First Words Magnetic Poetry Kit

by Magnetic Poetry

Product Features

• Oversized word magnets are 2.5cm (1") high
• Roman type on a white background
• Includes plastic storage case

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.8 x 1.2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000CBHTGA
• Item model number: 3014
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,593 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #33 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Reading & Writing
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Product Description

These tiles stand 1" tall, making them easy pickings for little fingers. The words were chosen with the help of educators, focusing on words that are often a part of early reading curricula. The kit includes words such as teacher, yellow, dance, summer, always, and moon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great educational product!, July 14, 2008

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Sara K. Fleagle "Eccentric Muse" (West Unity, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: First Words Magnetic Poetry Kit (Toy)

As an early childhood educator, I know the importance of early literacy skills. My 6 year old daughter uses these magnets to make up her own silly sentences. I would recommend this for kindergarten-1st grade, for preschoolers it will be too frustrating and for older children it will be too easy. I like the variety of words. I rated the durability somewhat low because it would be rather easy to bend the magnet and break it (this has happened before to us with another set), but with a child 5 years old or older you should be able to explain to them not to do that. Yet another reason why this wouldn't work so great with preschoolers - they may just tear them apart!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun way to learn, March 18, 2008

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Stacy Hoffman (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: First Words Magnetic Poetry Kit (Toy)

I bought this to help my kindergartener with his reading skills. Word recognition (finding the words he wants), sentence structure (putting words together to form sentences), creativity (telling a story). The only problem we've had is that there are so many words that it can be overwhelming and/or hard to find a particular word. Grouping like-words together can help. It's well-made and durable. The words are magnetized, but work well on any hard surface. My son usually uses a cookie sheet.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great learn to read tool, July 1, 2008

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Jen (ME, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: First Words Magnetic Poetry Kit (Toy)

We used this kit for helping my son learn to read. We started with one word on the board. As he memorized the words, we added them one at a time. After a while, we were able to add words more quickly. When he had lots of words memorized, we started making silly sentences for him to read. Sometimes he makes them for me and sometimes I make them for him. The words are larger and easier to move that the regular magnetic poetry set, but the selection is limited. The kit does not include color names (which we really missed; we made our own magnets for those). Great for beginners. To make really fun poetry, you'll want to move on to the regular kit.