Fridge Words Magnetic Word Builder
by LeapFrog
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Toys and Games Reviews of Fridge Words Magnetic Word Builder
Customer Review: a B-I-G hit with my son.
Summary: 5 Stars
My 3 year old LOVES this toy. I had no idea how this thing was going to work when we got it, but it is really ingenious. It gives short simple directions that my son can follow to find letters to build and sound out words. Even how to find rhyming words. Very cool! I was pleasantly surprised that my son was so interested it, and that he could follow the directions rather than just put in random letters. The toy does do a fair amount of "coaching" when it senses no letters are being placed, which is a help.
Sometimes, as with all technology of this nature the words they say can be hard to understand, when they say "spell hat" sometimes you may think they said "bat" or "rat" until they actually say "H - A - T" and spell it out. But that isn't just a problem with leapfrog. This doesn't seem to bother my son as much as it does me though!
Customer Review: 2's Enough
Summary: 3 Stars
I research the toys I purchase for my children...this one I bought on "Black Friday" with high hopes from the reviews that I read on this site (though purchased from Kohl's). To my dismay, there seems to be something wrong with some of the letters in my set and I am glad I cought it now before my two year old learned incorrectly. For example, when placing the "S" block into the first space, the Word Whammer recognizes it as a letter "T". For someone who is not as involved with their child as I am, this could be a devastating lesson. This toy is a learning toy, meant to improve upon your childs phoenics skills...Needless to say, upon viewing leapfrog.com, there is no way to contact them by email which is also concerning to a parent of two who has better things to do during the day with their children then to call the company when convenient for them!Customer Review: Good in theory
Summary: 2 Stars
This toy is great if it works all of the time. I returned the first toy that we received as a gift because I thought it was broken. Letters can be inserted into slots and then the toy says the letter and word that corresponds. Unfortunately, a common problem with the toy is the little grooves that decipher which letter is which, get stuck quite often and when the child places a new letter in the groove, the toy incorrectly 'says' what it thinks is the new letter/word. When I returned my first 'broken' toy, the store informed me that this was a common problem and you need to run your fingers over the grooves to loosen them. This does not work all of the time. The second replacement toy has the same problem. When young children are trying to learn new letters and words, this problem can be very confusing (and annoying to the parent.)Customer Review: We want to love this toy, but we don't.
Summary: 3 Stars
I know lots of people who own this toy and sing its praises. Unfortunately, we are not those people. I bought this for my 2 year old who is now 3 1/2. He likes to put letters in it for 2 minutes, then starts shoving all of the letters under the fridge. I get it out every six months and try again, but he just doesn't have any interest in playing with this, even though he now has interest in learning about letters and writing. No, he's not developmentally disabled. He just doesn't care for this toy. I really want him to like it and to have the great learning experience with it that everyone else does, but its just not happening for us.
For those who wonder about durability, it seems durable. It's been 1.5 years, and still works. I know other families that have had a set on their fridge for years and they still work too.
Customer Review: Much Better Than "Fridge Phonics"
Summary: 5 Stars
My daugter received both the Word Whammer and Fridge Phonics for her second birthday. The Word Whammer has three modes. The first mode is almost identical to the Fridge Phonics set. The song is a little bit shorter, but it sings the letter name and the sounds it makes. If you press a letter twice, it has a phrase with that letter, something that the Fridge Phonics doesn't do. For example, the "c" is "It's c-c-c-c-old in here!". The "a" is "aaaaaaah! I'm scared of monsters!". It's very cute. The second mode is for making words. If you just put in one letter, it will prompt you to put a vowel (a "blue letter") in the second spot. When you spell a word, it sings a short song. In the third mode, it prompts you to try to spell words that rhyme. It is a great toy with much more "grow with me" potential than the Fridge Phonics.