What is the LeapFrog Academy?

One thing that the LeapFrog Epic Academy Edition comes with is access to the LeapFrog Academy, so just what is this?

LeapFrog Academy is a subscription-based educational app that is available for a wide variety of platforms. The Academy Edition comes with three months of subscription included in the purchase. Subscriptions, at the time of writing, cost $7.99 per month, $39.99 for six months or $69.99 for twelve months, with the option of a one month free trial.

LeapFrog Academy is an interactive learning programme aimed at children from age 3 to age 6. It comes with over 2,000 games, ebooks and activities, some of which can be played offline.

The Academy aims to teach reading and writing, mathematics, problem solving, science and the world, creativity and feelings and health. A parent can see how their child is progressing in any field, and see which areas need more development, or which they need more challenge in. Children have a customisable avatar that they can get clothes for through educational activities, and gain printable certificates. There are printable activities as well, but these will need such as a PC to use.

Children get an avatar that they can customise and read books and play games that will help educate them and develop a variety of essential skills.

Feelings and health teaches children about emotional development, daily routines, facial expressions, health and wellness and where food comes from.

With reading and writing, children will learn such as sounds, letters, syllables, upper and lowercase letters, blending sounds into words, listening and reading comprehension and alliteration and rhymes.

Science and the world teaches children about such as countries, maps, Earth, space, the human body, life cycles and how to think like a scientist.

For maths, they will learn numbers and counting up to 100, shapes, both 2D and 3D, sorting and patterns, more and less and tracing and writing numbers.

Creativity educates children on art, music, sounds, musical notation, instruments, drawing, colours and colour mixing.

For problem solving, children can learn simple machines, observations, critical thinking, predictions and memory.