"Showering Mommy & Baby" Giveaway Event! - VTech V.Reader Review & Giveaway

**CLOSED**

Winner: Random.org #911 - Mommalovesme

--Winner has been emailed. She has 48hrs to respond before a new winner is chosen-- 

A Thank You to VTech Toys & to all of you wonderful readers who entered! :)

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When I was approached by Jolyn to have Makenna review the *NEW* V.Reader by VTech I instantly jumped at the opportunity.

The new V.Reader was exclusively released at Target stores everywhere on June 21st but is not available nationwide until August. With that being said, Makenna is one of the first kids to have a look at this great new product that is being compared to the Kindle.

The V.Reader is for kids 3-7 years old. It helps them learn the necessary building blocks to grow into a fluent reader. V.Reader teaches reading comprehension, vocabulary, phonics and word building, along with a story dictionary that describes word definitions in a manner that’s easy for them to comprehend.

Each learning cartridge gives your little reader two options - listen and follow along to the story as read by animated characters; or touch the screen and play reading games to learn each word or sentence.

The V.Reader comes in two colors - Blue & Orange, and Pink w/ flowers! Makenna was of course sent the girly pink V.Reader. The V.Reader comes with "What's That Noise" learning cartridge but Makenna was also sent "Olivia Takes Ballet"!
It was easy for Makenna to pick up the concept because just like her DSi the V.Reader comes with a pen to make it easier to use the touch screen.

The home screen is customizable with the choice of an avatar picture, the child's name and a welcome message.
The stories really come to life through vivid animation, narration, character voices, graphics, sounds and music. Young children engage with stories by watching, reading and learning. Children can follow their favorite character’s voice, play reading games and use the story dictionary.
Through out the story, certain words are highlighted and when touched on the word is explained in definition, which makes life easier since Makenna does ask "what does that mean..?" a lot.

VTech has a download library with more than 100 additional stories. I have both a Windows laptop and a Mac computer so I love that V.Reader is compatible with a PC or Mac computer.
Right now the learning cartridge choices are "Toy Story 3", "Shrek 4", "Scooby Doo", "Olivia", "Little Engine", "Dora The Explorer", "Mickey Mouse Club House" and "Mr. Men & Little Miss"! I'm not positive but I'm sure more cartridge games will be coming out as the release date comes closer.

[[GO BUY IT:]]

You can purchase the V.Reader via Target or nationwide August 2010
for $59.99 plus $19.99 for most learning cartridge games.

[[YOU CAN WIN IT!:]]

Jolyn has GENEROUSLY offered one DDM reader to win their very own V.Reader (in your choice color)!!

[[...HOW?:]]

(Please read my tutorial on "How To Enter My Giveaways" if you are unsure about anything)

(PS:: PLEASE be sure to include your email in EVERY entry!! I need to contact you if you win!)

[[MANDATORY ENTRY:]]

(Mandatory entry MUST be completed FIRST for any other entry to count!!!)

1 entry – Follow me on Google Friend Connect AND Sign up for Club VTech

[[EXTRA ENTRIES:]]

(Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry.)

2 entries - Follower VTech on Twitter.

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1 entry – Follow me on Twitter

1 entry – Tweet about this giveaway (Leave ur tweet hyperlink, please!!!): 

#Win a VTech V.Reader from @jmercurio19. Win it before you can buy it!! @VTechToys http://bit.ly/bizCdg (7/17) #giveaway #reading

(can RT tweet 3 times a day w/ at least a hour in between then comment again!)

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(You may click each link THREE TIMES a day. AFTER a hour wait each time.

Then leave a separate comment each time.)

3 entries – Put my *NEW* blog button on your site. Leave me a link so I can find it. (Leave 3 separate comments)

3 entries – Put my *NEW* "Showering..." event button on your site. Leave me a link so I can find it. (Leave 3 separate comments)

5 entries – Blog about this giveaway. Blog post MUST include links back to Double Duty Mommy AND VTech to count. Leave me the link in your comment. (Leave 5 separate comments)

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(ur FB page cant be private though :/ To get the link: Click on the time of your post and then copy the address bar link provided. CAN ONLY DO ONE: Blog post OR Facebook post!!!!)

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[[THE FINE PRINT:]]

**No other monetary compensation was received for this review - I was sent the product(s) to review at no cost to me. The views and opinions are strictly my own. Your results and views may differ.

Giveaway is open USA ONLY (sorry) & will close on July 17th, 2010 at 9pm EST! Random.org will be used to choose the winner who will then have 48 hours to respond to my email before a new winner is chosen. Good luck!**