> I imagine there must now be toys like the Speak & Spell to accelerate children's basic reading skills. Have you seen any? My daughter is trying limit my gran

> I imagine there must now be toys like the Speak & Spell to accelerate children's basic reading skills. Have you seen any? My daughter is trying limit my grandson’s exposure to electronic devices, including tablets and smartphones, for the time being. Also, he lives with three doting adults who are happy to play the role of such gadgets. So I haven’t been paying attention to what’s available in that area these days. But a quick search in the Apple app store found many Japanese education apps for children. The sites of a couple of developers are at [1] and [2]. A search for toys for learning kana at Yodobashi Camera turns up only nondigital items [3]. I suspect the market for stand-alone devices in that category has disappeared because of smartphones and tablets. [1] https://waochi.wao.ne.jp https://waochi.wao.ne.jp [2] https://www.beatnix.co.jp https://www.beatnix.co.jp [3] https://www.yodobashi.com/category/141001/141336/141337/141358/141360/?discontinued=false&sorttyp=SELL_PRICE_DESC https://www.yodobashi.com/category/141001/141336/141337/1413...