DVD Synopsis:
Meet Scout and his friends, Violet, Eli and Penny…best friends who have all kinds of learning adventures along with their magical toy car, Axle. When the pets long to learn about new animals for their games, Axle whisks them away to a magical farm to see a collection of letter animals the likes of which have never been seen before! The pets learn phonics as they participate in the animals’ alphabet antics. The team gets in shape with an Athletic Alligator, consoles a Sad Seal and converses with a High-Pitched Horse as they make their way through the entire alphabet and make many new friends along the way!
DVD Features:
• 3 Sing-Along Songs
• Curriculum Commentary for Parents
•“Being a Puppy (The Scout Song)” Music Video
• “A Surprise for Scout” Storybook
My Review:
LeapFrog is a mom favorite with a full line of educational products and on November 8th they released a new DVD starring Scout (a lovable pup!) and his friends. LeapFrog Phonics Farm focuses on early reading skills by teaching the alphabet, phonics, and animals. Scout and his friends go over every letter of the alphabet and meet an animal that starts with each letter. They also focus on the sounds those letters make. This is important for sounding out words when learning to read. It also teaches adjectives and alliteration with the gang meeting animals such as the Athletic Alligator. The oddest one, in my opinion, was the Umbrellabird!
Phonics Farm is created for 2-5 year olds. Rissa, only 13 months old now, is still learning sounds and starting to learn to talk. While she's not ready to start reading yet, I think she can learn from this DVD too! And, she really enjoys watching it. Animals, letters and sounds are important to her speech development as well as to her reading development.
Great educational gift that is also entertaining to watch!
Where to buy: Amazon
Ashley Swift says
Love LeapFrog products! This looks great. While my son is too young, this is right up my nephews’ alley. Hmmm, this might be the perfect Christmas gift. Thanks for sharing!
Nicole H. says
We LOVE anything Leap Frog in our house. My son actually has the interactive Scout from grandma last Christmas. He would LOVE this DVD! Thanks for the review, Darcy. I will definitely pick this up for my son!
– Nicole @ MamaNYC
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LaVonne says
My daughter has two Leap Frog DVDs and loves them. I can’t wait to add this one to the collection. Thanks for reviewing it for us!
janet says
My son is just starting to learn his letters and sounds and Hubby and I were just talking about something to help him read!! I would love to get this for my son!!
Sheri Carpenter says
This really does look like a great gift idea. I swear I wish they had more things like this when my kids were younger.
Barb W. says
I love Leap Frog products and this DVD looks super cute! Putting on list of items to pick up for my granddaughter. :)
candice says
This would be a great addition to my DD leap frog collection and perfect pari with her Violet!
Gena L says
I’m going to have to get this! We love the Leap Frog DVDs!
melissa williams says
I’m going to have to look into getting this. We have the letter factory dvd and my daughter loves it and is finally learning the sounds of her letters in a fun way. And she has a my pal violet so I’m sure this DVD would be a big hit. Thanks for the awesome review!
Still Blonde after all these YEARS says
My kids spent hours and hours playing these games when they were little. So much better than the shoot um up games.
Clarissa says
We bought my daughter a Violet toy and I love it! I have been a LeapFrog fan ever since!! Great products!