 
Leapfrog Fridge Words Magnetic Word Builder
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Everything about this toy is cool. My almost 3-year-old son loved it and really truly played with it unlike alot of his other toys. The phonics education in the toy is awesome, and even though he is a bit too young for certain aspects of the toy, it is something that he will grow into and learn from so he will be able to enjoy it for some time. It truly is an educational toy. The durability is great, but I would just warn people that the combination of a refrigerator toy, and a pre-schooler who likes to try to pour his own juice (and prefers to try when mom and dad are not in the room), is not a good combination. Our first one of these was drowned in OJ and nothing could be done to save it. we still loved the toy enough to spend another $20+ on a new one.
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My fridge has been covered with magnetic letters for years and it makes for great ad-hoc reading lessons. Adding the Word Whammer really kicked it up a notch. The kids wander away from the breakfast table and will play with this because it's the only toy in the kitchen. As soon as it's touched it makes inviting noises - basically catnip for little kids. There are several games on it - but the basic activity is to put some letters in it, wham it, and then it says the letters. If the letters make a word it knows (and it knows most 3 letter words I can think of) it reads the word, congratulates the kid, and then sings a "reward song". The fact that it's limited to 3 letters is a strength for beginning spellers. You can do guided play and use it as a teaching tool - but its real power is that kids will go up to it on their own and engage in word play. My daughter, 4, actively plays with it and is starting to be able to make it pay off reliably. My son, 7, is too old for it - but he tries to make it read bad words (another strength of 3 instead of 4 letters). He gets some play out of it too. Its location on the fridge (stuck on with magnetic adhesion) means that it has taken a bunch of tumbles. Since the method of play involves hitting its "whammer" button it takes a ton of abuse. It's been in constant rotation for over 2 years and shows no signs of damage. It also hasn't required a battery change in that time - excellent performance in my book.
All in all - if you have little kids (3-5) you should definitely have the Word Whammer on your fridge.
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Our 4 yr old daughter loves playing with this toy. She is learning how to put letter together to spell words and loves the music also. The toy is very encouraging and easy to manage for small hands. I would buy this toy!
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I haven't used the product obviously. I purchased it for my 4 yr.old grandson's birthday. All I know is, he loved it and has already started spelling three letter words.
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I bought this for my kids for christmas. My boy almost 4 is learning to read and he really is excelling because of using this. He was walking around all day yesterday asking which words he could put in the whammer and spell. When we came up with a new one he would go try to sound it out. My 2 yr old loves it to, although she doesn't play with it as intended. We also have the fridge phonics so we have tons of letters. This is not for those who are easily annoyed by noisy toys.
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