Make the leap
Leapfrog Leapmove camera
Price: £59.99
This tiny, camera-equipped box either clips to the top of your TV or sits underneath it, connects via HDMI and enables a jiggling pre-schooler (or jiggling adult, if you crouch down) to participate in a range of onscreen games. It’s not the most sophisticated motion-tracking system in existence, but it doesn’t need to be: you step, clap, wave and flap your way through various challenges, smashing orbs, hiding behind crystals and, if you’re brave enough, transforming into an armadillo along the way. Educational elements run through the games (maths, phonics, etc) but its main strength is its ease of set-up and lack of clutter – you can be up and running almost instantly.
A sound investment
