| Well first of all it had a cute looking cover and appeared to be what we needed, my son is struggling with phonics some and I figured we'd try a DVD since he learns well from PBS TV programs etc. I bought this DVD and I was quite suprised to find it was an older version of a phonics video, maybe 80's dress and it was kinda outdated to say the least. I could over look that but what I found unacceptable was there were so many letters she sounded out incorrectly!!! That is unacceptable! She pronounced the P sound "Puh" which can be confusing to a child trying to learn sounds......always adding an unneeded uh sound on the end of letters like, n (nnnuh or), p (puh), t (tuh, it was really sad for a phonics teaching tool, save your money!!!! I have ordered Leap Frog DVDs instead to replace this one! While with all that said my son (6yrs) does find it somewhat entertaining because they are not allowed to watch much TV and he is learning a little on how to write the letters and some letter and phonics exposure with it I guess. I will probably have this DVD *disappear* once the Leap Frog ones arrive! |