Excellent toy for learning letters
928252
I bought this for my 18 month old son who was showing a lot of interest in learning letters.  Within a few days of having the toy he went from knowing a few letters to recognizing almost all of his letters.  I LOVE that this toy reinforces letter recognition as well as sound.  With some of the letters it is hard to hear the sounds, but I play along with him and we make the sounds together.  This is exactly the skill necessary for learning to read.  Obviously we are  a long way off that from that, but for now I enjoy being able to give him a toy that will challenge and teach him.  This along with lots of reading I believe will make the reading process much easier when the time comes.  This excites me because, while my husband was an early reader, I myself learned to read on the later side and with a lot of difficulty.  High recommend this toy.  Leapfrog makes excellent toys!
1955227
I am an early childhood teacher that currently stays at home with my children. I am teaching my youngest daughter her letters and bought this set to help. It is a great toy, very durable. The best part about it is that you can use the lowercase letters, upper case letters, or both. (It is better to teach lowercase letters first.) I use them for lessons, like which letter makes the "u" sound like this umbrella?  When the child is able to do more independent work, the self-correcting matching pieces make it a good learning tool for working by themselves. I highly recommend this toy.
541336
Super soft for toddlers to play on while older child plays with the letters. This is not only a toy but also educational and it will grow with your child!  I highly recommend this for toddlers and up
3014039
The letters are clear and by themselves so child does not get them mixed up with the picture. They are soft for chewing on. quality is real high. My Grandson knows all of his letters and knew them before he was 2 years old. You make learning fun.
896849
My granddaughter grandson niece and nephew loved this product. It was a big hit the moment I brought it out for them to play with. It is great for helping my granddaughter practice Her letters. We love it. High quality too.
3477553
This is great for tracing letters for k students.  It's multisensory and fun for letter learning.  A unique learning tool.
4104023
We bought this to go along with my 4 year old daughter learning letters at school. We would make a game out of finding letters. She enjoyed it. The surprise is that my 1 year old loves to play with it too. It is on our fridge and he plays with it daily.
263964
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!  Helping my 2.5 year old learn her letters.  Sings songs and she can easily get the letters in and out of the "bus".  Great learning toy and the magnets stick well to the refrigerator.
3027477
We bought this for our three year old granddaughter for Christmas.  It is so exciting to see her follow the commands as it shows her letters and then she writes them.  She has improved in writing her letters tremendously and she is having so much fun doing it. The writing desk has many activities for her to learn from. She will usually pick the phonics writing desk  before playing with her other toys.
974148
The letters are fun, easy to grab, and sturdy.  The magnet won't easily seperate from the letter.
1692899
Im pretty amazed. I've been trying to teach my 26 month old daughter to recognize letters but her attention span is basically zero. I bought a few different DVD's with letters (sesame street) and this one. This one is amazing. The content is organized and entertaining. The letters are on the screen for a long enough time without flashing away like some other videos. Even though each letter segment is different enough to be entertaining, they are consistent enough that she can recognize all the letters along with their sounds after watching about 15 times. She can watch the video over and over and sings along with it now.

The DVD starts right into the letters without a lot of fluff and I like that there is one DVD chapter for each letter.
335920
Great toy for early learners. The pieces are great size and strong cardboard. My son did really well with this product and learned his numbers.
4519590
Melissa & Doug make a lot of great puzzles.  This one is also very well-made.

Unlike some of their other chunky puzzles, the puzzle pieces are not painted.  Instead, the printed letters are glued to the pieces.  The glued paper hasn't peeled at all, though, and these pieces won't chip like the painted ones do.

I gave this puzzle to my daughter at 22 months.  It wasn't too much of a challenge, and she absolutely loved it.  For each letter, there are pictures of two things that begin with that letter.  We often talk about the letters while she does the puzzle.

Some pieces may be choking hazards for little ones, but it's otherwise a great toy for toddlers who love puzzles.
4323870
My 18month and 3 year old sons have been playing with these alphabet pieces since they received it. I love that the letters are like puzzles and are bright and colorful. My 3 year old is teaching my 18 month old the letters and animals. Definitely recommended, it's a must.
3191920
My 2 and half year old son loves this. He can identify all the letters and the pictures for each letter.
He also likes the blocks with little doors. He puts a letter block on the other side, then plays "Knock..Knock..Who is there?"
and then finds the alphabet, which he finds amusing.
For some reason, a few letters ( like U, W and few others) do not have a picture
and my son is not very happy about that.
Overall the blocks are very durable and perfectly sized for little hands.
2690912
Perfect for a child that is learning to identify letters.  My nephew loves this because he can duplicate what he sees on the screen.
4042335
We also have the older model of the Fridge Phonics and I was thrilled to discover that the letters from that toy work in the Word Builder.  My son is enjoying playing and learning.  I credit the Phonics set with enhancing his learning of letters and am confident the Word Builder will have the same effect.  Highly recommended!!!