| Leap Frog - Letter Factory | 
| Actors: Leap Frog, Leapfrog
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (557 reviews)
Sales Rank: 145
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 35 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 085393435325
ISBN: 0790788942
UPC: 085393435325
EAN: 9780790788944
ASIN: B0000INU6S
Release Date: December 9, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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Product Description
Teaches young children letters, letter sounds and listening skills.
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: G
Release Date: 9-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
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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 Contains errors! Needs improvement. October 10, 2008
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.
Love Letter Factory! October 6, 2008
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!
 Great Learning Tool October 6, 2008
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.
Daughter loved it October 4, 2008
Great movie. And educational. Daughter loves it and parent's don't mind it. I would highly recommend it!
 OK video but contains some phonics mistakes October 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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?
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