I can’t believe Julia almost missed out on one of the best video learning tools available!!!
These videos should be everywhere… shouting out at parents every direction we turn the way Baby Einstein is. But even though they were created in 2004 and have won tons of huge awards, I still didn’t know about them.
Then thankfully, my mom came across the Preschool Prep Company when she was at the New York Toy Fair in January. When she brought home the Meet the Letters DVD and we put it on for Julia and Jackson to watch, we were thrilled to see how much they both loved it.
The videos are designed for ages 9 months to 5 years and they really can be used for all those ages. Julia who was 1 ½ and Jackson who had just turned 5 both were thrilled with the video and still keep wanting to watch it over and over again.
Soon after we got the entire set – Meet the Numbers, Meet the Shapes, and Meet the Colors. They were all a hit! This Preschool Prep Company DVD series definitely tops the charts for Julia and even Jackson.
The entire set is the perfect gift for a baby shower or a first birthday. The Meet the Letters and Meet the Numbers would also be a wonderful gift for any baby, toddler or preschooler. The colors and shapes are best for children under three.
They are uniquely developed to teach the alphabet (and numbers, shapes and colors) to babies and toddlers while they are learning to talk. But they can be used for any child that has yet to master any of those subjects. One of the reviews listed on their site mentions how the videos “have been embraced by parents of children with special needs.”
Speech and Language Pathologist Shanon Kong said, “The simplicity and repetition along with the bright, fun characters are a perfect combination for teaching children with language or processing difficulties their ABCs.”
We were actually rather surprised by how much Jackson likes watching the Meet the Letters video with Julia. He’s currently in preschool and is learning to read and write. He loves to watch the letters turn into fun little objects and if they are watching it and it is time for him to go home, he always says, “After one more letter… no five more letters.”
“A study of over fifty babies and toddlers, who watched meet the letters 3-5 times a week, resulted in over ninety percent of these children having complete upper and lowercase letter recognition within two months. Many of the older children (ages 2-4) learned in less than two weeks! Most impressively, nearly seventy percent of children under 24 months of age mastered the alphabet.”
As with so many of the brilliant products we feature, Meet the Letters was created by a mom. Kathy Oxley, mother of 4 and founder of Preschool Prep Company, invented the product while teaching her own 14 month old the alphabet. Kathy was on a business trip with husband and her toddler and while watching another popular video about the alphabet, Kathy kept repeating out loud the letters that were coming on the screen. Soon she had taught her toddler the letters, but she couldn’t find a video that taught lower case or that used the simple concept of word repetition. And thus she came up with the concept behind her videos.
We are such fans of this product line, we wish we could give a copy to every little child… but obviously we can’t afford to do that. So we’ll do the next best thing and give a copy of the Meet the Letters DVD to one of you!!!
And yes, this contest is open to all you wonderful Canadians too. Just leave a comment and we will announce the winner next week. You are not required to link back, but you might want to so that your readers can also discover this great series and have a chance to win a copy of Meet The Letters.
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These video’s sound awesome! I’ll have to pick them up if we don’t win! Thanks for sharing about these!
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Sounds great! I’ve been wanting to work on letters with my 2 year old. This would be perfect to help!
Looks fun! Now that we’re starting all over with baby #5, I’ll be thrust back into this world of early ABC’s.
Thanks for sharing this great tool!
Looks great, thanks!
This sounds amazing! My 22 month old daughter is starting to sing the alphabet but still has lots of trouble knowing which letter is which when asked to point to “A”. This sounds like it could help! Thanks for the tip!
I’m all in!
Oh fun! As a homeschooling mom, these jumped right at out me! Both of my daughters are past preschool but I’m due in a month with my next child. Yay! Another one to teach!!!
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What an excellent teaching tool. I’d love to be entered in the drawing!
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I’ve never heard of these either. Enter me in!
Off to link over to their site!
Looks wonderful! I want in!
I have a 2 year old that says “a, b, c” and that’s it. I can’t get her to say “d.” That’s not nearly as funny as the “1, 2, 5, 2″ when she’s “counting.”
Anyway…. enough rambling. This is my entry.
I want this!!
mary, mom to many
Thanks for bringing these videos to my attention. I have a three year old with speech delays so I am going to order the series for her to see if it can help her at all.
