Hooked on Phonics: Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read - Level 2: All about Letters (Early Emergent Readers - Pre-K - Ages 3-4) (Other)

I remember growing up with HOP and it is and has always been a great learning tool to teach kids how to read--and read well. My son is a first grader and they don't use HOP to teach reading in his school, but I wanted my preschool daughter to get a head start by using this program. I wish I would have used it with my son. I was skeptical about the DVD at first, but the music and graphics are actually really fun and entertaining. As parents, we all know how cheesy kids' learning tools can be, but this is not one of them. My daughter likes the book as well and it is pretty good at reinforcing what the letters look like. I do wish the DVD was broken down a bit more and focused on one letter thoroughly before moving onto the next. Fortunately, my daughter was in my son's kindergarten class a lot last year because I was a volunteer in there so she picked up on a lot the letter sounds and letter recognition from that. But again, the video and songs are fun and do offer a quick visual and auditory glimpse at the letters and their sounds.

my son is 9months old and he enjoys watching the DVD and he's dancing alone to the ABC song... I haven't use the books yet because he puts them in his mouth. i I read the stories books to him he likes and we used the flash cards... great learning product