LeapFrog Fridge Phonics

When we opened it, we immediately called it 'her abc's' and she cottoned onto that straight away.

We took out the main unit and put it straight on the fridge, then we stuck all the letters onto the fridge. We then showed her how to put the letters in by herself - they just need to sit a certain way up in the unit - very easy for small and patient hands. Then she presses the letter in and it sounds a little song 'a says a, a says a, every letter makes a sound, a says a'.

There is another button on the unit which when pressed sings the whole alphabet - it says 'zed' instead of 'zee' which is nice too!

Within a few weeks she was able to copy the song, and a few weeks later could pre-empt the sounds and started distinguishing between the different letter sounds.

I also said that my sister needed to join in with singing to give my niece the confidence in herself and as my sister spends a lot of time in the kitchen this is a perfect way for them to interact in a pleasant and educational way.

A very good buy, would recommend to anyone!


GREAT EDUCATIONAL VALUE   November 10, 2005
mrs t l gray (thornaby, cleveland United Kingdom)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful

I BOUGHT THIS FOR MY LITTLE BOY LAST XMAS WHEN HE WAS 18 MONTHS BY THE TIME HE WAS 2 HE COULD CLEARLY SING THE ALPHABET SONG AND IDENTIFY LETTERS, TRULY!!! BEST EDUCATIONAL TOY I'VE EVER BOUGHT AND IT'S STILL ONE OF HIS FAVOURITES NOW


Just brilliant   June 22, 2006
SammyCee (Wiltshire)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful

I bought this when my daughter was 15 months old. I stuck it on to the fridge for her to play with due to the songs and colours, but had absolutely no expectations due to her age. How wrong was I? By 16 months she knew all the alphabet and their sounds. I didn't realise until I was sat reading with her one day and she started to point the letters out to me. To say I was amazed is an understatement. Definately recommend.


a very good buy   June 18, 2007
Robert (London)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

My daughter has enjoyed playing with this toy for the last six months - she is now 2 3/4.

She loves the toy & enjoys recognising the letters & playing with them (on their own as well as with the unit).

No miracles in reading, but she can see her own name, M for mama; D for dada and several of the other letters.

Something that takes as much repetition as learning the alphabet is strongly encouraged by a toy like this. She is now becoming interested in what words are & how to spell them.

As it sits quietly on the fridge, and is available to play with whenever we are in the kitchen, it is an educational "free lunch".

We got our unit with UPPER CASE letters. Check this out; there is an UPPER CASE expansion pack if you buy a unit with lower case letters. Ultimately, you will want both.


fridge phonics   December 25, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

bought this as a xmas present on the whole very good but about 5 of the letters ie. N says its an O and P says is an M so might confuse them a little apart from that he loves it hopefully he will learn the alphabet with me! and this toy