Melissa Doug Ms Rachel Wooden Phonics Alphabet Sound Puzzle with Light-Activated Sound Effects 26-Piece Toddler Toys for Boys

Perfect gift for a Ms Rachel loving 2 year old to help learn alphabet and work on fine motor skills. Well made wooden letters and board. Colorful and fun! Read more

Preschool kids love this puzzle. I love that it emphasizes the alphabet sounds and letter recognition that we are learning in class. Younger children go so quickly through moving the pieces that they don't hear the entire message but older children take the time to listen. But you'll see and be amazed by what the children pickup on by hearing and seeing what they themselves experience and watching the other children interact with the puzzle too. Children learn in many different ways, this puzzle may be what triggers their brain to click on, so they get comfortable with showing what they know! Read more

Grand daughter loves it and it a well made product Read more

My 24 month old got this for Christmas and has played with it every single day. In that time, he has learned to identify and say all of his letters! He is still letter obsessed and loves carrying the pieces around, bringing them to me and telling me which one he has. Couldn’t love this puzzle more. I’d do anything for a numbers version! Read more

Absolutely adorable but does not work as intended. Because this toy is light/motion sensored it’s easy for it to say the wrong letter. For example if you are placing the A in the spot the H underneath might say “H” when again you are holding the A. It could be confusing for littles (not beginner friendly) Read more

Ms. Rachel will pipe up at random with nobody around, to announce to the world that the letter X has been removed from the board. It's terrifying and obnoxious. One of the most unsettling voices to hear coming from inside a toybox. As if Elmo's sister was sucked into the nether and spat out into a child's receptacle of captured playthings. It's possible the spirit inhabiting this particular alphabet puzzle is just annoyed that my daughter continuously steals 1-3 letters at a time to hide throughout the house. These letters will be found unexpectedly in shoes, under furniture, in pots and pans, and in spots that you could swear a toddler would never be able to reach. I regularly return the pieces to the spirit and offer my sincerest apologies on behalf of our family in hopes of staying on it's good side. So far, we have woken up each morning and nothing nefarious has come to light, but I'm worried our luck will run out eventually. 10 out of 10, Daughter loves it. Buy the un-haunted version if possible. Read more

The media could not be loaded. As an elementary school teacher, I was immediately on board to purchase this item when I first heard about it. Everyone spoke so highly of this product. After watching my child use it, I no longer understand the hype. Unless your child pulls the letter off and waits patiently to hear all of what Ms. Rachel says, they may or may not even hear what letter it is, let alone the sound and word associated. My child likes to dump the whole puzzle and put the pieces back. This is ineffective for two reasons. First, when placing letters back, nothing is spoken. The child is learning to fit shapes not learn letters and their corresponding sounds. Second, when placing a letter in the wrong spot, something kids learning their letters will do, recognizing it won’t fit and removing it, Ms. Rachel then speaks about the empty space and not the letter they hold in their hand. The child is now not correlating the right letter with the verbal information being shared. See video for reference. The shapes of the letters is far from helpful in learning letters and knowing where they belong on the board. As shown in the image, the V and A are exactly the same (except A has a tiny bit deeper inlet). The I and Z are exactly the same and the H is a rectangle….in no world are these letters similar and this puzzle does not teach kids the actual outlined shape of any letter. Read more

Love the concept of the puzzle teaching the letters. However it only works when taking off the letters not putting them on. My toddler takes off all the pieces and then places them back on. I wish it would say the letter when you are putting it back on. It is also very light sensitive. Read more