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Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, U.S. Wireless)
$259.00
I have not actually used or even seen this Kindle purchased for my goddaughter, but she has written me rave reviews and has been using it constantly since she received it. It was supposed to be for Christmas but neither of us could wait. She is delighted with it and a most enthusiast user.

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together
$6.99
Not to hard / not to easy and good bridge between reading alone and social experience of parent reading to child.

Leap Frog - Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory
$14.98
This is a decent video but not essential. Now, the Letter Factory is definitely a must-have. My son is almost 4 yrs old and has been moved to the "Early Reading Program" at his preschool even though his age group is typically in Phonics first, then upon an assessment of readiness, they are moved to reading. He knew all his letters by 18 months old and knew the sounds of each letter by 3. If you are looking to help your child learn letters, you should definitely get the Letter Factory. It's amazing and fun to watch. My son wanted to watch that more than the Baby Einsteins (other than Baby Macdonald).

If you are wanting your child to read by 3 or 4, then this video is not going to help in my opinion. It may possibly help for an older age group -- If anything, it helps get children almost ready to read in the right mind-set and tries to make it fun. My son watched it a few times but wasn't hooked on it. One thing that I didn't like is that the video only uses capital letters and that is not helpful when any book you pick up is going to have both upper and lower case letters. If the child only sees words with all capital letters, than this is not going to help with reading a real beginner book like "cat in the hat". The lower case letters are going to be foreign.

From my internet research, children that can read at age 3 are usually the ones that learned by word-recognition/memory (i.e. not actually reading). Like my son recognizes the word "STOP" because its on all the stop signs, it's background is always red, and in the same shape.

Armitron Women's Easy to Read Instalite Black Sport Watch #25/6369
$19.99
I really like this watch, its great in patient's rooms at night and running in the early morning. The only drawback is the velcro band that seems to get hung on everything. Put on your clothes first, then put the watch on!