PHONICS WORKBOOK #3 Blends & Digraphs

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Product Features

• Helps children practice blends and diagraphs
• Interactive book and cartridge
• Works with all LeapPad systems, except for My First LeapPad
• Includes 30 phonics activities

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.1 x 12.2 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000065CKE
• Item model number: 30213
• Our recommended age: 4 - 6 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 7 years
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,636 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

CATALOG CORRECTION: Please use #30202 to order Phonics #3: Short Vowels E and O shown on page 29. A blend is a pair of letters that stand together with each letter keeping its own sound, e.g., clap. A diagraph is a pair of letters that come together to form a new sound, e.g., shoe. The I Know My Blends and Digraphs book for the LeapPad Learning System gives your child tons of engaging activities to practice blends and digraphs. With 30 phonics activities including rhyming and matching, your child can enjoy the adventures of Leap and his friends while exploring and learning more about blends and digraphs. This book is an essential companion to the following lesson in the LeapFrog Phonics Series: * Lesson 5: Consonant Blends - Lost and Found Kids just place the book on the LeapPad player, pop in the cartridge, and touch any page with the Magic Pen to bring learning to life. This book also works with the LeapPad Plus Writing Learning System and the Quantum LeapPad Learning System. What it Teaches: * Blends and digraphs * Rhyming * Matching sounds to pictures

Product Description

Hop into lessons with the LeapPad Phonics Program. The Phonics Program features ten lesson books and four activity books (each sold separately) for use with the award-winning LeapPad Learning System. Introduce little learners to basic reading fundamentals that help them become successful readers.

Can't get enough blends and digraphs? Play 30 fun phonics games with Leap and friends to get good practice with blends and digraphs. Includes one activity book and cartridge. Requires LeapPad Learning System (sold separately).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining & educational enough, January 13, 2008

A Kid's Review

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Hi, I'm StoryMaker. I have to disagree with the other reviewer. For one thing, touching a blend or digraph will cause its sound to be said in this LeapPad book. In addition, there are some fun games that can help kids practice. I think that, with practice, kids can use this book to master many different blends & digraphs. It is not only fun for kids, but it also can teach a lot of different blends & digraphs. One of the only problems I can think of is that, when a blend or digraph is touched, the LeapPad responds by saying "the blend sound, [whatever you touched]". This actually caused me to forget all about digraphs and think it was all just blends. Also, they don't really say the definition of blends or digraphs in the first place (it would be better if they did). Still, I believe that this is a good way to teach kids about many different blends & digraphs. However, you might want to also explain what a blend or digraph is, since this book doesn't offer that information. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"

11 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Entertainment Fluff Only, February 5, 2007

By	Jennifer A. Bush - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Parents who judge education systems/software by ability to keep the attention of today's ADD children regardless of actual educational content may like this. They'll be the only ones though since there is no educational content. "I love birthday parties, yeah" - "They're here, let the party begin" - "oink oink". This is all we here from these machines when we use them, which isn't often. Kids click on the pictures to elicit related and often unrelated noises - that is it. There is little actual phonics training. The phonics "games" only ask about one softball question per minute surrounded by a lot of ADD attention getting fluff. These are entertainment systems, not educational systems. We should note that the Leapfrog brand DVDs we have are not like the Leappads at all. The DVDs are very good. The Leappads are worthless.