LeapFrog Fridge Phonics Magnetic Alphabet Set - Styles May Vary

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.3 x 2.6 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000096QNK
• Item model number: 20305
• Manufacturer recommended age: 24 months - 5 years
• Batteries: 3 AAA batteries required.
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By : LeapFrog
Price : $40.95

Product Description

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Phonics have never been more fun with this LeapFrog Fridge PhonicsMagnetic Set. With this engaging tool, children can learn letter names and sounds from the convenience of your refrigerator. Simply place a letter into the reader and press to hear its name, sound, and a delightful phonics song. Great as a speech development tool for ages two and up, the LeapFrog magnetic set delivers hour of amusement, while teaching the alphabet.
Leap into LearningKids will dance to the music and their faces light up as they imitate the sounds. The vowels are all colored red and the consonants are yellow, blue, or green. This helps children identify letters and see the difference between vowels and consonants. And as the children learn to grasp and place the letters, the toy sharpens motor skills.
To start the learning process, this toy includes 26 magnetic letters and a magnetic letter reader. Little fingers can easily grasp the big, bright letters and place them on the fridge. Kids can also play the alphabet song by pressing the red musical note. In addition, a handy off-soft-loud control allows parents to change the volume and keeps the music at an enjoyable level. Vibrant colors and a sassy green frog captivates the kids and adds to the fun. This educational toy's durable plastic construction holds up to rough toddler play. Three AAA-size batteries are provided.
Award-Winning FeaturesThis toy has received many accolades and awards from prominent toy organizations. In 2003, it won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal and Snap Award; it was also named Nick Jr.com's Toy of the Year. It attaches right to the refrigerator with secure magnets and is easily accessible when your child is hungry for learning. With lively musical songs and a fun cartoon frog, the magnetic letter set can be a great educational tool for children with a severe speech difficulty, or for those just needing a brush-up on their ABCs.
What's in the BoxMagnetic letter reader, 26 magnetic letters, and 3 AAA batteries.
Children can learn letter names and sounds from the convenience of your refrigerator.
Vowels are all colored red and the consonants are yellow, helping your children identify the different types of letters.
Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set
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LeapFrog Fridge Phonics Magnetic Alphabet Set - Styles May Vary

 

Product Features

• Help reading skills rise and shine with this magnetic letter set, introduces children to letter names and sounds
• Features big, bright letters that are easy for little fingers to grasp to help develop fine motor skills
• Sing along to the Alphabet Song
• Playful phonics songs help children remember the sound each letter makes
• Includes dog or sun magnetic letter reader, 26 magnetic letters, and 3 AAA batteries

Consumer Evaluations

My four-year-old daughter is a former micropreemie and as a result, she is profoundly delayed, non-verbal/non-sign, and has autistic traits and sensory integration dysfunction (SID/DSI). She functions at about a 15-month old level. She got this toy for her birthday and it is Astounding! She is identifying letters...if I say, "where's the K?" she'll place the K magnet in the toy. Considering the fact that she has autistic traits, she likes repetition, and this is the wonderful point! She is even beginning to say some letter sounds like, "mmm, mmm, mmm". She has Countless Leap Frog toys, and this is one more fantastic 1 to add to the list My daughter licks almost everything in sight, like the letter magnets of this toy, and it has not affected the ability of this toy to operate.
Note to parents/buddies of Autistic/SID/DSI children - My daughter "stims" on various of her toys, but this 1 doesn't lead to her to do it as bad. She oftentimes likes to push the button of the toy without a letter tile to hear it go "blingy, bling", and quite often will push the letter tile/magnet repeatedly at the starting of the song so it goes, "A/A/A/A...A says/A says...but like I mentioned, not as bad as with other auditory toys.
I do locate that I have the "A says ah and A says ayy" song in my head a lot. There are two volume settings and an off switch. However, even on the low setting this toy is awfully loud. We place clear packing tape more than the speaker and that helped a lot. The ABC song and the letter sounds song are the ones you will acquire on other Leap Frog toys and the Leap Frog videos. This is great if you want reinforcement...which my daughter wants.
The magnets are good and robust. If they come off the fridge, they aren't too negative to step on either :-o! ...unlike the "conventional" letter/number magnets.
The toy is highly multisensory - kinesthetic, auditory, visual (color/letter), and tactile. Kudos to Leap Frog for another terrific educational toy!
My 6 year-old also likes to help his sister with this toy. He loves to arrange the letters for her and quiz her. Then he likes to spell words and educate them to her. The vowels are red and the consonants are yellow or blue. So I ask my daughter to acquire letters based on specified colors to improve the educational value. Unfortunately, her name has two l's and two e's, so we cannot spell her name with the letters.

This is an extraordinary product. My mother bought it for my 1 year old at Christmas, and even although she doesn't realize it yet on an educational level, it functions on her motor abilities mainly because she has to pick the letters off of the fridge and place them appropriately in the spot for them. She then gets the reward of listening to it sing to her. My 4 year old daughter will sit in front of the refrigerator for what appears like forever and just arrange the letters in order whilst she sings the alphabet song along with the toy. My oldest daughter who is six will in some cases even go to the magnets when she is stuck on a reading word and I tell her to sound it out. Lastly, every kid that comes to our residence is drawn to the magnets. They all love it, and so do I !

 

LeapFrog Fridge Phonics Magnetic Alphabet Set - Styles May Vary