This was bought as a gift for a four-year-ancient grandson. He likes it!!
I taught school for 40 years before I retired–the last 18 years were in preschool. If I still were teaching I would get several of these players and games to use in centers for the children. This game teaches capital and lower case letter identification, how to write them, and phonics in a most delightful way!! The game shows how a letter is made and then the child traces it in the aptly way or tries again until he has it. Fantastic feedback!! And most of all–fun, fun, fun!!

This game is fantastic for my 3K son. He needs to learn his alphabet- letters, sounds, and writing. He feels like a “huge boy” playing his game and he is learning! We like it.

This game does a really excellent job of compelling advantage of Leappad’s touchscreen technology. I can’t speak to how well it performs on the Leapster, but on the Leappad it is intergrated very well, you can click all over different planes of the screen to find letters, and there’s a clean fature where the child can “wipe” away the fog from character to reveal a letter.

My four-year-ancient really likes the letter songs, which only plays if you complete two letter activities (recognizing the letter and learning it’s phonetic sound), so it works as a fantastic incentive to get her to play the game. Unfortunetly, it’s the time-consuming and challenging “catch the balls” activity that has to be completed after the phonics section that she struggles with, often failing to earn letters for reasons that have nothing to do with the skill she’s being taught. That is the only aspect of the game that’s frustrating to me as a parent.

The educational value, and design are of high quality on this product. The interest from my child is mid-range. She likes it better than Toy Report 3, which she never loved, but less than the Ultra Books she has. As a parent it’s my favourite for it’s educational value.