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5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the other flash cards brand on amazon, May 24, 2010
This review is from: Alphabet Fun Flash Cards (Cards)
Amazon offers two brands of flashcards: School Zone (this one) and Brighter Child. It's hard to tell the difference from reading the Product Descriptions, so I bought the Alphabet flashcards from both brands to try them out. Both brands are about the same size and provide 2 flashcards for each letter. I think the School Zone flashcards are better in several respects:
* The School Zone cards have 2 different pictures for each letter. E.g., for the letter "A", School Zone has an Apple card and an Ant card. The Brighter Child cards have two identical Apple cards (one has a capital A and one has a lower case a). The different pictures on the School Zone cards allow for a good match-the-letter game.
* The School Zone cards have the letter and word written on the back, so the parent knows what is on the other side and older kids can learn to read the words. E.g., the back of the Apple card says "Aa" and "apple" on the back. The Brighter Child cards have a generic design on the back of every card (sort of like a deck of playing cards).
* The illustrations on the School Zone Cards are higher quality original artwork and more engaging. The illustrations on the Brighter Child cards have a grainy look, like someone downloaded free clip-art and enlarged them.
* The School Zone cards are made in USA. Brighter Child is made in Vietnam. So the School Zone cards have a smaller carbon footprint just from being shipped a shorter distance and probably were made in a more environmentally-responsible manner
* And finally, the School Zone cards are cheaper
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Could be a little more durable, June 29, 2011
This review is from: Alphabet Fun Flash Cards (Cards)
Great pictures, great size, and when they've got a hole punched in the corner (drilled through at Kinko's, threaded through a notebook ring), they make a great travel toy. However, the lamination is a little flimsy, so they're not as durable as I'd like them to be. That being said, the person who uses them (every day!) is under age 2, so he's probably tougher on them than an older pre-reader or new reader would be.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
nice cards, January 23, 2011
This review is from: Alphabet Fun Flash Cards (Cards)
Nice cards, funny images, my kid likes them. The cards are thin, so if your kid is under 4, these cards will not survive for a long time, but it's cheap. My kid is 2 years old, we learn words in a few languages with these cards, in a few years we'll learn alphabet.
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