LeapFrog Phonics Writing Desk
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Toys and Games Reviews of LeapFrog Phonics Writing Desk
Customer Review: Great potential but one major complaint
Summary: 5 Stars
My son just received this toy for his third birthday. We were amazed to find him sitting at the table, pen in hand, following the toys directions for writing letters. What a great tool! He also repeated the letter sounds and had fun with the toy.I have a major complaint though. My son found the game that tests letter recognition. The problem is that it makes very silly sounds when he gets a wrong answer and barely congratulates a right answer. The result is that he's virtually lost all interest in anything but that letter recognition game so he can AVOID the right letter and listen to all the silly sounds. I'm very disappointed in this so far but hope that the novelty wears off and he again decides to use the toy for its intended purpose.
Customer Review: Great toy, couldn't take the punishment...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have two daughters - 3 and 1 1/2 years old. They both absolutely LOVE this toy. The 3 year old, who was already good with her alphabet, has been spelling three letter words on it, and even the 1 1/2 year old just loves playing with it. However, although my kids (especially the young one) beat up on their toys (whose kids don't???), the frog, which erases the magnetic screen, broke within the first two weeks, and now after another month and a half, it's starting to make static noises every so often. Still, though, I am buying another one, which should be a testament to how great I think this toy is for both of my kids. It's also teaching me a lesson in the value of disciplining my children when they start throwing toys...Customer Review: A Fantastic learning tool!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
My first son received this when he was 3 and loved it..it really solidified what he knew about letters and helped him to learn the difference between upper and lower case. Now, my second son, who just turned 2, knows all his letters simply from playing with this desk, and I am amazed! He played with it and still plays with it constantly, and just from playing with it was able to learn them all on his own...which is great for me, a mom of three, who doesn't always have the time to sit down with him. This toy occupies him for hours and is so educational, and I know that as he gets older, he will love using more of the many options it offers. This is such a great learning tool, I would buy another if this one broke tomorrow!Customer Review: Excellent toy!
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter is 3 1/2 years old and knows most her alphabet, but has trouble remembering sometimes. I wasn't sure if I should buy this or the phonics library, since one reviewer said this toy doesn't make the alphabet sounds, only tells the letters. This is wrong. I compared both toys and note the only difference between each is the phonics writing desk teaches cursive, and reinforced writing letters after each letter, and the phonics library has music instead of the cursive function.
This toy has big, bright letters making it easier for a child to locate the letters, and shows her how to write the letters too. If your child is starting to write letters, this is the #1 toy I have found out there.
Customer Review: Nanny's Opinion
Summary: 2 Stars
Gave this to my four year old granddaughter. I watched her for a while and saw it really was not what I was looking for since the writing area was too small for beginning writers. Also it takes too long a time to go from step to step. My granddaughter liked to hear the sounds of the letters, but did not like writing them on a very small space and this was discouraging to her. I would make it more a writing toy by writing on a larger area and leave off some of the sounds. My experience is all of my six grandchildren enjoy more learning toys with actual hands on and less having to listen to the toy for "instructions, correct and incorrect" and also trying to figure out what the toy "said"