PBS Word World Deep Blue Pond Magnetic Play Mat Magnets

EUC/ like new Word World magnetic mat from Emmy-winning PBS show for kids ages 3-5. The WordWorld toys are designed to bridge the gap between letter recognition and learning to read, and a study funded by the U.S. Department of Education demostrated that the WordWorld television series works as an early childhood literacy tool. The play mat is magnetized, and the child plays with little magnetic word mini-puzzles. Included are six 3-D WordMagnets, 6 flat WordMagnets and a 2-sided fold-and-go mat. On one side, is a pond scene, and the little magnets spell out things like “canoe” “turtle” and “frog”. The other side is an ocean floor scene, and you can play with a crab, fish and use a little net to scoop them up. When you are finished playing, everything is stored in a little pouch connected to the mat, so the pieces don’t fall out when you are on the go. Then fold the mat up, and off you go. It is a nice, quiet toy that how kids learn to spell, and using phonics and hit the mark for it’s targeted age group and its goal to to bridge the gap between letter recognition and learning to read.