This vtech laptop tote and go computer is a great toy.  It is well worth the money.  My son got it at about 2 1/2 years old.  At first he just pushed the buttons and watched the monkey on the screen.  With a little work and help to figure out just what to do he was soon doing his upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.  He loves to play with it and try out the new games.  It has helped him learn his lower case letters way better than flash cards.  He really likes the hidden letter game, it's like seek and find on a computer.  The mouse is a little harder for him to figure out...