Recommendation for toy that can help with letter recognition and sounds?

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Anonymous wrote:

jsmith123 wrote:We were given this as a hand me down and I was surprised at how much my kids enjoyed it.

https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Fridge-Phonics-Magnetic-Letter/dp/B0765ZFJ7Q/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=letter+sounds+leapfrog&qid=1600961314&sr=8-1

OP here. Thanks! I saw that when I was researching this sort of thing on Amazon. I’ll try it out!

My son who is now 15 yrs old learned all of his upper and lowercase letters and sounds by age 2 and a half with this thing. Drove me a bit nuts but it worked.

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Thanks, everyone! She loves the Endless Alphabet game and the Leapfrog thing is coming on Saturday.

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Anonymous wrote:DD will be 4 in October. Her teacher mentioned that we might want to help her with letter recognition and sounds at home, since it’s something she’s struggling with a little at preschool. What toys/games helped your kid at this age?

Thanks!!

Have you visited Lakeshore.com? I miss when my daughter was 4! Haha we would go to lakeshore and get new fun learning toys. One of her favorites was the bathtub fishing pole game. You put the letters in the bathtub or little outdoor pool and they go fishing for sounds. When she gets one, you can say “you can a “Buh” B”. Maybe even let her try to come up with a word that starts with that sound. Like bug.

Anyway, I’d check out lakeshore for sure. So many quality learning toys!

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We have this, and now child associates bed with the b sound, etc. https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Journey-Alphabet-Lowercase-Matching/dp/B003BEDE5A?ref_=ast_sto_dp

Also you can play letter bingo on license plates and signs on walks. Just Google and print out the card.

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Reading Eggs

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Preschool Prep videos helped my son with letter sounds. There are some free youtube videos you can preview.

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Honestly?

Interaction with an adult works best. Do a few rhyming, assonance and alliteration games on the way to preschool in the morning, talking about which letter makes which sounds.

alliteration: Ally Alligator abandons apples to attack applesauce. Do you hear the a sound at the beginning, like in apple? Can you think of any other words that start with this sound?

assonance: Happy, the glad cat, can tap dance. Happy had a bag. Her bag had a tag. A man had a rag he traded for her bag. Who has the bag now? Do you hear the a sound in the middle of the words? Can you think of any other words with that sound?

rhyming: Ling can bring a ring. A ring is bling. Ling can sing. Ling plays a string guitar. Ling hears a ding and a ping. Ling has a friend, Ming. Ling eats lemon, zing! Ling eats bing cherries and a chicken wing. Ling can fling a ball. A bee will sting Ling. Do you hear the -ing sound? Can you think of any other words with this sound? (Encourage ringing and adding -ing to other -ing words.)

Play alphabet games with her after preschool. Take 3 sets of upper and lower case letters on flashcards and play memory, matching the letter together. Whoever turns up the cards says what the letter is, whether it matches or not.

Make it fun. Keep the focus on fun with an adult. Don't make it intense, don't make it something she HAS to do. Avoid apps, because you don't know whether she's retaining or not.