You seriously cannot go wrong with the Leap Frog videos. Leap Frog - Talking Words Factory is another awesome video. This video is geared towards 3 - 6 year olds. It teaches vowels and consonants, word building, rhyming, and vocabulary. Another cartoon with a plot, and it holds my interest. Madison watches this and sounds out the words with the video. She may not be reading herself yet, but I see this helping her tremendously. I am so glad we got these videos for her. They seem to be a great stepping stone towards reading.

This is another awesome DVD we got Madison. Leap Frog - Letter Factory has to be one of my favorite Leap Frog videos. It is geared towards ages 2 - 5. The learning goals for this video are letter, phonics, and listening skills. Since we have watched this, Madison goes around singing: “A says ahhh, A says ahhh, Every letter makes a sound, A says ahhh.” This is a song right from the video. She does not know what a lot of letter sounds are yet. She’ll sing the song, and Bill and I will fill in the sound for her. If she has learned that already (we only got the video at the end of last week), I cannot wait to see how much more she absorbs in the coming multiple viewing sessions. I also like this, because even though it is in cartoon format, it does have a story and plot line. I give this video 2 thumbs up!

I ordered the DVD Leap Frog - Math Circus for Madison last week. The DVD came today, and we have already watched it.

I like this video. It did not drive me nuts as some children’s programming can. It is a cartoon with an actual plot. This video teaches numeration, problem solving, and creative thinking skills. In other words, she is learning counting, addition, subtraction, and so much more. This video held her attention (which is somewhat amazing since nothing holds her 3 year old attention span!). This video is designed for children ages 3 - 6.