Thanks again,
Please enter this Canuck in the contest! The videos sound perfect!
I’ve not heard of this series before. My kids would love it!
I would love something that would focus a bit more on lower case instead of always focusing on the upper case. After all most of what we read is lower!
Looks great! Count me in! And what the heck – am I the only person on the plant that doesn’t have a blog???
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These sound great! I think I will be looking around for the entire set… count me in!
Count me in, thanks for offering this contest to us.
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I’ve never heard of these either. Thanks for the info and count us in please
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I love these! We’ve borrowed them from the library a few times and the boys enjoyed them! We adopted our boys from Russia and our oldest was 4 at the time, so he had to play a little “catch-up” with his numbers and letters – these were a great help to him! They’re 5 and 6 now and could still use the letters dvd! Great contest!
Me too please. My 2 and 3 year olds will love it!
Oh, this sounds so useful for my almost-four-year-old! Sign me up!
I am so excited! Out of all of the contests I think this is my favorite!
I was wondering if anyone could help me, I am contemplating buying the ‘hooked on phonics’ set and was wondering if anyone has used it and what they have hear/thought of it? Feel free to email me with your help
THANK YOU!
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I have my fingers crossed!
These would be perfect for both kidlets! Thanks for letting us know about them.
Wow – I have never heard of the videos. Those sounds like terrific teaching tools!! I’d love to work with my children with them.
This would be a great birthday present for my 2 year old who’s turning 3 next month.
These sound like great videos. Please add me to the drawing.
This sounds amazing, I’d love to see Sean’s reaction to it.
This sounds like such a great “curriculum” for the young ones! Thanks for letting us know about it! I wonder how much other stuff is out there that isn’t advertised??!!
we’d love to see these…count me in!
I have been looking for a good product to introduce my 2 year old son to letters… I have several videos, but he shows absolutly no interest in them, I would love to give this a try and see if he likes it, If he doesn’t I’m sure my 5 year old daughter could use it as a little refresher over the summer.
These would be great for my 5, 4, and 2yo.
Sounds great!
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Sign me up!! I have a 14 month old that would love these!! Thanks!
i mightend up buying 1 before the contest is over!
I have a 3 year old and 6 month old- I would love a new learning tool! Thank you!
Those sound really great! My 22-month-old son is really into letters and numbers right now and would really enjoy them.
Count me in!! The video sounds like a “must have”!
wow! reminds me of the Letter People from Kindergarten…
I have yet to find anything on the television that would interest my 17 mth old boy. He’s all about being outdoors. Rain, shine, hot, cold – he just wants to be free!
The older boys were always into tv – at 6 mths, the oldest would sat through the HBO special of “Stomp.”
I might try one or two and see if this could be something that would entertain him on those rainy days.
What a neat idea! Count me in!
We love baby Einstein! These look fantastic! Count me in!
My 4th is almost 6 months old and I would love these for her.
That would be wonderful!
Very cool! I have a 23 month old son who is just starting to talk consistently but so far has no interest in the alphabet so this would be great!
My niece would love these!!
This would be wonderful for my nephew…
I have three little ones that would LOVE to watch this!!
These look really great. I could probably even use them at the preschool I teach in! Even though we don’t use the TV hardly ever, they would be great to have on a rainy day.
What a great tool – count me in!
Sounds like a great video! Count me in, please!
Modern Mami
I would love for my daughter to start learning early. Please count me in.
My five and 3 year old would love these videos… Kim
I have a three year old that is just starting to teach herself to read. Yes, you read that right, herself. I just guide her. I think this would be a GREAT gift to give her. Please sign me up for this contest.
I’m getting a bit tired of the one we’ve currently watched ALL week long, it would be a nice change to add something else to the mix.
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What a wonderful product. Please enter me!!!
Thanks!
I have a home daycare and these would be great. I haven’t heard of them before either.
Wow would this come in handy! I’m in!
Count me in. The video’s sound amazing!
This would be awesome for my 2.5 year old and then for my 10 month old when he’s ready. My daugther would love these. She loves to “read” what a better way to help her get there then with these….
I have never heard of this…it sounds like a super product! I probably won’t win, but here is to hoping.
I’d love to win a copy of this product. It sounds awesome!
