Montessori Letter Tracing Alphabet Learning Toy - Learn to Write Spelling & Tracing Letters Game Kids Ages 3-5 Sand Tray - Toddler Fine Motor Skills Toy 5 Year Old Home Schooling Material Pre-K

Our child has started having an interest in writing, so we got these as a way for them to practice holding the pencil correctly and to get the feel of the letter and number shapes. The letters and numbers have big enough indents that a young child can trace them with their finger, which seems to be the starting place before a child picks up the stylus. We love that these are double sided. The shape/line side is great for helping kids feel the flow of writing. I wish the boards had the lines directing which way to move the stylus printed inside each letter, but they do provide a piece of paper that shows that. My toddler doesn't have any desire to look at the paper though.These appear that they will hold up well. Our kids have occasionally carried them around by the stylus which is attached by a string to the boards, and the strings are holding firm.

This is a really nice wooden board. It is finished well with no rough edges. The pieces are all smooth and of very good quality. My daughter loves it. I ordered a different brand before this, which I returned because it was so poorly made (rough finish, laminated wood).

Great introduction to letters, numbers, and shapes! This is perfect and it sturdy, smooth wood!

My daughter asked for these for my grandson’s third birthday. Most people did not know what they were so they did not purchase. She said it was probably her favorite thing on the list of wants for him. So as a grandma, I Purchased them after the fact. I will say upfront that my daughter is a professional speech and language pathologist. My grandson has glasses, and so he was very uninterested in painting, coloring, or writing. As he approached the preschool age, she was starting to get concerned that he was not interested in holding anything in his hand. He wears glasses, so she wondered if it was hard for his eyes to adjust when writing. After I bought these stencils, he was very interested, and started using them right away. My daughter was over the moon at how my grandson’s favorite thing to do was to practice his writing with these. They are very durable, which is a great perk since he is a little boy. Not only was this a hit with my grandson, but my daughter will be able to use these when working with kids as part of her profession.

I ordered several of these alphabet boards in order to find the best of the bunch. Out of the three I tested, this was the winner. However, the bar is rather low.The Pros:Larger size than the competition.Smooth, deep letters that won’t splinter.Good font.Pen attached with string.Like the handles on the sides.The wood looks nicer than the competitor’s bamboo boards.The Cons:It’s challenging to see the letters against the busy wood grain (hence why I colored them black).The purple string that attaches the pen is about an inch too short to comfortably trace “Y” and “Z”I spend 35 minutes painstakingly tracing all the letters with a permanent marker so that my kids could more easily see them. This is annoying, when it would have been so easy for the manufacturers to just laser burn the letters prior to sealing the wood.As you can tell from the images I included, both competitor’s boards are engraved crookedly, with all the lowercase letters nudged over to the left of the board. They also both have smudged printing and a lower quality feel in the hands. They are also both significantly smaller in size.

We loved this writing board. It's a great value and an amazing educational tool. We even bought one as a gift.

The media could not be loaded. This is a cute board for little ones to practice their letter formation. Lowercase is on one side and uppercase on the other. It comes with a little wooden utensil and has a spot to place it, however it does not stick in place and will fall out if not holding the board flat.It’s a great size, durable, and easy to use. It has clear arrows and numbers for stroke order. The surface is smooth, and the actual letter grooves slightly less smooth. I’m pretty content with it.

I purchased this for my 5 year old granddaughter to use during the summer to work on correct letter formation. I actually ordered a different one but returned it after seeing how small the letters were.This board is perfect!!great size letter, numbers, etc! It is very well made with no rough spots. My granddaughter is not frustrated when using it and has been using it often.I highly recommend this particular product and company. Great quality with fair pricing!