I got my then 4 yo a leapster last year and I am glad I spent the money on it. He is a video game freak and the games for leapster held his interest just as the games for gameboy, only the leapster games were actually teaching him things. I especially like the cartridge that helps with writing. I also bought the vsmile last year and he used it only a handfull of times for about a month after he got it. I am hoping they come out with games for the vsmile for the younger age group. Maybe my 2 you will get some use out of it! and when buying the leapster definetely opt for the charger it runs out of batteries pretty quick.
