LeapFrog Sing-Along Read-Along DVD and Books
Product Features
- An innovative reading system that engages kids' love of song and music to teach them reading skills
- Sing-along stories use rhyme and rhythm to help kids begin to read on their own
- Includes DVD with 12 animated music videos and 12 matching storybooks
- Introduces short vowels, phonics skills and reading comprehension
- Encourages creative self-expression with a wide range of music, from rock to reggae to hip-hop
- Includes a DVD with 12 music videos and 12 corresponding storybooks
Set the stage for independent reading with rockin songs, loveable characters and easy-to-read stories! Children build reading skills and confidence as they sing, laugh and read along with 12 animated, musical stories. 12 matching storybooks reinforce the learning and inspire kids to read at home or on the go.
Product Description
Ready to add a fun twist to reading time? You can motivate little ones to read on their own with 12 engaging music videos on DVD and matching books. Each music video brings a story to life through lively animation, songs and words on-screen; and the 12 matching storybooks reinforce the learning experience. Books are great for take-along fun, too.Customer Reviews:
-> Our children (ages 3 and 4) love watching and singing along with this DVD. But even better, the cute stories have really motivated my 4 year old to read the books on her own. In a very short time we have seen a significant improvement in her reading thanks to this set. The little skits in between the songs/books on the DVD do a great job teaching vowel sounds. I highly recommend this set for any pre or beginning reader. It is a great educational product that the kids actually enjoy.
-> I love LeapFrog! They come up with the most entertaining educational stuff! I have a two year old and four year old and they both equally love it! My daughter is really getting into reading and sounding words out, so this is perfect! Both my children and I love the tunes, it's surprisingly entertaining for Mom too! I also really like the segments that go over phonics and sounding out words that were covered in the song/stories.
I think this system works best if you watch the DVD first, and read the books together later; as the speed of some of the songs/reading is quite fast for even me to keep up with (to follow along and actually go over w/ your child). I think it's a great addition to the LeapFrog library of toys and videos. Hope the review helps!
-> My 4 year old loves to watch the DVD and it helps him learn how to blend letters into words. The books are wonderful because most of the words are simple words that he can sound out and there are not too many words per page. It is a great way to work on reading skills.
->I have a 3 year old grandaughter that knows what book is the right one with the video after the second time she played with sing along read along. This is her favorite toy from christmas. I'm impressed with the brillant person[s] who put this package together. I think my grandaughter will be reading before 4.
-> The pack contains a DVD with 12 music video clips and 12 corresponding booklets. The idea is that the child picks up the songs and words and after s/he gets used to the tunes etc tries to read the booklets without the music DVD.
The stories are well planned and unfold in a specific order that progressively builds knowledge (e.g. short o, i, function of a, e, i etc.). The story content is clear and uncomplicated, with nice, big and crisp bold Arial subtitles for the song texts; the animated characters and graphics are funky, colorful and interesting but not too technicolor and visually 'loud'; the music is upbeat, in various music styles (ranging from rock to jazzy blues) and encourages singing, but it is not overwhelming and enables the child to focus on the written and spoken words.
Absolutely recommended. Will not regret!
-> This DVD is the best of both worlds, it totally entertains my children while actually educating them. The DVD is broken into 12 segments (each with it's own book to follow along). Each segment has a cute little skit and introduces a vowel sound in a fun way. The songs are very catchy (with out being annoying) and the skits are short enough to keep their attention. Both my 4 year old and 2 year old are completely mesmerized when it's on. My 4 year old likes to follow along with the books and is starting to sound out words....what more can a mom ask for?
-> I have bought quite a few different early reader type book sets and this is the first that I feel is perfect for my child. He has learned sight words, and has many of the leapfrog products so these concepts are not new to him, but he still had never really been able to cross that threshold into reading by himself until we purchased this product. He watched the videos a few times and enjoyed them. Then we moved on to the books. After working with him for a couple of weeks on reading and sounding out some of the words he began to read them on his own with my help. He really likes the stories, they're cute, funny, and the images are pleasant, they also go along quite well with the story. I am very satisfied with both the books and the video. We read them every night and my son actually told me he wanted to read to me last night! My son is three years old.
-> This is a DVD with 12 segments and a little paperback book that goes with each segment. Each of the 12 parts has a cute animated skit introducing a vowel and its sound in a memorable way. Then a song follows, with the words to the song lighting up at the bottom of the screen karaoke-style. The songs are really cute and recorded with real instruments, in styles like funk, disco, latin, punk rock, etc. We have watched this regularly for almost a year and a half and neither kids or parents are tired of it. The words of the songs are very simple but clever and the animations are cute. Our kids get up and dance to every song. The payoff comes when they look at the books and find that they remember the songs well enough to "read" the books. Mine aren't really reading yet but we got this when they were only 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 so what do you expect? The older one enjoys trying to follow along with the book while the DVD plays. Mostly we just really enjoy watching this together. We call it "Al Can!" because that is the first real song after the introduction.
-> My kids (age 20 months and 3 1/2) really enjoy watching this. The music has a great beat and at the same time I know they're learning. They haven't done the read-along w/ the books yet. They may be too young for that. Definitely a worth while purchase.
-> I cannot say enough good things about this 12 book and 1 dvd package. It is fun, educational and entertaining. I have 2 boys, ages 3.5 and 2. It is the only thing they will sit and watch all the way through and ask to wath it again! And I don't mind because I love the songs and have time to complete things around the house. Every parent needs a copy.
-> I have a 3-yr old daughter and 20-month old son. This product of LeapFrog made my daughter sang and got interest on those little books. After a couple of views, she already knew the title of the 12 books. Pretty amazing product for a beginner. It teaches and encourages my children to read. My son is enjoying it too. I highly recommend this product.
-> As described, it includes 12 short phonics based (with a FEW sight words(is, the, on, and, in, the, etc.))readers. There are 2 books for each vowel sound, an introductory book that introduces the characters, and a cumulative book wraps up the set. They're a good quality paper, stitched bindings. I see some reviewers are watching the dvd and then tackling the books, and whatever works is great. We are reading the books first, and then as a reward, she's "unlocked" (as her brothers do on Wii Fit) the corresponding video. Each of the 12 are listed on the menu, so we play only the ones she's "unlocked". She loves the music and dances around the living room. I agree it would be difficult to sit down to read with the books and dvd together. If it helps anyone, we're about halfway through the yellow (kindergarten) Hooked on Phonics book, and this is right on target - sight words from cards we're using, and she can sound out all of the words, but the video afterward adds an extra motivator.
-> I love this product. I was looking for simple books that use only words that have the most common letter sounds. words that once your child learns the phonetic abc's, they can start sounding out words. we loved the leapfrog letter and word factory and wanted to utilize what our child had learned from it. but even the most simple books out there (that I found) used more advanced letter sounds and combinations. this product has 12 books that use words that can be sounded out from the basic 26 letter sounds, with the exception of maybe 2 words. that in itself is great. then add to that, that they have a dvd and songs that go along with it. the words light up on the screen as they are being said. and there are tiny skits regarding the short vowel sounds also. very educational. yet, fun and nice simple but entertaining funny animation. some kids' videos annoy me, but this one is fun. not as beautiful as say, word world. more simple, but just great. the songs are great. very short, very simple, but perfect for what they are trying to achieve. I am so happy that I found this product.
Retail Price: $59.90
Tiny-shop Price:$39 with free postage
Ready stock of 10 sets only
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