Benjamin starts nursery school today (eek!) and with that is a determination to help him with his reading and writing at home. Like most not-quite-four-year olds, he isn’t really ready to sit down and do stuff, but give him something fun that makes (lots of!) noise, and he’s happy. The Thomas Alphaphonics (available from Amazon for £19.99) whilst possibly one of the most annoying toys for a parent, is great for encouraging little ones to learn the alphabet and sounds.
It’s suitable for children age 3 and over and encourages them to explore the alphabet, early words and spellings with 7 different games which aid early letter and number recognition, communication skills, listening and understanding, memory and concentration skills. Benjamin loves it!
There are 3 buttons at the top, one that lets you listen to the alphabet, one to listen to music and songs and one to repeat a question or sound.
Above these buttons are the 7 activities, where Ben can slide the control to the activity he wants to do. These include hearing the letter name and phonetic sound when you press a letter, finding the first letter of a word and copying sound sequences.
If left idle for more than about two minutes, it switches itself off. This preserves both the batteries and your sanity!
It’s one of those toys that kids will go back to time and time again – I’ve even caught Harrison sitting and having a go with it!
If you want the chance to win one of these (perfect for putting away for Christmas!), then enter the giveaway below. Please make sure you read all the terms and conditions before taking part.
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Sounds like it’s a great toy for encouraging little ones to learn the alphabet and sounds.
This looks fabulous, I really love toys that are educational as well x
This looks great, my son loves Thomas! x
thanks for the chance x
fab prize
This looks great, my son loves Thomas! xxx
Amazing
Looks like a really good educational toy
Looks good, thanks for the giveaway
My son is obsessed with Thomas and turns 3 in November – excellent birthday present!
My son would love this
Sounds like a great toy!
Perfect for entertaining kids and nice size to carry
looks a great fun toy – educational too
Great way for little ones to learn their alphabet, Fab !!
Would love this for my daughter.
My nephew loves Thomas. He would love this.
My nephew loves Thomas. He would love this..
My son loves Thomas this would be great
This would be amazing
Would love this for my grandson
Thanks!
My Nephew would love this! He’s Thomas mad!
This looks great, toys are amazing these days!
Perfect for keeping kids entertained and nice size to carry around
Perfect for my neice thanks
my nephew would love this xx
These are great and seem to be generally really loved. Even when the noises are sending you over the edge at least you can tell yourself “Well, at least it is educational!”. 🙂
Looks really good 🙂
Great giveaway! My son would love this.
fantastic giveaway, my little one would love this
Looks like such a fun toy and great that it’s educational too
Oh this sounds perfect – especially for Thomas fans. My son would love it! Hope Benjamin enjoyed his first few days at nursery!
Would love to win for the little 1s
Perfect for my little nephew
great for my little man who loves thomas
I love discovering fun educational toys.
brilliant giveaway
I would love to win this for my Grandson as he will be starting school next year. He absolutely loves Thomas and his friends so this would definitely help with learning phonics etc.
My son would love this, he adores Thomas and is starting to take an interest in his letters…
Looks like lots of fun
Wow! Looks so much fun
This looks great
Think this would really help my Granddaugher with her learning as it looks so much fun.
I have two nephews who are two, this would be a great toy and learning aid!
This looks fab and having Thomas on it will definitely make it even more appealing to kids!
This looks a lot of fun – big fans of Thomas! Thanks for running this comp.
This would definately entertain Thomas fans .
What a fun way of learning for the little ones, my Granddaughter would love it
Great prize, many thanks!
fab giveaway x
id lovce this for my son jacob 18 monthsm he loves thomas the tank engine and im trying my hardest to learn him to speak
Top toy!
My 3 yr old son would love this!
perfect for my nephews
This looks fab and educational..my son would love it
This looks great and would be perfect for my nephew, thank you
OMG would love this for my kid
Fantastic prize, my son loves Thomas
Fab giveaway
I had seen these but not realised how good they are. Many thanks for the review and giveaway.
educational and fun . . . can’t fault it
Can just see young Bobby getting to grips with this
This looks fun as well as educational
My little grandson Teddy would love this
A fantastic toy. George would love something like this to help him on his learning journey.
would be a good educational toy for my niece
Fab prize.
