Customer Reviews

Eric Carle Animal Flash Cards

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Our 16-month old received these cards as a gift, and we LOVE them. If you are an Eric Carle fan, these are especially wonderful. They reinforce "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "Brown Bear, Brown Bear," "Panda Bear, Panda Bear," etc. She truly has a grasp of A, B, Cs and is on the way to developing color skills. She has memorized many of the cards, like Giraffe, Narwhal and Peacock, and stardards like Duck, Hippo and Monkey. Only downside is that she asks for them constantly, when she wakes up in the morning "flash cards" is the first thing out of her mouth.

I never review products, but I had to make a special case for this one. These ABC flash cards are thicker than the pages on a board book, so my one-year-old can't be rough enough with them. With a letter on one side and pictures on the other (and a very sturdy box to hold them all), these cards have been her favorite learning tool. Better than any book, because she enjoyed taking them out of the box and trying to put them back in. And she tries to stack them like Mommy! She can tell me what a monkey says, show me the horns on a buffalo, and the tusks on a walrus. These are great ... you can't go wrong.

My 2 year old loved these SO much, he had them memorized after the 5th time I pulled them out! Best of all, he now points out (correctly) the letters he sees all around him everyday (so, great translation from the cute and colorful cards - I had worried about whether he would correctly associate the 'colorful' letters to the 'plain' letters, in a book) -- Boy, that was painless!!! Thank you Eric Carle ~ my son just got his reading foundation, and ENJOYED it too!

This is saying alot, for my whirlwind of a son ;-) -- for instance, his preference for reading books/looking at these cards, is that we are actively moving at the SAME time!!!-- we may be both standing on our heads -- or building Lego towers -- or throwing a ball -- Because of his learning style, I feel the added interest of the colors was a help in gaining/retaining his attention. He comments on the colors, and asks if the letters are 'swimming' (some of the watercolors have a lovely 'water/wave-like' appearance!). The colors also aided in providing initial distinction between similar-in-appearance letters (capital E and B, or, Q and O --for instance). With a couple times of practice, he was able to easily distinguish the differences (without the color aid), but this was a helpful 'beginning' boost for us.

My daughter also learned the alphabet with these cards, and still loves them, because of the beautifully portrayed animals! (She, thankfully, did not learn them standing on her head - bottom in mid-air -- she learned them cuddling in bed with mommy --gee, you have to love girls! ;-) -- but my son is the best weight-loss program EVER! ;-)

ps - PLEASE do not forget to enjoy the adorable (and sometimes, exotic) animals on the back! (I will never forget when my daughter told her Grandma about a 'Quetzel bird' -- and Grandma thought she was making it up! ;-) -- my one criticism of the animals is the 'Giraffe', I wish it had been 'Gorilla' perhaps, since I like to teach that 'G' sound first . . . but this is a pretty minor complaint -- and the Giraffe is too cute anyway!

Being a PreK teacher, I hate the sound of the words "flash cards" and the negative skill and drill image it conjures up. However, the beautiful images from Eric Carle's favorite stories are loved by the children and a great way to reinforce alphabet skills. My students were excited when they recognized familiar characters like the very hungry caterpiller, and the cards came during a unit when I was using Carle's stories to emphasize our unit on growing and social skills needed for kindergarten. The cards are sturdy as well, and could be used not only as a manipulative, but as a beautiful wall decoration. I highly recomend the cards!

These cards come in a nice flip top box which is sturdy enough for toddler hands to open. It's a little difficult to get the cards out, though. You kind of have to dump them all out at once. The cards themselves are on really nice, heavy board with a matte finish. The colors are vibrant, and of course, the Eric Carle art is lovely. My infant likes to look at them while I flip through the cards and talk about the animals, and a visiting 1yr old enjoyed looking at them himself. He scattered them on the floor and we made a game of having him find the animal and bringing us the right card. Since he had to flip over any cards that were laying on the alphabet side, the game took a while, but he never got tired of it. The cards withstood the throwing, dumping, grabbing and bending of the whole game and still look like new, so I think they will stand up to almost anything!

Overall, a beautiful and study product- this is a real deal for the price.

From the photos and description of this item, it should be clear that the artwork is beautiful. The illustrations are bright, colorful, and delightful.

What the photos do not capture is the high-quality production of this item. The flashcards are super sturdy, made of very thick material (very simimilar to the pages of a board book), which means that they are TODDLER-PROOF. They are easy for little hands to get in and out of the box, and I don't have to worry that energetic little ones will destroy them.

Very well-made flashcards with thoughtful design.

I spent a long time looking for the perfect set of alphabet cards. It was tough because I had specific parameters...I wanted capital next to lower case, letters on their own without pictures for legibility, and thick/durable quality. I found it all in this set.
Design:
Eric Carle's illustrations are iconic and identifiable to children and adults.
Letters:
One side has the animal with its word spelled out. Other side has a background color that matches the animal's skin/fur with the capital and lower case letter in white. Clear and legible.
Durability:
These thick cards can't be easily destroyed by your children (my 2 and 4 year olds are rough with toys). They're as solid as it gets with quality printing that won't rub off or degrade.

My grandson loves these cards. They have increased his visual and cognitive knowledge immensely! His face lights up whenever I take out the box!

Nice Eric Carle animal letter flash cards. If you have read any of his other books you will recognize animals such as the duck and caterpillar.

Note: The only reason why I give these 4 stars and not 5 is that while they are fairly sturdy cardboard it could be a slicker/more plastic surface that standards up to wear and tear (and greasy kid paws). They have not frayed or developed creases but I can anticipate that might happen over time. Even with that said, fully expect this product will last through all our kids! Highly recommend.

My mom bought these for my 17-month-old daughter and we LOVE them! They are bright, fun, and full of unique animals. Unfortunately, our daughter chewed half of them up (ugh!) but the ones that remain in one piece are really great. They are really thick and good quality; my daughter is just a beast with a lot of teeth and can chew threw anything. (You should see her crib!) Anyway, in an attempt to save some of them, I took the 5 letters of her name and hung them up in her room to spell out her name with the pictures of the animals. They make for very cute room decor as well. When she is a little older and past the "putting everything in her mouth" stage, I will definitely be ordering her a new set to play with and learn her letters. I would recommend this set to anyone.