This is a pretty interesting concept for a learning toy. While there are several phonics toys and games out there, I find the few produced by Educational Insights to be the best I’ve come across. Youngsters will love learning with the Phonics Firefly as it uses clever lights, sounds and digital speech with seven different learning games.

In Game 1, a friendly firefly introduces letter recognition with the Alphabet Song. Game 2 teaches the names of letters, then Game 3 quizzes letter recognition. Game 4 teaches the sound alphabet: the sound of “b” is /b/ as in bear. Game 5 quizzes letter sounds. Game 6 introduces simple three-letter words. In Game 7, children make their own words.

Phonics Firefly’s word bank speaks nearly every three-letter word in the English language. Includes built-in speaker with volume control and auto shut-off. Requires four “AA” batteries, not included.

You can find the Phonics Firefly wherever early learning educational toys are sold.