Learning to write starts with the movement, and that is what these 16 boards are made for. Each board shows a letter or a word with arrows indicating where to start and which way to go; with the marker supplied, your child traces the shape until the hand knows it.
Because the boards wipe clean, practising once is never too little or too much. Wipe off and start again: first single letters, then Dutch words such as slak and dragen. The box names three lines - letters, numbers and handwriting.
It is a small box with a clear assignment, and that is exactly its strength: no loose pieces to go missing, and a child can sit down at the table with it alone. Clementoni places it in the Spelend Leren range. The packaging states 5+; made in Italy.
A present for the year before the first year of primary school - small in format, but usable straight away.
