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Leap Frog - Letter Factory
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: October 12, 2008
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Leap Frog, LeapFrog
Teaches young children letters, letter sounds and listening skills.
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: G
Release Date: 9-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD
User Submitted Leap Frog - Letter Factory Reviews
October 10, 2008
Contains errors! Needs improvement.
I suspect that a lot of the parents who gave this video a good review did not watch ALL of it with their child. The video is visually entertaining and fun, but the spoken part needs to be redone. It simply is incorrect about how to pronounce some of the letters. L shouldn`t be pronounced ``Uhl`` but they say it that way over and over, and the R shouldn`t be said ``er`` and so on. Also, in every case, only the short vowel sounds are taught, A as in apple, not A as in ate. When I taught phonics, we told kids that every vowel says its name, plus another sound. It isn`t hard to teach that, and it is really important. Worst of all, few examples are given of how the letters actually sound in words. For example, they show us a letter M saying ``m m`` but they don`t bother to say a single M word. My 3 year old loves watching the video and playing the little game that comes with it, but I wish it were better.
October 6, 2008
Love Letter Factory!
My 2 year old has learned the letters! What can I say...this is a great DVD... Beware however....you might start singing along. The songs get stuck in your head!
October 6, 2008
Great Learning Tool
I bought this for my 3.5 year old after hearing about it from friends and reading so many great reviews.
My daughter loves it and she often asks to watch 'professor Quigley' over and over again. I have found her reciting the letters and sounds to herself before she goes to bed at night.
The reason why I didn't give this 5 stars is because of one thing. When teaching the L sound, it is not very clear and both my daughter and I hear 'O'. When we get to that part, she would ask me why are they saying 'O' when it's 'L'.
Other than that, I'd recommend it to all parents of preschoolers.
October 4, 2008
Daughter loved it
Great movie. And educational. Daughter loves it and parent's don't mind it. I would highly recommend it!
October 3, 2008
OK video but contains some phonics mistakes
This is a good video...NOT great as people seem to think. There are some grave mistakes, for example, the 'O' and the 'U' both seem to say 'Ah', the 'L' says 'Ul' and the 'R' says 'Er'.
Im distressed that my 2-year old sems to be learning the letter sounds incorrectly. Even when I try to correct the video, she seems to go with the sounds made on the video. Im kind of turned off by the Leap Frog company. How could they have let this kind of stuff fall through the cracks?
October 3, 2008
Great Buy!!
At first my 2 year old was not very interested in this Dvd. After a week he started wanting to watch it more and more. Now I here him making the letter sounds with the Dvd. He loves it and I think it was a great buy!!
September 30, 2008
Great DVD!
I will keep this simple, because everyone else has already written great reviews that I agree with. I LOVE this DVD for my son who is speech delayed. It keeps his interest, and he is trying to imitate the sounds. A must have!
September 25, 2008
Great for learning letters and Phonics!
We got this for my son when he was in preschool- now 3 kids later- they've all watched it and loved it! Even dad sings along! There's something to say for dvds that are educational and don't drive parents nuts! Word factory is very good too.
September 21, 2008
Excellent training in phonics
I just purchased this video for my 3 year old son and am thoroughly impressed by the quality of this product. The video goes through each letter of the alphabet teaching viewers the sound of each letter and noting the lower and upper case writing of each. Each letter comes with a silly antic that children can associate the letter with and there is a reoccuring catchy tune that my son was singing right away.
This video primarily teaches phonics, but combined with whole word training it can be a very effective tool in teaching your child the beginning stages of reading. I have been using this video as part of an integrated learning approach with workbooks and just noticing letters and sounds in our everyday environment and am amazed at my sons level of interest and ability to catch on. Making learning fun, rather than work is hugely important to me so a video that my sons finds entertaining while I know is educational is a winner for me!
September 13, 2008
Great learning tool for letter sounds
This is a great video. My 2 year old son adores it.
At first viewing, I thought he would hate it -- it seemed so dull. But, it goes to show that adults shouldn't judge by their own tastes -- as my son really loves it. Moreover, I credit it for making learning all the letter sounds fun and easy to learn.
Great video. My son is already sounding out simple words -- a great product by leapfrog.
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