Abstract
Emergent literacy skills are an important beginning step for kindergarten and first grade students in order to read successfully in later grades. An initial literacy deficit often impairs the future success of less prepared students. A student’s first grade reading ability often indicates future reading success. As a way to help improve letter naming and letter sound identification, the effectiveness of a Leapfrog phonics video was evaluated for this thesis. Data was collected from 10 kindergarten and first grade students for a maximum of six weeks. The results indicated that this educational video, which includes specific learning features, improves early reading skills.