Product Details

• Actors: Rock 'N Learn
• Directors: Richard Caudle
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rock 'N Learn
• VHS Release Date: October 9, 2000
• Run Time: 38 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000EZX0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,375 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Colorful graphics and cool music get kids excited about learning. Helps teach the most common sounds that each letter makes and introduces consonant blends. Kids especially enjoy matching sounds with letters in the hilarious game show "Name That Letter." An on-screen mouth helps teach proper enunciation of sounds. This video was developed in consultation with speech therapists to make certain that sounds are enunciated properly. As the video progresses, kids combine letters to make words and also learn to read common sight words. New version now includes reading sentences! Ages 4 and up. A good program to use before Rock 'N Learn Phonics Video. Approximately 52 minutes. VHS.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great video for learning phonics!, October 17, 2002

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Sheila Smith (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock 'N Learn Letter Sounds: Phonics for Beginners (Ages 4 & Up) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have used this video with my 5 year old son. It keeps his attention and focuses on teaching: 1. the letter, 2. the sound it makes, 3. the lip movement the sound makes, and 4. a word and picture of the word item. I just let him watch short segments at a time! (And of course, review that segment over and over!) It has a couple of "games" for the children to watch and respond to. Excellent video!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Son Loves This Video - a review of "Rock 'N Learn Letter Sounds, March 9, 2006

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock 'N Learn Letter Sounds: Phonics for Beginners (Ages 4 & Up) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My son who just turned 4 y.o. loves this video. Like the homeschool mom we got this at the library, and like her we found it really engages our children. (My daughter is almost 6.)

The video begins with the letters of the alphabet in sequence: capital and lower cases and sounds. It then goes on to mix the letters up, first showing the letters and giving children the time to say what the letters sounds are before telling them if they don't know. In a following segment, the video gives sentences such as "An alligator and an ant add apples". Children are supposed to shout out what the 'target' letter is. In this case "a".

Four Stars. A nice supplement to the LeapFrog videos (which we also love).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock'n'Learn ROCKS!, September 8, 2005

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Melanie S. Ross - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock 'N Learn Letter Sounds: Phonics for Beginners (Ages 4 & Up) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I found this item at a local library when my son was about 18 months old. I brought it home to check it out myself for future reference, but my son was immediately entranced by it, and wanted to see it again and again. We ended up buying this title, and it is still used in our home four years later. My favorite feature of this video is that a close-up of an actual person's mouth is shown saying sounds and words, so a child can see how the lips, tongue, and mouth should look when saying certain sounds (which really helps when a child tends to use, for instance, a "W" sound for "L" words, or an "F" sound for "TH"). BONUS: They also show how to form letters at the end of the program. I have only high praise for the "Letter Sounds" video.

My son began reading (not memorizing sight words, but actually reading) before he was three; he is now five and reads at about a second grade level. He is now past "Letter Sounds", but still enjoys watching it. My daughter, who is three, also enjoys it, and is now reading short words (mom, dad, sun, frog, etc.) While I won't say this is all due to the "Letter Sounds" video, I must emphasize that the Rock'n'Learn items we have used have been a _tremendous_ assistance in keeping the kids engaged, excited about learning to read, and giving them fun tools to make the process easier. Other Rock'n'Learn titles I'd strongly recommend are "Alphabet", "Phonics 1 & 2", and "Telling Time".