Leapfrog: Talking Words Factory

This is a wonderful resource for teachers or parents wanting help a child to build and blend letters into words. My Kindergarten class love it.

I grew up watching that when I was about two years old, and I still watch it every now and then. I'd let my future kids watch this product so they can learn how letters form words for years to come.

Leap Frog products are always really good and this DVD is up to their standard. I think this is a great program for kids who know their letters and the sounds they make. My kids are in preschool and kindergarten and they both love(d) watching the Leap Frog letters and words DVDs...and they really helped them learn their ABCs and sight words. I can see them forming sounds and memorizing sight words along with the shows and I like how it highlights the sounds of the letters as they are put into words so it helps them learn to transition to sounding out other words too. My oldest didn't respond well to sight words on flash cards and Talking Words Factory was a nice way to mix it up so we were both less frustrated with learning to read.My kids learn very differently, but these DVDs have helped them both. Over the past several years they have watched quite a few of the letter and sight word DVDs from both Preschool Prep and Leap Frog. Both products are very good, but they are completely different. Preschool Prep has no story line and the animation is very minimal on white background. They absolutely work, and they work quickly, but they are insanely annoying for parents and my kids only seem to keep good focus on them if we were in the car or at home for 10-15 minutes instead of the whole show. The Leap Frog DVDs have a cute story line and the animation is just like a regular DVD so they pay attention a lot better, but with all of the extra stimulation it doesn't seem like they pick as much up as quickly, but it also seems to help them think outside the box a little with the sounds of sight words and not just memorizing the sight words, which is great as they transition from memorizing sight words to actually learning to read. I guess my point is, if your child needs an immediate focus to help them pick up their letters or memorize sight words quickly, then Preschool Prep might be a better option, but if you aren't in a rush and your child gets bored quickly, then the Leap Frog series is a better fit for you. If you are like me and you want some strategic focus to get the basics down, some fun to keep them interested, and some time to mix it up...by all means do both.

It is a great learning tool to help children learn to read. Love it and so does my 5 yr old

A must have for young children

I had been really struggling with teaching my 5 yr old son his phonics with an intensive and sometimes boring curriculum, we were both tired and bored with it, but I was still struggling thru...he was learning it but wasn't enjoying it. I took time off and got the first 3 Leap Frog DVD's so he *might* still learn something and not go backwards while we regained our desire to teach phonics and learning to read......we took several months off and he watched the DVD's several times per month and the other day I decided to sing the songs like they do (while we were driving in the car) and I'd leave the letter sound blank and let him fill it in EX: "The A says____, the A says ____, Every Letter Makes a sound the A says ___" He could do almost all of them!!!! I was so surprised and happy! After all that effort and hard time of trying to teach him all I had to do was pop in a DVD? Granted not a complete curriculum but it sure gave us a break and a step up with phonics! THANKS LEAP FROG for making these DVD's. I have only let him watch the first two I am saving the 3rd one for a little later. They sure helped us. BTW my 3 yr old Son is also running around sounding out small words he saw on the DVD, and sings the sounds all the time while he plays! What an exciting time! I will use these as a supplement for all the kids learning to read program! I highly recommend them!

This movie is great! along with all the Leap Frog Movies. My kids watch all of them over and over again. I have two boys, 5 and 2 years old. My 5 year old has had all the Leap Frog movies since he was 2-3. He knew his alphabet before he was 3.My youngest just turned 2. At daycare, one of the speech therapist comes in, and does random testing. She stopped me in the hall yesterday, and asked me how my 2 year old knew his entire alphabet and their sounds. I told her from this DVD, and she looked at me like I was crazy. I told her again, I am serious. Well I still don't think she believes me.But another provider that was in that room, and has a daughter that is 3 is going to buy this movie.This movie teaches children their letters, even their sounds in a way that helps them remember the sounds. For example, my two year old, makes the K sound as he kicks things around the house. I just have to keep reminding him to only kick balls and not my sofa or his shoes.The only thing I have to complain about is having the songs stuck in my head while I am work... (The A says ahh, the A says aah.. and stick icky letters) That of course is very, very annoying.