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Definately count me in too!
anything to help out the little ones is awesome! I have used Leap Frog, Hooked On Phonics, and reading everyday… but one more tool is just the icing on the cake!
thanks for letting me know!
Count me in on this one too! I will have to try to find a copy if I don’t win, it sounds great.
Those sound GREAT!
My friend passed this information along to me…I have a 10 year old daughter, a 6 year old daughter, and…number 3 daughter due on July 9! I am definitely going to get these for number 3! They sound wonderful!
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I’d love to be entered in the contest. When my son was only 2 mths old singing him the alphabet was one of a few ways to get him to stop crying, he stil loves the song (10mths) I think this would be a great learning tool for him.
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My son would love these- so would I!
Just right for my 3 year old. Hope I win.
Both of my kids would love this too I bet!
These sound fantastic!
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I would love this for my 3-year-old!!!
So many good things out there…that’s why we have 5M4M to tell us about them! Count me in!
This sounds great! Count me in!
This sounds wonderful for my 2 year old! And count me in!
Count me in! My preschooler would LOVE this!
dawnz
As a mom exploring home schooling to a 5, 3, and 1 year old, these look very interesting to me! Count me in too!
How cool is that! We are working letters and phonics with our preschool!
Please enter me!
This looks great! Count me in!
Although I never win anything, I’m going to put my name in for this anyway. It would be such a cool thing to win for my kids. Sign me up!
Am I too late? These look really awesome.
This looks amazing!!! Wow.. I’d love them for my two boys..
Dee- I dont win anything ever either, but i still try
I’ll try to link up if i get a minute away from sick babies
Since there is no way that Parker will be able to go to preschool when he ages out of EI I’ve been looking for great preschool stuff for me to use when homeschooling him. These look great!
I’m in
Yes please!!
Thanks.
Sounds like a great set. My kids love the Baby Einstein stuff & I always wanted there to be more “educational stuff” like letters & numbers.
I haven’t heard of these videos either. What a nice giveaway!
Putting my name in the hat for the draw!
Thanks for sharing another amazing product! In goes my name!!!
Thanks for the heads up! I have an autistic son who loves Baby Einstein, and I think he’ll really love these videos too.
Wow! Those look great. I’m really surprised I hadn’t heard of them already.
This sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing the fun.
Sounds like a neat program!
Count me in. These sound perfect for my 22 month old!
Add me in please!
Very cool. My daughter loves movies, and will sit longer for those that for reading with mommy. So yes please, it could be very beneficial.
This looks great, especially since my daughter is just starting to learn about the alphabet. Count me it.
Please, enter me. Thank you.
Sounds great! I have three toddlers to preschoolers, so count me in.
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I am so glad I found this site this evening. I am definately adding you to my favorites! My 2-year old would love these videos.
These look GREAT!! And just when I am ready to start teaching my daughter how to read.
Put us in! What a wonderful prize!
This looks GREAT! Count me in, I would love to win it for my 2 year old and 4 year old!!!
Some early learning sure couldn’t hurt!
Awesome resource, thanks!
I hope I’m not too late to enter this! I would love some educational and fun videos for my little “bear”.
This video looks GREAT! I would love to show it to my son. He absolutely loved the Baby Einstein videos when he was really little.
Sandra (adtake) entering.
Urailak entering.
I just discovered “Meet the Letters” at our local public library. My 2 year old loves them and has almost the entire alphabet down in two weeks!!! She probably knew about 5 of the letters prior to that….I love these and I to am surprised that they have not taken off like Baby Einstein. Could be marketing dollars available? I thought Baby Einstein was owned by Disney. I could be wrong! Thanks for the giveaway! I’ll purchase all the DVDs if I don’t win, but winning is more fun!
I would love to win this dvd. I have a 2 1/2 and a 8 month old. I also work at a daycare and teach 2 year olds. So not only could I use it for my own children, but all the children year after year in my class. Thanks so much for sharing these with me.
looks great. really want to try. count me in please. thanks!
Sign me up please!!
This sounds great..being unemployed and not able to send my soon to daycare.. I figured I would start to teach him myself… this sounds great.
My son loves watching DVDs, so I am hoping a tool like this will engage him more and work better than the flashcards I am using for letter recognition.
I’ve heard that these are great educational videos. Love your website
Seems the DVDs are really good. I wish I can find one before my son’s first Birthday next month.