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Expert Posts: 2257 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Southwest WA | Let me first begin by saying how much I tend to push against this type of learning! I have used SWR with both of my other children along with Phonics Pathways (sparingly) to teach reading. However, my 5yo was just not learning her ABC's. She could recognize her name and the sounds of those letters but when it came to the rest, it was hit or miss and nothing was sticking for more than a day. A friend of mine suggested the Leap Frog Letter Factory and Talking Words Factory DVD's and at the point we were at, I was willing to try anything. Both of my older dd's knew every sound a letter made and every letter by the time they were 4yo so I was getting frustrated. What I like about these dvd's is that it takes into account both the visual aspect as well as the auditory aspect. Each letter has it's own 'scene' and something memorable attached to it. DD 5yo is very bent toward auditory function. After one viewing of these dvd's, she could name almost every letter, as well as recall her past learning of every sound, for instance A says the short sound /a/ as in apple, /A/ as in grape, and /ah/ as in want. After three or four viewings, she had every letter and every sound down PAT! She went from the very first pages in Phonics Pathways that we kept having to repeat, skipping into three and four letter short sound blends. She also read three of the Series 1 Bob Books this week! What to know if you're a phonics nazi: this video only teaches the first sounds a letter makes. It also teaches that Q says /kw/ which of course it doesn't...Q always needs a U...U is not considered a vowel when combined with Q. If your child is stuck learning his/her ABC's, these are a great trick to have up your sleeve! We had many cheering parties here this week as we watched dd succeed! | ||
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| StacyinTN |
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Expert Posts: 9756 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: The Volunteer State | in Kindergarten, the letters and their sounds were just not coming to him. Someone on this board suggested these dvds. I was skeptical at first, but after I saw my ds' "brain" click, I loved them! I ended up buying the entire set plus the beginning math dvd. | ||
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| Jenileigh |
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![]() Expert Posts: 10070 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | They really enhanced our learning with Meadow and even Savannah (who was a late reader) truley benefitted from these. | ||
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| Martha R. |
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![]() Posts: 13604 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Sunny Florida! | Did you know that HSC is an affiliate of Leap Frog? Please use this link to visit Leap Frog's site: Leap Frog | ||
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Regular Posts: 50 ![]() ![]() | My DS wasn't remembering the letters and forget phonics, he had no idea no matter how many ways I tried to explain it to him. I bought these videos last year in Jan, and after veiwing them over the weekend he was getting all of his phonics worksheets correct! | ||
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| gabby3312 |
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Member Posts: 5 | We love these videos!! We try to use these as their entertainment TV time (little do they know I am trying to do something educational) I think it has really helped with not only learning the letters but the sound/s they make... | ||
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| rmz06 |
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Member Posts: 9 Location: Texas | How funny, my kids are watching this video (Letter Factory) right now! I've realized my DD needs more work with knowing her phonics before we can attempt reading, so I have been doing flash cards with her and computer games. Then today I remembered we had the video (bought it a year or two ago), so they are watching it as I type. | ||
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Leap Frog Letter Factory and Talking Words Factory DVD's