creative Child Magazine, simply by visiting their website and leaving us a comment below telling us which of their bilingual toys you crave and why.
That’s all you have to do to enter this giveaway. If you want to up your chances at winning, then click here to learn how to get additional entries.
This giveaway ends tonight, Monday, August 24, at midnight EST.
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I really like the My First Notebook simply because my little boy would probably really enjoy having his own “laptop” since his mami and papi each have one. He’d have to grow a little more to fully enjoy it, but would not have to wait until he was two…since his papi doesn’t want him having any screen time before that, but with this that wouldn’t be a problem.
Why I’d want it is because of the fact that I am a non-native Spanish speaker yet I’m the only bi-lingual parent and we definitely want our son to be bi-lingual…so anything that will help us in the learning process is great!!
Ooh! I like the Crossword Blocks set. My daughter is 2 1/2 and could use the blocks for building and learning colors and letters. My son is 7 and could use the crossword boards for working on spelling in both English and Spanish.
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No need to say it maybe: the My First Notebook would be a hit with my little one right away, the way he’s drawn to all things “computerish”, like any kid born in this millennium I guess… The other toys I’m really interested in are the Animals Learning Puzzle and the Opposites Learning Cards, since they’re maybe the most age appropriate at this point (my boys are 33 and 15 months old respectively). Any of these would be a great addition to their toys / games collection, the first bilingual ones.
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the smart projector looks fabuloso! my 3-year old always asks me to write the letters in her name and draw her pictures of animalitos….with the smart projector she will be able to do it all on her own…and that would be hugely appealing to my newly-independent niña.
Oh my gosh, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! I’ve been wanting to get my daughter a toy lap-top type thing, but have refrained from doing so because I just haven’t quite seen anything I liked. This looks fantastico! My kid loves to play with anything that resembles a computer, and me encanta because it’s educational and it’s reinforcing her Spanish at the same time. Bravo! I’m so getting this even if I don’t win.
I’m bilingual and have been trying to teach my sons (ages 4 & 6) Spanish. I think they would really enjoy the smart projector. My First Notebook is great, too!
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I love their projector for practising writing. This laptop also looks fabulous! thanks for all you do!
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I subscribe via e-mail…I think it would be easier if the print was a little bigger on my screen
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I subscribe via RSS as well
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Hi! I just subscribed to this new Finds via email. Hope I did it right…(?). Anywhoots, hope this qualifies. I was just checking out the Ingenio site some more and I also want the Smart Projector, the North American Map Puzzle…basically todo!
Seriously… I need the laptop! My 1 year old (yes , 1) is all over my laptop… I keep telling her ” get your own mamacita!” but she doesn’t listen ( :
Hello. I would love the My First Notebook for my son. I am trying to teach him spanish on my own but it has been years since I took an actual class and due to my mommy brain my knowledge has dwindled down to a few words. I would love to expand his vocabulary. This toys seems just the way to do it. And it would make him feel so grown up having his own little laptop! Too adorable
I crave the Smart Projector. It would be a great product to teach children to be bilingual. It has the aphabests and Children can draw and learn the spanish words for thei drawings.
i really like the ingenio smart projector, it’s very cooL!
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I absolutely LOVE the My first Notebook! Not only does it teach your child to know about and feel comfortable using computers, it encourages the use of both English and Spanish when learning.
I could let my little one sit and mash the buttons when still young, then as he grows he can understand more about this fantastic new toy.
Love it, can’t wait to play with it myself!
Oh by the way, just subscribed to this great new website, very excited to hear about your new finds!
The Crossword Blocks looks like a great learning tool while having fun
I subscribe via Google reader (rosannepm) and I’d love to have the Crossword Block game.
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I would like the ingenio smart projector.
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My friend’s little girl would probably also like the Learning puzzle.
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I subscribed via email aswell. Needless to say, ALL the bilingual products from ingenio are great..!
Aye! I WANT the Smart Projector for my little girl…she is an artista and would be over la luna for it! Pick me! PICK MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
(Do I sound desperate? I AM!)
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