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Summary: AMAZING RESULTS!!!
Review: My two year old son knew how to say the alphabet, but had zero letter recognition and didn't know the sounds. After trying several things to get him to settle down long enough to teach him and failing miserably, I bought this after a friend recommended it. Within 2 weeks my son knows all the sounds and can recognize every letter even out of order! Plus, as if that wasn't enough, I have noticed he is now showing much more interest in "reading" his own books instead of automatically giving them to us to read to him. Out of any educational toy or video I have bought for him this is, by far, the best and most effective! If Leapfrog ever comes out with a number video, I will be FIRST in line! I'm blown away at the results I have seen in such a short time! Thank you Leapfrog!!!
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Summary: A wise investment
Review: We bought this DVD for our daughter's 2nd birthday and within a week, she was chanting the sounds of each letter. She is so delighted and entertained by this video, that she wants to watch it over and over again. Definitely would recommend!
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Summary: Great DVD!!
Review: This video is awesome!! My 2 boys--3 & 23 mos--both LOVE it & ask repeatedly for the "letter movie". My 3 year old would watch it all day if I let him! It does such a great job of teaching letter sounds--my oldest has been walking around singing "The B says 'buh'", etc. since we bought it! My little one just likes to repeat the sounds after they say them. I highly recommend this movie--if you shop around, you'll find that it's VERY reasonably priced elsewhere also!
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Summary: Great DVD!
Review: My 2 year old son loves this video. He is currently in speech therapy because he was not talking much. Just in the past month his language has exploded and this DVD has taught him all of the letters and what sound they make. The repetitive use of the song and the visuals make learning fun and easy for a child of any age!
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Summary: Excellent alphabet/phonics teaching video
Review: I have this video and the Talking Words Factory also. I like this one better. It does a great job at cleverly illustrating and animating each letter in a "letter themed" focus- chattering frozen cold C's; vibrating V's, hissing S's in school, karate kicking K's, jumping J's, flying F's... you get the idea. There is also a brief illustration (chalk on chalk board) of how to write each letter as it is covered. I have both the my first leap pad and traditional leap pads for my 3 & 4 yr old boys. I was terribly disappointed that they didn't play with them as much as I thought or hoped they would. However, after getting these videos they have had a lasting burst of renewed interest in both formats of Leap pads because they now recognize and are familar with the leap frog family characters. It has been a very unexpected benefit! It was like they both had an "Ah-ha!" moment. I'm thrilled to have them utilizing and learning the valuable skills that are offered through the Leap Frog products.
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Summary: My 4 year old loves it
Review: I have bought several ABC videos for my son, read to him a lot, and have tried "teaching" the ABCs. Up until we bought this video he was still having problems with letter recognition-forget sounds. A week later, watching it 1x a day, he is singing the song and can tell me what each letter says! And he's interested in words! This video is a bit slow for parents, but great for kids. It teaches correct consonants and short vowel sounds that kids can put together to make words (as opposed to many videos that inadvertently add vowel sounds after the consonants).
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Summary: Letter Factory Rocks!
Review: My four year old received this DVD for Christmas. She was never much interested in doing flashcards or letter sound games--her attention span and patience would only go so far. After just two weeks of watching this DVD daily, she knows and recognizes the entire alphabet, knows the hard sound for each letter and can figure out the first letter of a word by herself. It has bridged the gap between what I wanted her to learn before Kindergarten and what she was willing to put up with. She is now beginning to sound words out on her own and we are moving on to the Word Factory DVD. I Highly recommend this DVD!! It is entertaining to kids and the sing-song sounds the letters "learn" to make in the factory really help them remember. Kudos to Leap Frog.
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Summary: A Good Choice
Review: This video has been educational and entertaining for my 2 year old. She remembers the songs and repeats the letter sounds. The only negative comment I have is that they chose only 1 sound per letter but several letters have 2 phonic sounds depending on the word. Overall, it's a great supplement to one-on-one games with children learning the alphabet and phonics.
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Summary: Don't wait! Even young viewers can benefit from this movie!
Review: I expected my 3-year-old son to enjoy this show and learn from it (which he does), but I didn't expect my 15-month-old son to be equally riveted. The plot progresses by repeating a course of events for each letter: the characters enter a letter training room where the anthropomorphized letters are engaging in an activity that corresponds to their sound (the letter 'R' is making the 'rrrrrr' sound and Racing around a track), the letter is drawn on a small chalkboard (which you can purchase cheaply at any craft store so your child can draw along with the 'professor'), and there is a song, "The 'A' says, 'ahhh'..." that highlights the sound of each letter. This sequence repeats for each letter, but the there is also a larger storyline that overarches the introduction to the letter sounds. Quite wonderful!! My 3-year-old loves to watch the movie and then act it out. Just the other day, he wanted to play the part of the professor, so he sang the song for each letter, "The 'B' says...". He would pause, expecting me to fill in the blank with the correct sound. Much to my surprise (and delight), my 15-month-old piped in with the correct sound for each letter!! I didn't expect this dvd to be that effective! If you are going to watch movies with your young ones, I highly recommend this one. Only one criticism: unlike some other Leapfrog products, like the Imagination Desk, this movie only covers a single sound for each letter. The long vowel sounds and the soft consonant sounds are left out.
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Summary: Another Awesome Leap video!!!
Review: After my daughter fell in love with the Talking Words Factory movie, we went out and bought this one for her too. It's simply amazing how quickly she's learned all the sounds of the letters!! (3 viewings and she knows all the phonics sounds) When we go out somewhere, she's pointing out the letters on signs... she's pointing out letters on TV commercials... and she is starting to spell the words out in her books. I hope Leap Frog continues to produce these videos ~ they're the best educational aid that we've found yet!!
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