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Summary: Great DVD Set
Review: A good friend of mine recomended that I buy this DVD set for my Kindergartener. She loves it. I am impressed with how fast she is learning her ABC's and the sounds they make. Thank you Leap Frog!!
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Summary: Terrific Product!
Review: Add me to the list of folks raving about these videos. Our 2.5 year old son is sounding out words. We don't let him watch much TV but these videos pass the test with flying colors. They are entertaining, well-crafted with good production value and educationally sound. I did my graduate work in children's educational media and I give these highest honors.
Also worth checking out: the "Little Leap" frog that teaches letter names and phonics. Our son's been playing with that since before his 1st birthday and he learned letters and phonics from it long before we started letting him watch videos.
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Summary: Very good intro to phonics!
Review: Although we haven't seen the magical results that some have reported, I'm happy to say that both my 19mo and my 3yo will sit and watch these DVDs... they even REQUEST them! This is a major accomplishment! The little one likes the songs and simple graphics, and the older child will sing along with the phonics songs and practice the letters and sounds. At first I was a little disappointed by some things that are not covered (long and short vowel sounds, silent letters, etc), but I think those would've made the concepts too complicated for a beginner, and the scope is appropriate for children just being introduced to phonics... there's plenty of time for exceptions and complexity later! This was our first experience with any Leap Frog products, and we are very impressed!
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Summary: My 2 and 4 year old can sound out words!!!!!!
Review: An amazing set of DVD's. The first "The letter factory" taught my 2 and 4 yr. old letter identification and letter sounds. I was amazed at how fast they were learning. They wanted to watch "letters" all the time. I know I heard "the A say Ahh!" at least a million times. When they finally know all the letters and their sounds completely; it took about 2 weeks (yes, I'm serious- just 2 weeks). We watched the next DVD "The Word Factory" this video taught them how to sound out words for reading and writing. My children loved "Sticky letters" as much "letters". It amazed us how quick they learned using the simple concepts and silly songs in the movies. We have had the videos a little over a month and both children can say the alphabet identify letters by sight and give the sound the letters make. My 2 year old can tell what letter most words start with and my 4 year old can sound out most simple 3 and 4 letter words. My only regret is not having bought this product sooner. Did I mention how fast they were learning?
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Summary: Leap Frog has done it again
Review: I absolutely love these dvd's. Both my children (23 months and 3 years)love them. A perfect addition to the Leap Frog products. A MUST!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Great at reinforcing phonics...
Review: I bought these for my 4 1/2 year old son. I had been trying numerous ways to teach him about phonics with workbooks, videos, books, and crafts. The leapfrog collection however tied all the teaching together. It is lively and really holds his attention. After a few viewings of the letter factory and talking words he had the letter phonics down pretty well and started excelling in rhyming and writing letters and words. After purchasing the new Leapfrog Code Word Caper dvd he has started reading one and two syllable words without help. I was thrilled when after one viewing he said "oh so the silent 'e' makes the vowel say its name! (I had been trying to explain long vowels sounds to him for a month! Let's face it the English language is one big 'exception to the rule'.) We watch all 4 dvds about three times a week. I think the really amazing thing is that he likes to watch the dvds and is now interested in reading without me nagging or cajoling him.
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Summary: Excellent way to learn
Review: I got this for my 3-year old when he was 2 and it opened up his love of learning. He's had it for over a year and he still loves it. He knows his letters, the sounds they make, and he can also write his letters. I'm looking forward to the next set of Dvd's and so is he.
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Summary: A Must BUY
Review: I have a 1 and 3 year old who both know their phonics and the 3 year old is starting to spell words and read! We use these in the car's DVD player all the time. It keeps them entertained, educated and keeps the car quiet!
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Summary: Absolute perfection for my 4 yr old
Review: I have always read to my son, now 4 since he was an infant. He loves it, and knew all of his letters by sight, but that was about it. After watching Letter Factory and then later, Word Factory, he was making phonic sounds and understanding vowels/consonants in a matter of hours! He went around singing the Leapfrog phonics songs, how words are 'stuck together' by vowels and basically reading 3 letter words after a few days of this. And people say videos/DVD's are bad for kids! These two videos are a PERFECT way for absolute beginners to grasp their phonics and letter sounds in a very fast way, and be on their way to not only reading words but spelling them! I am so impressed with the Leap Frog letter/word factory videos..absolute jewels for young childhood learning. Now my son will excel and learn faster once he gets into formal preschool and kindergarten.
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Summary: A Must Have!!
Review: I love Leap Frog for my two children, but these videos are by far the best thing they have come up with! I have an 18 month old son who knows the sounds of every letter in the alphabet because of this video. My 3 1/2 year old daughter is starting to read because of these videos. They love to watch them and the learning has been amazing. I can't say enough good things about them. If you are trying to decide if you should spend the money on them, do it. You will not regret it.
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