I bought this toy for my little niece, and she absolutely adores it. The songs basically go "A makes 'aah' A makes 'aah' every letter makes a sound A makes 'A'". The repetition of the songs (although annoying to the adult) is great for the child. My niece was able to pick up the song easily and she was soon singing along. Although, I am not sure if she was able...

What an awesome toy and great idea for kids to learn the sounds of letters.  All the pieces have very strong magnets that stick very well to the fridge.  The main component has an area that you can put in the different letters, once you stick the letter in and push it, it will tell you the name of the letter ane the sounds that the letter makes! Awesome! There is a cute little jingle ...

This is an excellent tool for teaching your children letters and letter sounds.  Not only does it play the ABC song, but each of the letters, when fitted into the slot, play a song related to what sound the letter makes.  Fitting the letters into the spot can prove to be a challenge for younger children, but at the same time, can help them with their fine motor control.  I would ...

The Leap Frog Fridge Phonic Magnetic set is a great thing to have in the kitchen.  I bought it to keep my daughter occupied when I was cooking dinner, and it worked.  This set consists of a magnetic letter reader that sticks onto the fridge.  26 magnetic letters come with the set, and fit into the letter reader.  When your child fits the letter into the reader and presses on...

This toy, leap frog fridge phoncis I found great for what I wanted it for. I'll tell you about the pros and cons of it though. As a parent of one and former child care provider I have had tons of experience with toys and just love them! I got this for my son, 2, at the time to help with learning the different letters. He also did not know the ABC song and it played that so I wanted it ...

   This is made by leapfrog which to me means educational toys usually for preschoolers and this word whammer fits right in that description. My son is almost 5 and enjoys playing with this. He is able to either just put in a letter and hear what it is along with the sound, which is good review for him. Also, you can spell out words and it will sound it out for him or he can play a ga...

I am a huge fan of all Leap Frog toys.  I love that they educate my children while they have fun.  This toy is perfect for doing just that...we have it on our refrigerator in the kitchen so whenever I am preparing a meal my daughters can play with it.  I love that it not only teaches letter names, but it also teaches phonics "sounds" which is so very important for learn...

The Leap Frog Fridge Phonics is a brilliant magnetic toy designed to teach your pre-schooler letters and their sounds!  Through fun sounds and songs this fabulous toy will have your toddler singing and sounding letters in no time!  It's a great little electronic pad that is magnetic and attaches to your frige.  It comes with all of the letters of the alphabet and there is eve...

  Leap's Phonic Pond is a great learning tool for your child.  It is really entertaining and makes learning the alphabet fun.  All of the consanants are on fish and all of the vowels are on frogs, so it is easy to separate the vowels and point those out.  There are many play settings on the Pond.  One setting, you push a letter and it will say its name.  Anothe...

My youngest son who is three got the LeapFrog Phonics Radio for Christmas about two years ago.  When he first got it he wasn't too interested in it.  But as the years go by the radio seems to stay out of the toy box less often.  The radio is easy to carry around because it weighs about 2 lbs and has a handle on the top.  There are letters with pictures on the front of th...

Wow! was I ever shocked when my daughter took to this toy while visiting her grandmother who had one for the other "older" kids.  She LOVED it!!  I thought with my daughter only being 13 mons. that something like this would be to advance but I was completely wrong.  After seeing her play with this "toy" we had to get one for her at home.  We bought it and...

The Pre-K Edition of Hooked on Phonics is for kid's ages 3 to 4 and helps them in the first steps to learning to read. With this program we are able to help our 4-year-old grandson learn letter names and sounds to get him on the road to reading. Included in the boxed set are 2 interactive computer CD's, storybook, 3 workbooks with lessons and activities, dictionary, 2 sets of letter car...

I purchased this system during my daughter's 2nd year of preschool, and had great success with it.  This system really appeals to kids by offering games, CDs, books and flash cards to hold the child's interest.  It uses word families and then sight words to teach the child to read.  My daughter really looked forward to using the games and flash cards every day, and was re...

My son is 5 1/2 he currently attends a private school in Gresham, Oregon. The school is a very good school last year he was in Preschool, he learned how to sound out letters and combine the sounds to make words. Over the summer I was worried that he would forget a lot of what he has learned from the year. While shopping in Wal-Mart I went to the book section; happen to stumble upon this book, a...

This little board book served multiple purposes in our household for YEARS.  It was one of the books I always kept in the diaper bag for "emergencies."  Like when my son had been waiting 3 HOURS to see his pediatric doctor and we had exausted everything in the waiting room and played with the glove balloon until he became bored with it too.  That is when I'd wip out...

Strolling through ToysRUs to find an educational Toy this christmas, I found The LEAP FROG Word Whammer Fridge Phonics Set. Clicking through it myself and trying to spell out various different words, I found that the unit does not spell out certain words. The unit is set up to spell three-letter words. But it would not spell out the Word God! The product seems to be computer...

Here is another excellent DVD for early child development. I will be sending my children to preschool soon. I learned from the teacher about the use of phonics in the classroom. I really like the way this is presented in this DVD. Mallory Lewis is the star or should I say co-star. The puppets are the stars. Mallory presents this video with the puppets and it is quite entertaining. The colors ar...

   My son is almost 5 and has enjoyed this leapfrog phonics bus. The price is a bit much for me for one toy, although it is educational. It just doesn't have a whole lot you can do on it besides the alphabet, although it covers the alphabet thoroughly.   I think it could be recommended for a younger age. My son enjoyed listening to the songs and pushing it around when he...

I think this leapfrog phonics fish pond is really the best for the beginners.  My kids are now 4 years old and they are in their beginning stage of reading.  I bought this fish pond to teach them the sounds.  It helped them a lot and they are now reading few words and started trying the level 1 books.  It also has two levels like beginners and the first level, which helps us...

Hop on Pop is one of our son's first real books that he picked out and READ from cover to cover.  It is written by Dr. Seuss and as the front says "The Simplest Seuss for the Youngest use."  This is an excellant first book.  While it really is not a story per say, it DOES keep the kids attention and keeps them reading.  Dr. Seuss makes use of phonics to help th...