The Alphabotz. Making Reading Easy and Fun!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Posted by Felicia
Learning to read is so essential to everything in life and is one of the single most important educational lessons we can teach our kids. I know that if you are like me, you want your child to have every opportunity to succeed at an early age. To me, the most important key to learning is having fun! I am so excited to introduce you to a brand new tool every parent and educator should add to their tool box called The Alphabotz!The Alphabotz are much more than just ordinary flash cards, they are Superphonic Decoder Cards! The are designed for children ages 3 and up and were created by a parent and educator. These cards truly are an innovation which is why they recently were named one of the Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products for the year of 2009 as well as won the Tillywig Toy & Media Award Brain Child Award! They use a combination of teaching strategies including: phonemic awareness, phonics, sight words, and language experience. They do all of this while using a fun cast of characters that creates a story. They are a great idea because they incorporate several styles of learning to read.
Alphabotz work by having different letters on each robot character's chest. Each character has it's own identity as well as a character on top of it's head. The identifying character on top of it's head helps your child relate the sound of the letter(s) to the look of the letter(s). Not only does the robot have the letter and the character, but everything about the robot (objects,
skills, home, friends) reinforces the letter and letter sounds. There are 46 robot characters broken down like this: 18 consonants, 3 consonant digraphs, 5 short vowels, 5 long vowels, 1 silent e, 5 impersonators, 5 vowel teams, and 4 r-controlled vowels.A program that grows with your child is always a plus! Graham already uses these to help reinforce his letter recognition. You can even use dry erase markers on the cards and have your child trace letters. The cards are a generous size and extremely sturdy. As your child progresses, you can simply move through to more complicated decoding!
The Alphabotz retail for $19.95 and can be purchased at Alphabotz.com or Amazon. Check out their "fun" page for coloring sheets, helpful charts, songs, and more!
This product was provided free of charge by Alphabotz and Kid Stuff PR. These are my honest opinions on the product. I do not post reviews on products I can not stand behind. Please see my Terms of Use for more info.
This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the McDougles!
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November 3, 2009 2:57 AM
I learned that Pat has drawn on her lifetime of experience as an elementary- and university-level educator; as a practicing graphic designer, illustrator and business owner; and, of course, as a mother of two. Fueled by her passion for learning, Pat has earned one Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook and a second Bachelor’s degree. amypugmire@live.com
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November 3, 2009 8:17 AM
The Block Heads Rock CD will be available in the future. :-)
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November 3, 2009 8:29 AM
Kelly Barton, one of the developers, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Advertising from LSU.
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November 3, 2009 8:30 AM
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November 3, 2009 9:14 AM
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November 3, 2009 9:32 AM
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Each ALPHABOTZ character represents a sound in the English language, and wears its identifying letter/sound on its chest.
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I learned that they also sell a CD with the Blockheads!
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November 3, 2009 5:19 PM
They also sell Block Heads Rock CD, the book Amazing Adventures of the Alphabotz and the Map to the Secret World of the Alphabotz.
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November 3, 2009 6:04 PM
I was going through the characters and finding it very interesting things I wouldn't have thought of presenting in teaching reading - the R combos, the vowel combos, the pretenders. I wouldn't have thought of doing 'air' as an r sound (I think that's where they have it filed) but it makes sense - that's something that needs to be known on sight, it's not really something they can sound out.
The secret phrases would be a hit around here, too. :-)
November 3, 2009 7:27 PM
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November 3, 2009 9:49 PM
I learned that they are also working on a new product, "Map to the Secret World of the Alphabotz" which will allow you to find the homes of the characters! My little one loves maps, so I love this idea!
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November 4, 2009 7:19 PM
I learned that my girls love the Cookin' in a Coconut song! We had to listen to it five times! My daughter is working on her C sounds so this song was perfect!
What a fun site!
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I checked out their downloadable songs and coloring sheets - wow!
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November 5, 2009 7:42 AM
What fun alphabet cards! I tweeted about the giveaway
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November 8, 2009 9:38 AM
I learned that the cards are not intended for the unsupervised use of children under the age of 3.
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November 8, 2009 3:21 PM
They also have printable coloring sheets with the characters on them! Also, "The idea for the ALPHABOTZ arose from Pat’s perception that a technically sound, multi-strategy approach to reading that was also fun and engaging for children was missing from the marketplace. Pat envisioned the ALPHABOTZ as a way to fill that void." thanks
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there are 46 cards for the 46 sounds of the english language
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The original idea sprang from the mind of Pat Vining.
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Pat has TWO bachelor's degrees!
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I learned that they also have a CD out and are in the process of making an interactive book and a map of the secret world of the alphabotz
November 16, 2009 11:49 PM
I learned that you can download a Complete Set of Alphabotz Coloring Sheets. Also that there is a CD that compliments the Alphabotz and books in the making!
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November 17, 2009 10:13 AM
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