The magnet on the stylus is so strong (or the letters themselves are so small) that any and all of the little metal pellets that are anywhere near the stylus pop up, completing the letter, before your child has even tried to properly follow the guide numbers and arrows. I'm right now watching my four year old complete all the letters by just playing with the stylus, drawing little circles around all the letters, regardless of their shape. I don't think that really benefits him in any way or teaches him anything. Please note, we only have the lower case version. I don't know if this same problem affect the capital letter or number versions of this toy.
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We were told by our daughters teachers that instead of using the IPAD to learn how to write, we should encourage our daughter to hold on to a pencil like object, as it requires a complete different set of muscles from a development point of view. So we purchased this after seeing this in a toy store for an exorbitant amount of money, and it seemed to pique the interest of our daughter, and we thought it would help her learn the actual strokes required to write letters.
Overall the pen that is magnetized is too powerful. While sliding down the letter, a lot of nearby steel balls are pulled up. The worst part is that a lot of times, the steel balls for nearby letters are also partially pulled up. My daughter is fascinated by it, and loves to play with it, but from an educational point of view, it has very limited use.
Would I buy this again? Probably not, as this wasn't as helpful as we thought it would be.
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My grandson has not used this as much as I thought he might. I don't think that is the fault of the toy. I still think it is very good for learning to write properly.
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I bought this and the capitol letter magnatab as well. They are a huge hit with my kids at school and it really does help them trace letters. I love that they can also use their finger to push the metal beads back down. The "pen" that is used does have a lot of power and sometimes grabs some metal beads before it gets to that area of the letter they are trying to trace, however, i don't find that to be a deal breaker. The overall concept for the magnatab is wonderful.
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Kids love it... If stylus was attached I would have rated it higher. My 3 1/2 year old has yet to follow the arrows but comes back to it to look and learn.
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