Tiptoi - the German Black Magic Pen

Another toy I am hooked on ...

I am always on the lookout for something new and English to play with ... now I found a Ravensburger toy which is German and teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) for children, it is called the English Detective starter set... the recommended age is- as far as I remember- 6 years of age, but you can pretty much use it at the age of 2 or less, well not entirely but still bits of it.
I adore it, and the little Chatterbox likes it too, it is educational and entertaining too ...

The aim of the game is irrelevant at the moment for us, basically it is a board game and there is a villain (the bad guy) and Mr Detective (the hero) but I did not get very far with the interpretation of the German text .... for the rules are in German... the most important thing about this game is the magic pen (in our case the pen was included, because it came in a starter set). For a 1000 Forint I regard it as a real bargain, a brightly shining trophy of my bargain hunt :). Anyway ... we focus on the 'extra' sort of side boards, these are little thematic boards (children's room: introducing the names of different toys or a fast food restaurant with the names of simple snacks and drinks, my favourite board is the orchestra, which not only names the different musical instruments but also makes the sound of each, which is brilliant... also introduces the colours, different professions, zoo animals (with the sounds they make) and so on.
We keep it simple (considering the fact that the little one is only 21 Months old), my son holds the magic electric pen (and does it beautifully, most of the times in his left hand) and touches the objects the name of which he is curious about and this is when and where the magic happens .... I haven't got a clue how it works (it seems to be a piece of cardboard) but it names the object and sometimes makes some additional sound effects (like in the case of the musical instruments). I think it is a kind of magic....

Tiptoi test    (German)

PS: a big thank you for Daddy, because he cycled all the way down to Mezőkövesd from Miskolc and back on a very hot day just to bring it home :) So thank you, Daddy!