Ravensburgh ABC Game
Yet ANOTHER "Santa" gift received by one of our girls at yet another Christmas party (seriously, their social life is WAY busier than mine)
It's a very sturdy cardboard box containing 26 pairs of cards. Hardly surprising, really, as it is an alphabet game.
The pieces are approximately 6˝ cm (2˝") square and made of good quality, thick cardboard. They are double sided. One side has the lower case letter, black print on a white background and the matching piece has a pictorial representation for that letter.
The reverse of both pieces is an orange shade with white writing; the lower case letter on one piece and the corresponding upper case letter on the other piece.
The puzzle comes with an accompanying leaflet with guidance of how to extend the educational value of the puzzle and four ...
Advantages: A fun way to learn your ABCs Disadvantages: none that we have found
and music go along well with these funny and knowledgable scenes and a good example of this is when we hear bubbles bursting when a bee is buzzing inside one of them on the B page.
The ABC song is well known for anyone who used to watch Sesame Street or these days Barney and the letters light up as they are each sung by Icabod and Izzy.
There are over 600 words for your child to learn and over 400 different things to click on in order to find them. The rhinocerous' rear was one we didn't find straight away as my son clicked on his head to start with which set off a different sequence of events. Of course now he has found this funny wiggle he loves repeating the action.
As with all the Dr Seuss books this software is Americanized which might put some people off slightly as a few of the words are spelt slightly differently but ...
Advantages: Introduces lots of different animals. Clear illustrations! Disadvantages: Insufficient lift-the-flaps opportunities!!
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This is a lift-the-flap book by the author of the best-selling classic Dear Zoo.
It is a simple alphabet book:
a is for animals
b is for bear
c is for camel ?????
f is for fish
g is for gorilla ?????
p is for panda
q is for quail ?????.
w is for walrus
y is for yak ?????..
The book is 18 pages long with a variety of numbers of animals and letters of the alphabet, ranging from one animal per double spread to 4 animals and letters being shown on a double page spread.
The book ends with a double page with a label of ZOO, underneath the title is a double gate, open the gate and you find:
' Boo! We know our abc - do you?'
Given that there are 18 pages, there are only 5 'flaps' to lift?. Slightly disappointing.
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