This would be fab for my young daughter! She’s just the right age to learn! xx
Fabulous learning implement, idea for my youngest grandson
My youngest would love this
Would love to put away for christmas for Hunter Joe 🙂 x
I would love to win for my little nephew
Fab prize, my son would love this.
Fab giveaway my little girl would be well pleased with this
My daughter would love this!
Brilliant prize, and we have Thomas and Friends fans in the family.
my nephew would adore this! Fingers crossed x
This would be a great Christmas gift for my nefew
Never seen this kind of toy before but it looks fab. Would be great to give to my nephew!
This would be great for my son, he’s just started learning his phonics and is Thomas mad
My three year old son has just started nursery and loves Thomas. This would be perfect for helping him to prepare for Reception.
Love it, would be great for my little boy with so many activities! xx
My daughter would love this
How lovely, my little Thomas fan would love this very much x
We have this at the preschool I work in, I think my son would love it to 🙂
Looks like a fab educational toy
I would love to win this for my little boy, he loves Thomas
Brilliant toy, both educational and fun
My nephew would love this!
I love these educational toys for my little one. Totally engaging yet wonderful for learning at the same time. My little girl loves Thomas the Tank Engine too so would be delighted just from that angle!!
Amazing giveaway, Thanks for the chance x
This is a great fun toy, interactive and educational! Love it
My little brother is starting to love Thomas the Tank, and he’s obsessed with his alphabet bus. He’d love this.
This looks like such good fun and educational too.
My daughter would love to play with this!
perfect for my little one
Leo is mad about Thomas so he would love this. I’d certainly love the ‘switches itself off’ option!
Looks a fun educational toy!
Lovely giveaway perfect for my daughter
This looks brilliant, my son absolutely loves Thomas, I think this could really help him
Perfect learning toy for my pre-schooler!
My little ones would love this x
My daughter would love this!
Looks amazing, my daughter would love it!
What a generous giveaway, i would love to win!
My preschool little boy would love this ! So eager to learn . Thankyou for a chance x
My little girl is a massive Thomas fan she would love this!
Any toy with Thomas in it gets the thumbs up from my two.
This looks fab – I know a certain little boy who would adore this
my nephew loves Thomas!!!!
This fantastic prize would be perfect for our forthcoming new addition to the family
Looks great
Thomas has really stood the test of time, you can’t go wrong with him.
This is a fab toy it would make a perfect gift
I think my niece would have great fun with this
This would be perfect for my son x
My Daughter would really love this. Great prize.
We are Thomas mad, this would be brilliant
Christmas 🙂
Looks great for learning and would make a fabulous Christmas present for my nephews son 🙂
Looks really good great for learning and looks fun too
Oh my goodness my son is 5 and the only way we can get him to listen/learn is to involve Thomas in some way so this is perfect!
Looks like fun.
This looks amazing! My daughter really enjoyed Thomas the tank engine when I put it on the other day
Would love to win this for my nephew,fingers crossed
Sounds like a great interactive learning toy. Perfect for my little boy
I think my son would love learning whilst he plays with this
My 3 year old son is Thomas obsessed. This would be great to help him learn whilst having fun.
Great prize would love to win for my boy Charlie 2
my granddaughter would love this, it looks like a lot of fun
My son would love this
This looks like a fun educational toy.
This is such a fabulous toy! It’s both educational and fun too! My little one loves Thomas and would love to discover this underneath the Christmas tree.
Thanks for the great prize and competition. Good luck everyone!
Fantastic giveaway. Thank you for the chance to win. Good luck everyone!
Thank you, lovely prize
Perfect for my Thomas loving son thanks for the chance x
Fun & educational too, this is a great prize.
Thanks for the chance x
My 18 month old loves Thomas, this would go down a treat
Looks like it could make learning more fun.
this would be great for my nephew
this looks fab my niece would deffo enjoy this
This looks really good and educational, my nephew would like it.
this would be perfect for my thomas fan son for christmas
My son would love this thank you.
Fabulous prize for my nephew
Oh wow, I’d love to win this for my little nephew who loves everything Thomas.
awesome
The grandchildren would love this.
Damon would love this. So glad he inherited my love of Thomas the Tank Engine, was my favourite growing up.
thank you for this giveaway x
Thomas the tank engine and the alphabet = perfect