Accessories

Great Product!
Purchased these for my daughter. She was a little too young for them, but her cousins (6 and 4 years old) love them. They are learning to read and they use these to spell words and visualize sounds. Love Melissa and Doug products. Quality made and very durable.

Letter Perfect
Like their Number counterparts, this Alphabet Magnetic Set is a great, inexpensive teaching aid. The letters come in both upper and lower case and in a variety of colors. They are stored in a handsome wooden box which has two compartments to segregate the lower and upper case letters.

I highly recommend this set. You can use them on a fridge, sure, but we like using them on our Melissa and Doug Table Top Easel. Our son really gets a kick out of these letters.

Not Typical Melissa & Doug Quality
I have purchased many Melissa & Doug toys, because I feel quality and safety is worth the higher price tag. But I was not pleased with the magnets. All of their other wooden toys are painted, so I expected the letters to also be painted. They aren't. Instead, it is a paper lining over the letter, which easily came off into my sons mouth moments after opening the package. My friend purchased cheap plastic letters at a local store, and is much happier with hers. I wish I had done the same. For now, they are packed up until my son gets over his sucking on everything phase.

If your child likes to put toys in their mouth, these letters won't hold up to the drool.

rosemarie
I bought this toy for my 3 1/2 year old neice who I babysit. I put the letters all over my frig. She already knew the alphabet song but did not recognize the letters. In just 2 weeks she could go up to the letters & point & say them all. I also bought extra sets of letters to use for spelling & a magnetic board. It is a great educational toy & makes learning fun.

Better than the plastic ones...
I like this set because it's a reasonable price considering the quality which is quite good...I would definitely choose these letter over the cheap plastic ones because the backs are a complete magnet which makes them hold on without drifting down...The colors are satisfactory...The coloring scheme is simply an alternation of red, yellow, blue, and green....You may want to refrain from giving these to a child who is still put things in their mouth because the paper fronts will dissolve and come off...

BTW...There's a set available with letters & numbers together.