Have fun learning word building, rhyming, vocabulary and more! LeapFrog characters spring to life in this engaging and educational DVD. Leap, Lily and Tad journey into the Word Factory, where the Word Whammer, Sticky-Ick-O-Rama, and more amazing machines take letters and make them into words! Humorous songs and an out-of-control word machine add to the fun.Building words is an exciting and empowering experience for young children (and frogs) who have mastered individual letters and their sounds. When young Tad wants to nominate his Dad for a “Best Dad” contest he asks his brother Leap and sister Lily for some help filling out the application. The three young frogs go see Professor Quigley at their Father’s Talking Word Factory for a little instruction and get to watch the “Sticky-ick-o-rama” and the “Word Whammer” machines at work. Tad quickly discovers that vowels act as the glue that sticks letters together and then learns to combine individual letter sounds to make three-letter words, use common ending sounds to create rhyming words, and blend letter sounds to make even longer rhyming words. Phonemic awareness, vocabulary building, and rhyming are entertaining and fun thanks to familiar Leap Pad characters, colorful animation, and short songs. An interactive word game challenges young viewers to fill in the missing first letter in a variety of three-letter words. This program is a great next step for graduates of Leap Frog: Talking Letters Factory and children ages 3 to 6. Tami Horiuchi
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January 5, 2006
#1
first, my 2 year old loves this video.
it infuriates me however that the words are spelled all in capitals. who writes like that?! who learns to recognize words in caps, it does not accurately represent what they’ll see when learning to read! do over – i wouldn’t buy it.
January 5, 2006
#2
I got this for my 14 month old son. He didn’t seem to be interested in it when we were watching it. Yes….I know he is 14 months old but if he is interested in something I can tell. We have watch educational videos that caught his atention this didn’t. I won’t say buy it because someone else child may like it but my didn’t.
January 5, 2006
#3
Parents will be forced to slog through weak character plots that move at a glacial pace. Once Junior, FINALLY reaches the “teachable material”, it’s just a small portion of the dvd. Don’t waste your money on this lame Leap Frog DVD.
Rock N Learn’, cuts to the chase, with their DVD version of alphabet letter sounds and phonics. It’s a much better alternative. Parents won’t have to feign being “spellbound” for Juniors’ sake. Granted, Rock N Learn’ is twice the price, but well worth every penny.
January 5, 2006
#4
other the annoying voices, i actually enjoy seeing my boys watching this video, it is a keeper!
January 5, 2006
#5
I am a kindergarten teacher and bought this for my 6 year old son. My 3 year old daughter loved it, too. It is very entertaining and teaches a lot about sounds/silent e, etc. I highly recommend any of the Leap Frog’s (letter factory, math factory, etc.). I bought them all and think they are all exceptional!