LeapFrog - Letter Factory (2009) |  | Director: Roy Allen Smith
Studio: Lions Gate
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Rating:  725 reviews
Sales Rank: 100
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 35 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: LGED25433D
UPC: 031398109280
EAN: 0031398109280
ASIN: B001TKUXUC
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: May 12, 2009
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Product Description
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/12/2009 Run time: 35 minutes Rating: Nr
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Tad, Leap, and Lily hop from the pages of the amazingly popular Leap Pad learning toys onto the television screen in this attention grabbing phonics program. Tad's disappointment at being unable to help his family with an important presentation at the letter factory quickly turns to excitement when he meets Professor Quigley and joins each of the letters of the alphabet in their own fun-filled classroom devoted to learning their unique sound. Tad practices karate kicks with the k's, digs the vibes with the cool cat d's drumming on the bongos, and snores peacefully with the z's while learning to recognize each letter and the sound it makes. A catchy, fun song serves as a summation of each letter's "class" and entices even the most reluctant of toddlers (and their parents) to sing each letter's sound. An interactive game follows the program and gives children a chance to practice their newfound skills of recognizing letters and their sounds. Consumers expect great educational products from LeapFrog and this DVD won't disappoint. (Ages 2 to 5) --Tami Horiuchi
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Entertaining and Educational November 20, 2009
Alena
My children (2 and 4) love to watch this video. For a while, it was all they wanted to watch. It taught my two year old all her letter sounds.
In the story, Tad visits all 26 letter rooms in the talking letter factory and learns what each letter looks like and what sound it makes. Each letter and sound is presented in a creative way. The video also has a catchy song for learning letter sounds.
The video helped teach my children the alphabet, and I've heard good things about it from friends, too. Leap Frog does a good job of making fun, yet educational toys.
 Great for my 2 yr. old November 19, 2009
Eileen
My daughter enjoys singing to this DVD, and I love that she can recognize the letters and make the sounds.
Great video - a few issues November 14, 2009
Avid Reader and Mom (Houston, Texas USA)
My son received this video as a gift when he was 9 months old. He is now 18 months as still loves it. For him, it is very engaging - he loves music and he seems to like the repetitive letter-sound song. As he has gotten older, he tries more and more to imitate the sounds he hears when the characters enter each room. He also calls out the names of things he sees in each room. Overall, I think this is a decent video for exposing young children to letters and sounds in isolation.
There are a few things about this video that "irk" me. I have a strong background in linguistics and early reading and the video presents some sounds for letters that are not completely accurate. Specifically, it is important when teaching the sounds of letters in isolation not to add vowels sounds to the consonant sounds. For the letter L the video presents the sound as ULL with the U emphasized prior to the L sound. This is very inaccurate - we don't say ULOLIPOP, etc. Also, for the letter Q the sound is presented as QWA. I find this very frustrating because Q makes a K sound, and it is only Q with U that makes the QWA sound. I am fully aware of the common tradition in education to teach students the Q sound with the U attached. Most of these people argue that students should be taught QU together because "Q is always followed by U". This is not true. While there are very few words that start with Q and are not followed by U - they do exist (QAT, etc.)!
Having said this, even with these few problems, I have yet to find a video that presents letter-sound associations in isolation that does it as well as this video.
perfect for my classroom November 14, 2009
J. Peixoto (MA)
I needed something to help my special needs students to retain information for letter/sound association. This video is the perfect supplement to their classroom activities. The music and format of the video is appropriate for my preK and K students. And, when a lesson is put to music, the students appear to retain the information. They are making letter/sound associaton faster than expected. Great purchase.
Awesome! November 11, 2009
Jennifer Burch (Alexandria, Virginia)
I bought this DVD for my two year old. I am a former teacher, now stay at home mom to two children. This DVD is so great. My two year knows ALL his letter sounds! It keeps his attention and he asks for this DVD all the time. This one is better than "Go To School".
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