There are three modes. My son's favorite is word hunt, where it asks him to find the letters to spell a word. He is three years old and does not know how to spell yet, but can usually find the letters it asks for to spell the word.

The good:
-The magnets are strong and stick to the fridge well.
- My son loves the design and likes to "fly" it around the house.
- It seems to know most, if not all, valid three letter words that are child-appropriate. At least, I haven't found one it doesn't know yet.

The bad:
- Sometimes, the sound gets stuck and we have to turn it off and back on (sometimes several times in a row) to get it to work properly again.
- It sings the same song EVERY time a word is spelled. I don't think it bothers my toddler, but it's really annoying.

The terrible:
- Sometimes, when a letter is already loaded into the first slot and a second letter is placed into the second slot, it misidentifies the second letter. For example, it thinks "t" is "f." That really bothers me and I was hoping it was just a fluke that other reviewers experienced, but mine does the same. This greatly takes away from the educational value of the toy.

It earns a second star because of my son's love of word hunt mode and it's secondary use as a toy plane, but I was pretty close to giving it one star because it just doesn't work the way I think it should.
There are three modes. My son's favorite is word hunt, where it asks him to find the letters to spell a word. He is three years old and does not know how to spell yet, but can usually find the letters it asks for to spell the word. The good:
-The magnets are strong and stick to the fridge well. - My son loves the design and likes to "fly" it around the house. - It seems to know most, if not all, valid three letter words that are child-appropriate. At least, I haven't found one it doesn't know yet. The bad:
- Sometimes, the sound gets stuck and we have to turn it off and back on (sometimes several times in a row) to get it to work properly again. - It sings the same song EVERY time a word is spelled. I don't think it bothers my toddler, but it's really annoying. The terrible:
- Sometimes, when a letter is already loaded into the first slot and a second letter is placed into the second slot, it misidentifies the second letter. For example, it thinks "t" is "f. " That really bothers me and I was hoping it was just a fluke that other reviewers experienced, but mine does the same. This greatly takes away from the educational value of the toy. It earns a second star because of my son's love of word hunt mode and it's secondary use as a toy plane, but I was pretty close to giving it one star because it just doesn't work the way I think it should.