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Summary: Best Video Yet
Review: This Video is great. My [young kid] already knows her letters and the letter sounds. She can pick the letters out on a Key Board or if you ask her what the sounds for the letters are she can tell you. She only watched the video a couple of times before she really started picking it up.Thank you thank you thank you Leap Frog!!!!
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Summary: Best I've seen.
Review: My two- and four-year old boys can't get enough of this video and have learned their letter sounds in a day or so. They are enthralled with the video, and so am I. My only criticism is that the video includes only one sound per letter, whereas the Leap Pad products include short and long vowel sounds and two sounds for consonants like C. Otherwise, it's fantastic and WELL worth the money. I'm hoping Leap Frog comes out with more videos soon.
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Summary: Best Impulse Purchase Yet!
Review: I happened to see this at a ToysRUs and almost didn't get it since video quality can vary so much. It was the best purchase in quite a while. I have a 2 1/2 year old little boy and he adores this. He has asked to watch it 6 times in the 2 days we've had it. The movie has a catchy tune to help remember the letters and each letter has something special to help the kids remember the sound of the letter...for example, the letter "I" has Icky stuff dripping down, the letter "C" is in a "cold room"...you get the idea. My son has been talking along with the video as the letters make their sounds! I'm definately happy with this purchase and will get the Word Factory next!
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Summary: Wonderful Learning Tool
Review: I purchased this video for my 3 year old daughter who is beginning to learn her letters. I was not sure what to expect when I bought it, but I was confident on the quality of Leap Frog products in general. This video is no exception. The cartoon features a story which takes the younger of the Frog kids, Tad, through the Letter Factory training rooms where he learns all the sounds the letters make. Each letter is afforded about a minute of time, which does not seem like much, but with repetition (my daughter asks to see this video several times every day since I purchased it) the children remember more and more of the letters and sounds. The video is 35 minutes long. The story is interesting to children and uses a combination of songs and visual prompts to help the kids learn and remember the letters and their sounds. My daughter was singing along with this video the first time she saw it. While I don't think this video is enough to teach children their letters, I do think that as part of a learning program it is a wonderful learning tool. I use the video, then bring out my daughter's My First Leap Pad (I Know My ABC's) for her to use, I help her write the letters on her Magna Doodle, set up art activites for her with the letters, read her ABC books, cut out textured sand paper letters for her to play with, etc. The only things I found missing in this video are that they only give the short vowel sounds and that they don't talk enough about lower case letters. However it is only a 35 minute video, and I can teach her those other concepts myself. I also thought they went through the letters a bit fast for kids having trouble with basic letter recognition, but again, it is a short video and parents can always use other techniques to help their children with letter recognition (plus repetitive viewing of the video can help). Overall, the video serves its purpose very well. I highly recommend this DVD. It's interesting enough to hold the children's attention and it teaches useful concepts in a fun way. I am definitely purchasing the next Leap Frog video (Word Factory) once she learns her letters a little better, so she can start to learn the concept of how letters come together to make words. Learning happens one step at a time.
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Summary: Better than Sesame Street
Review: This DVD as well as the companion DVD "Word Factory" teaches with simple catchy tunes, mnemonics, visual cues, and audio cues. Both DVD's address most learning styles. We have had several parents, who were impressed with our children's knowledge of the alphabet and corresponding phoneics, ask us for the information on these DVD's. Also, pick up the letter magnets for the 'fridge from Leap Frog. This is another way to reinforce the cues from the DVD's. In plain language--these three items will keep your child's attention, help them learn their letters and letter sounds, and won't drive you too crazy!
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Summary: Great DVD!
Review: I watched the Letter Factory with my 6 year old son and 3 year old triplets. They all kept their eyes glued to the screen the whole time. When it was over, my 6 year old started it again. Once it finished the second time, we played the alphabet game that is on the DVD. The kids love this movie and the 3 year olds have started saying the sounds that the different letters make.
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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: I can't recommend this video enough! My 25 month old now knows all of his letters and the sounds they make. The video uses innovative ways to get kids to learn the sounds. For example in the C room the letters are kept c-c-c-cold so that the c's can learn the sound they make. The L's l-l-l-lick l-l-l-lollipops to learn their sound! The video only teaches one sound for each letter, but we've paired this with the fridge phonics by leap frog which lists both sounds that some letters make. My son really enjoys having the tactile letters to play with now that he knows what they are. And when we are reading to him he asks us what the letters and words say and is making the connection that the letters on the page make the words we read to him. This is a fantastic and entertaining learning tool.
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Summary: My kids love it!!!!!!!
Review: I am a fan of leap frog products, I love how it teaches my kids and preparing them for school. My [young]daughter after seeing this dvd knows all her alphabet sounds!!! But she doesn't know what each letter is quite yet... All and all, she learned a whole lot from this dvd and she loves to watch it, my son is one and he also tries to copy the sounds too! It's great!!! The only flaw is that the L sounds like an O, I don't understand why they made the sound like that, and the X sound is kind of confusing for kids! But, I would recommend this product to anyone, it's well worth it for a good price too!!!!!
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Summary: Great phonics video
Review: Wonderful phonics video with plenty of repetition of letters and sounds. My two and three year olds love it. It is 30 minutes of educational fun without the rock music of typical videos. I have a master's in education and would rate this video as a must have, if you will be buying videos as an extension to learning.
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Summary: incomplete but still worth it
Review: Although it doesn't teach the difference between short and long vowels (it only teaches short vowel sounds), it is a good start to learning the letter sounds. My 3 yr old son sings the catchy tune for the letter sounds all the time even though he's only seen the video twice. It's very creative the way they help kids remember the sounds for the letters.
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