World Famous Comics: My First Touch & Feel Picture Cards: Colors & Shapes (MY 1ST T&F PICTURE CARDS)
My First Touch & Feel Picture Cards: Colors & Shapes (MY 1ST T&F PICTURE CARDS)
By: DK Publishing Publisher: DK Preschool Average Rating: Binding: Cards Label: DK Preschool Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 16 Publication Date: December 05, 2005 Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Product Description: Perfect for helping children develop early language skills, this exciting range of interactive flash cards reinforces learning through touch.
SUPER I LOVE THESE CARDS! I never thought I would be one of those parents, using flash cards, but these are so great. I bought "colors and shapes" and "first words" and they are super. The colors are bright and fun, great textures, fun to play with. My daughter knows so many words now, we really like them. Good buy.
Highly recommend! I purchased all of the cards in the 'My First' collection for my daughter. My initial purchase was 'First Words' when she was 17 months old. At this age, a very durable card is crucial and these are just that... not your average flashcard, these are thick (more like a board) not flimsy. My daughter had quite a vocabulary in hardly no time. Soon after, I decided to proceed with purchasing the rest of the collection... Animals, Colors and Shapes, Numbers and Counting, and Things That Go. My daughter particularly loves the 'First Words', 'Animals', and 'Numbers and Counting'. She enjoys the 'Colors and Shapes' but not so much from a Colors and Shapes perspective but more so from a pictures perspective. I would still recommend, though.
Gave this as a 2nd birthday present I gave this to my best friend's little girl for her 2nd birthday. My family is military & stationed overseas, so I have not actually seen Courtney use the cards. However, my best friend said she really likes them and it's helping to improve her vocabulary.
Fun cards that teach and entertain! My daughter is a flashcard connosieur! She loves all kinds - even just the plain ones with pictures and words. But these...oh these are a flashcard baby's version of Shangri-La! How fun to feel the textures and connect those right and left sides of the brain! And now that she's 18 months old, the fun is even greater because she's "getting" it. We will use these until they are worn and bent and then, after my newborn son has also had his fun, we will cut them apart to add to my children's scrapbooks. Fun for every child!
Not appropriate for learning shapes by "feel" I am a speech-language pathologist, and many of the children I work with benefit from using touch to learn. However, the cards in this set are not good for learning the shapes because the "feel" portions of the card are not always in the shape being described! A child should not be feeling a crooked ribbon shape while s/he hears the word square! Also, there is no need to have color associated with touch, because color is purely visual. Touching a fuzzy duckling and saying yellow is going to confuse a language impaired child and perhaps some very young children. It would be better to have more shapes (made properly) or numbers.
Throw these away and start over, DK. I know you can do better!
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