 
Leapfrog Fridge Words Magnetic Word Builder
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Got this for my 2.5 year old. He enjoys putting the letters in and making the words. The problem for me is that some of the words are odd and not words that a 2.5 year old or even a 4 year old would use. Unlike previous reviews, the word "war" doesn't bother me because it is a concept that you can explain to a younger child in words they can get, like war means "fighting". Yet, there are other words that are difficult and neither interesting or explainable to a him, such as "lax" and "dim". There are several other words like these, but I can't think of them now. Maybe it's because my kid is only 2.5, but I've worked with kindergardners and have never heard them use these words. I wish Leap Frog had just stuck to basic nouns such as "bus", "car", and words like that.
Unlike other users, I haven't had any problems with it's durability or functioning. It's held up for the past 3-4 months, but who knows what'll happen later.
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I bought the Whammer and an extra set of letters. Concept is good but I would like to be able to spell longer words. (I knew 3 letter words were the limit but bought anyway). My son likes the 'word search' game. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen and near the kitchen (toy is on fridge) so we had to put duct tape over the speaker. It is pretty noisy and the computer voice talks too much and repeats the singsong over and over and over. pretty irritating. I wish it just said what the letter was and said what the word was instead of playing a silly song everytime. My son is learning lower case letters now and is a bit confused at times with only upper case. It's a good toy as far as quality goes but doesn't enrapture the child for long enough periods to warrant the purchase.
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We bought the fridge phonics for our older daughter last year but did not put them on the fridge fearing they may get lost under the fridge. We recently bought the word whammer and now have both of the sets on our fridge now. I like that the letters are bigger and the magnets are strong enough so we haven't had a problem with losing them.
Okay, my kids are 2, 4, and 6 and they all use it frequently. My 2 year old has learned to identify all of the letters. My 4 year old has learned most of the letter sounds. My 6 year old likes to build words. I love this thing so much that I recently bought 3 of them to give as gifts (including my daughter's preschool). I also love that it is loud enough to hear properly, but not too loud to be annoying!
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I almost did not buy this item after reading the reviews, but am so glad I did. My son loves it, and many of the complaints mentioned in other reviews do not seem to be a problem as far as letters not being recognized correctly, ect. My son will enjoy it for many years because of all the different games and functions it offers. I love a toy kids grow into instead of out of.
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I got the LeapFrog Word Whammer six months or so back for my three year old. It worked fine until about a month ago. The sounds get stuck in a loop as soon as it's turned on and won't stop. Turning it off and replacing the batteries didn't work either. It could be that our one year old has knocked it off the fridge several times, but we also own the LeapFrog Fridge Phonics set which we got when my now four year old was one. It has been knocked off the fridge and batted around MUCH more that the Word Whammer and it still works. I would not recommend this item.
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