Leap Frog - Letter Factory [VHS]

Great Learning Tool for Kids!
I bought this when my daughter is close to 2 year old. She loves the character especially TAD that it makes her want to do what Tad is doing. Before showing this video, she have an alphabet rubber mat and we were showing her flash cards or letters with animal pictures. She quickly learned the animal sounds but not the letters. When we showed this video to her, she quickly learned the letter sounds in less than a week then she started to recognize all the letters in the alphabet. In two weeks time she only gets confused with E and F and also with l and I but soon realized the difference. We let her play with her 4 year old and 5 year old cousin during one of our family gathering, the game is to go on top of the letter on her rubber mat. My then 2 1/2 year old was able to compete with her cousins sometimes getting to the letter before any of her older cousins does. She also learned how put the letter together using the next video "Talking Words Factory". At 3 years old she can now read 3 letter word by putting all the letter sound together but the only thing is that the video only put emphasis on Capital Letters. Her mat is also capital letters and I also write in all CAPS. So she can read the word BAT but not the word bat or Bat. We will now need to show her the lower case equivalent. This will be great if Leap Frog will make this adjustment or make another video with lower case for the next generation of children who will be watching these videos.

Awesome video!
I read an article last week that stated not to start teaching your children the alphabet until after 2 years old and that the alphabet is usually not mastered until age 4 or 5. They also said don't use flash cards... Well I completely disagree with that article because my son started watching Letter Factory at 16-17 months old. We go weeks in between viewings sometimes and by 22 months old he knew all of his letters and their sounds. He is turning 2 in a week and he LOVES playing with the Leap Frog Flash Cards that came in the box set I bought. I know many people have addressed the fact that the video doesn't focus on lower case letters and I do wish there was a little more focus on them. However, I'm finding it very easy to teach my son the lower case letters on my own, since he knows the upper case letters. I recommend this video to every mom I come across. It is definitely a stepping stool in learning!

Great learning DVD
My two girls love this new DVD! My 4 year old knows all of the sounds of the letters in the alphabet within only a few times of watching it. My 2 year old is learning too & ask for "froggy" movie by name. This DVD has been a great purchase for us!

Happy, learning toddler
I got this video for my 25 month old after it was recommended by some friends who said it was greatly instrumental in helping their now 6 year old son learn to read (and he can read pretty big words!) My son begs to watch it so I let him watch it once a day. After a couple of weeks, he was able to repeat the sounds of every letter in the alphabet. (We practice in & out of order and that doesn't phase him.) So proud of him. (I'm not big on TV and this is the only video he gets to watch - but it doesn't appear to tire of it at all.)

Great video!
My daughter (2.5 yrs old) loves this video and she is learning her letters too. She has had a bit of a speech delay so I like that she is now trying to sound out all the letters. We recently purchased the Leap Frog Talking Words Factory video which is also great but a little advanced for her. I am sure in the coming months/years that one will be a favorite in our household too.