Leapfrog: Phonics Farm - DVD

I will only show educational video's to my kids and I love almost all of the Leap Frog video's and this is one of the best ones yet. I used to be the typical parent and play Shrek, Tangled and all those video's in the car cuz the kids love them and keeps them quite for long rides. In preschool, my 3 year old and was having alot of difficulty learning and memorizing the alphabet, colors and numbers. He was one of the lucky ones who got into the town preschool via the lottery. I was told that she would suggest holding him back from kindergarten until he was 6. I got rid of all those worthless DVD's and invested a ton on money on these DVD as well as Rock to Learn and many others. I would only show these video's in the car, every day, and my now 4 year old knows more than most kids his age and going to kindergarten at age 5. He knows upper case, lower case, numbers, all shapes, sizes, and have been working on phonics cuz he is ready. My favorite DVD's for those on a budget are anything by Leap Frog & Rock to Learn are Letter Sounds, Colors Shapes & Counting (age group says 4 but all appropriate for every age). For those with younger kids, I showed these video's to my now just turned 3 year old, and he knows everything backwards and forwards from just watching them in the car. I started my collection of DVD's in April of last year when he was just over 2, and he knew everything by summer. He is also doing sight words and this is all from just watching these awsome video's in the car. His preschool teacher would be shocked and so excited to tell me when I picked him up, that he knows his colors, oh, he knows all his letters, and I sent him to preschool when he was 2 & half cuz his birthday. I cannot emphasize how valuable these DVD's are in your childs learning. I have a 1 year old and he now is watching them too, and he is starting to say colors, some alphabet. Love them. Other good ones that are worth every penny are all the Preschool prep DVD's, I just purchased the phonics series, all very good. Munchkin Math ones are good, but expensive and short. Fundamentals DVD (2) are good, but fast paced. My kids did not care for the Baby Genius series, Brainy baby, Galloping Minds (all for younger 1-2 years old) Cedarmount Kids but all get excellent reviews. I just purchased Baby Bumblebee, and they don't care for those, but the opposites one is good. The Hooked on Phonics learn to read by HOB, not good. Also great show on PBS is Word World. My kids love it and we DVR it, and now that we are learning phonics, I have learned how valuable this show is. I hope this review is helpful to you. I cannot tell you how these DVDs have changed my kids lives, and how I look at other kids and watch how much they know, and how much better my kids are and its all cuz of these DVD's. Its worth your hard earned money.

My son used to watch this over and over when he was little. He learned so much from it and we would practice the letters as they would show up. I am now doing the same with my daughter. I love Scout and Violet!

My 2-year-old grandson received his Leapfrog: Phonics Farm video at noon today, & by the time his mom called me at 3:00 pm he'd already watched it 10 times! He was offered a choice between this & his other favorite video about Mickey Mouse, & he kept choosing this one!I bought Phonics Farm because he's been loving his Leapfrog: Letter Factory & Leapfrog: Numberland videos, & it was time for a new one, since his parents were going a bit bonkers hearing those same 2 videos over & over.His Letter Factory video recommended this Phonics Farm video as the next one to get, so I sent it right away. He was laughing & smiling a lot as he watched it. The videos build on each other in sequence, & Phonics Farm is the perfect follow-up to Letter Factory.He's really learning his letter sounds from these, & the Numberland video taught him to count the 4 cookies his mom gave him today. That's really good for age 2!

So I bought this used because I was okay with an open product as long as it worked. And it worked perfectly. I only returned it because I found a three dvd combo NEW for a cheaper price.

I have 2 kids, a 1.5-year and a 3-years-old. I'm not open to the idea of letting them watch TV but my 3-year-old has a classmate who already knows the alphabet and each letter's phonics. The classmate's mother told me it was all due to this DVD. I thought, why not give it a try, so I ordered it and started letting my kids watch it.My 1.5-year-old is not interested in it at all but my 3-years-old loves watching it again and again. I think it is the mixture of animals talking and frequently breaking into song that makes this interesting to her. She doesn't remember all the letters but she is starting to associate each letter with a specific sound. Most important of all, I feel like she's watching something beneficial.As for that classmate of my 3-year-old, he is so advanced in his phonics that he is already starting to read. For example, if I write the words "purple", "red", and "yellow" on a piece of paper, he can guess which word is which, by looking at the first letter of each word and sounding out its phonics. All due to this DVD.

Got this for my son because he kept asking me about it. I put in the dvd so he can see it and he runs away to another room. The dvd came a little scratched because it was bouncing around in its case.

I would definitely recommend this dvd. My daughter loves watching this. It is helping her learn her letters and the sounds. I plan to buy the other leapfrog dvds as well!

I’m always pleased with leap frog products! My 4 year old is easily picking up the phonics from this