His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.

They may not know his name, but lots of children who grew up in the aughts honed their reading and phonics skills with his ...

M ike Wood, the trailblazing mind behind LeapFrog Enterprises, has died at the age of 72 through physician-assisted suicide ...

Mike Wood, the founder of LeapFrog Enterprises, died by physician assisted suicide surrounded by his family on April 10.

The young father, worried his struggles with reading would continue as he got older, began working on an innovative prototype that would later become a best-selling toy across the US.

Some people think babies are born smart or that what matters is having rich parents who can send their kids to fancy schools.

It was during this time while teaching his young son how to read that Mike realized the importance of phonics in early childhood ... The Leapfrog Educational Toy Company was born and went on ...

faithfully captures the lyrics of “The Phonics Song,” the most popular ... The backstory is that the toys are misfits, each with different flaws that caused them to be dumped by the toy ...