Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Toys for Tots: LeapFrog Fridge Phonics

If your child loves fiddling with the fridge magnets, may as well give him or her something safe, fun, and educational to play around with. LeapFrog Fridge Phonics is a magnetic letter set that can teach your child the sound each letter makes. Each letter magnet is big, brightly colored, and covered in plastic, making it safe and easy to handle. Letters can be placed inside the doghouse magnet in order to hear the different sounds each letter makes. There's even a music button that launches the alphabet song (my toddler learned to sing ABC by singing along to this toy!). We used this toy to familiarize my baby with letters and phonics. Now that she's trying to learn how to read, we let her form simple words on the fridge. We currently have a "word of the day" thing going and she's able to identify at least a dozen simple words.

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