* SUMMARY CODES: SN - Special Needs     PDD - Pervasive Developmental Disorder     ECD - Early Childhood Development

With each new product which manages to make it through all phases of our strict evaluation methods, the creative thinking cap has to be slapped on to develop an effective presentation of what the product is all about. Alphabotz literally blew my creative thinking cap off with a single line in the product packaging...you guessed it, "Not Your Grandma's Flash Cards".

The foundation for the reasoning behind this is more easily understood once you either visit their web site: http://www.alphabotz.com and read up about the product, or if the opportunity presents itself, read the packaging of the product and look at the innovative cards. You will then fully understand why they are "Not Your Grandma's Flash Cards". (Or even easier, just read this rest of this product evaluation summary about Alphabotz.)

With many of the flash cards for phonics and spelling on the market today, their learning structure is based upon one of the traditional methods such as "A=Apple", "B=Boy", and so on. Not so with the Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards. With these cards, the learning structure is built on a progressive structure so that a child can be learning one specific stage with cards at let's say, age 3, and as a child develops, there are more exciting new features to learn from which they pick up on. More simply put, the Alphabotz grow with the child.

Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards Help jump start beginning reading skills with progressive learning development. Developed by a teacher and parent to personify 46 sounds of the English language. Stimulates creative thinking and other primary developmental skills. Helps children unlock the secrets to the code adults call reading. Creates a desire for repetitive use which in turn increases learning level. Quite colorful and maintains long-term attention span with a child. Alphabotz are colorful robot characters which quickly engage and motivate learning.

As one of our independent evaluators stated in her evaluation report, "The Alphabotz characters purvey a very uncommon approach to learning. This is supported by the fact they embody 46 different sounds of the English language in a manner which maintains its own unique Psychodynamic approach to influence of skill development. Cognitive behavior and Critical skill development are just the beginning of where this influence reaches."  In other words, the Alphabotz cards have a very strong influence on a child's ability to look at a problem creatively, take what they have learned and put into applied use, and come to a viable answer not learned by repetitive memorization. 

The Alphabotz cards facilitate a child to learn to read; not just at an infantile level but rather a more defined and fully understood application of what they have learned.  This is accomplished by way of the Alphabotz being more personable with characters and stories.  They serve as a catalyst for a vast number of developmental skills to be triggered into further advancement in their development.

The following quote directly from the creators of Alphabotz, works so well to provide a more well-rounded understanding of the cards.  "Each robot wears a letter or letter team on its chest and an icon on its head that serves as a constant visual reference to the sound the letter or letter team makes. Each card also contains information about the character that tells a story about its life and personality in order to make the sounds memorable and aid in letter recognition and phonemic awareness skills."

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Independent Evaluator Reports

Obtaining An Independent Perspective...

In this section we will cover "Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards" from the perspectives of qualified individuals in the specific field associated with the product being evaluated. To accomplish that task we have called upon the assistance of two top level industry professionals who know their stuff and have the credentials to prove it.

Our professional and independent evaluators have formed their own opinions from extensive analysis and produced detailed, in-depth reports connected with their study and evaluation of Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards. The information to follow is comprised of excerpts from those same reports which have been paraphrased in order to encapsulate the primary points being conveyed in each report. This approach provides completely independent perspectives in the evaluation of Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards.

"The Alphabotz Flash Cards present a fascinating learning tool for pre-school to pre-kinder children. They are a Hybrid product which can be used in home or at an ECD educational facility with a high probability of meeting most private ECD facilities high standards to be adopted for use."

"The Alphabotz characters purvey a very uncommon approach to learning. This is supported by the fact they embody 46 different sounds of the English language in a manner which maintains its own unique Psychodynamic approach to influence of skill development. Cognitive behavior and Critical skill development are just the beginning of where use of the Alphabotz Flash Cards influence can reach."

"With the PDD students in our 'Special Need Unit' who were introduced to the Alphabotz Flash Cards in my clinical study, I found that there was a very good response level which was much more evident than with other products of similar nature which I have tested in previous clinical studies.  It is my personal opinion that with a more long-term evaluation in a clinical study with these kids, a consistent pattern of skill improvement would become well documented."