4KookieKids Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 My youngest two think leapfrog letter factory is fun when they see it at the library, but part of me just doesn't want to get it because my oldest had a really hard time when he had to make his peace with letters having more than one sound. It was just a really difficult transition and we ended up having to start over from scratch with him. So I'm wondering if there's anything more compatible with stuff like LoE, Spalding, AAS, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof1 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Alphablocks on YouTube. Season 1 episode 1 is letter sounds. After that is when the letters hold hands they sound out the words. It's really fun my dd4 loves it. Each episode is about 5 minutes long. Edited September 25, 2017 by Mommyof1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Phonogram Circus does that. They also have one for multi-letter phonograms. a-z phonograms: https://www.amazon.com/Phonogram-Circus-DVD/dp/B0099ALXB2/ multi-letter phonograms: https://www.amazon.com/Phonogram-Zoo-DVD/dp/B01LTHYKAS/ Website with samples: http://funwithphonograms.com/sample Edited September 25, 2017 by silver 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjuliadc Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Preschool prep letter sounds. This is geared pretty young though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) It's pretty boring, but Don's Phonovisual Chart for Kids video does teach the sounds, as a bonus it gets them used to a chart. They are cut off in the top of the video, but it teaches both long and short vowels. I have a free chart similar to Phonovisual (It and mine are both based on the 1914 Caroline Yale charts.) http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/Resources/40LChartsCombined.pdf I find my students learned the sounds faster with the use of the chart. Don Potter nagged me to use one forever and I finally tried it about 5 years ago, then developed my own version a year or two ago. (I thought it would slow learning of the sounds and make them dependent on a crutch, to my surprise, it actually made learning the sounds faster, and as a bonus, cuts down on the number of times you have to repeat yourself asking questions about and saying the sounds.) Edited September 25, 2017 by ElizabethB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Preschool prep letter sounds. This is geared pretty young though. Hmm. I'll have to look at them. I've only ever seen their "letters" one, not their letter sounds. But our library has a bunch of their stuff, so that would be cool. It's pretty boring, but Don's Phonovisual Chart for Kids video does teach the sounds, as a bonus it gets them used to a chart. They are cut off in the top of the video, but it teaches both long and short vowels. I have a free chart similar to Phonovisual (It and mine are both based on the 1914 Caroline Yale charts.) http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/Resources/40LChartsCombined.pdf I find my students learned the sounds faster with the use of the chart. Don Potter nagged me to use one forever and I finally tried it about 5 years ago, then developed my own version a year or two ago. (I thought it would slow learning of the sounds and make them dependent on a crutch, to my surprise, it actually made learning the sounds faster, and as a bonus, cuts down on the number of times you have to repeat yourself asking questions about and saying the sounds.) Thanks for this! :) I'm not so eager to make them learn fast. It's more to keep a 2 and 4 yo occupied with a movie for half an hour a day while I do stuff with my older kids, and I'd just as soon they learn early on that things have more than one sound, you know? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Talking Word Factory by Leapfrog focuses on blends. Here’s the intro: https://youtu.be/jjCx1GxU9IQ My kids really liked this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Talking Words Factory I & II. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) Talking Words Factory I & II. Bill I love that frog! I enjoy teaching phonics but not letter sounds, better a frog than me. I would love to be able to buy all 3 DVDs at cost and send to kids in inner city areas in Detroit, Baltimore, etc. I have repeatedly tried via email and phone to get a hold of someone at the company about buying in bulk/ getting donations at cost for a nonprofit, no luck. The company has been bought out and their main thing is now electronic learning, Edited September 26, 2017 by ElizabethB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I love that frog! I enjoy teaching phonics but not letter sounds, better a frog than me. I would love to be able to buy all 3 DVDs at cost and send to kids in inner city areas in Detroit, Baltimore, etc. I have repeatedly tried via email and phone to get a hold of someone at the company about buying in bulk/ getting donations at cost for a nonprofit, no luck. The company has been bought out and their main thing is now electronic learning, I agree. The frog is brilliant. I like the idea of spreading them to children everywhere. Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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