Phonics Radio encourages children to learn the alphabet as they sing-along to 20 songs. DJ Leap plays upbeat tunes that introduce letters, phonics and the correlation between letters and objects.

Flip the pages of this interactive radio to select a letter in the alphabet. Then press the letter button and hear a song about the letter and the sound it makes. Or play the Mystery Tune game to find a letter that matches the song. Lights flash and buttons light up for an intriguing light show. Play Phonics Radio at home or take it along for on-the-go learning fun.

Letter Names:

Young children typically recite or sing the alphabet before they recognize individual letters. By preschool they begin to identify letters by name and shape.

Letter Sounds:

Before they can learn to read, children must learn letters and their sounds. Once children associate printed letters to sounds, they can begin to sound out words for reading and spelling.

Alphabetical Order:

Alphabetical order while many children can sing the alphabet song, the ability to sequence letters in order signals the understanding of letters as individual units of language.

Phonics Skills:

To learn to read, a child must understand the letter-sound relationship and distinguish individual sounds, or phonemes, within words. Crucial to reading, phonics skills help children sound out new words If I can read "pot," then I can read "hot" and "spot".

Music Exploration:

Encouraging children to create music deepens their understanding of music as a form of self-expression. Experimenting with basic musical elements such as rhythm, tempo and mood helps lay a foundation for parallel concepts such as those found in poetry.