Magnetic PoetryFirst Words Kit - Words for Refrigerator -

Magnetic Poetry, please update the word list. You've got twice as many words for boy-centric sentences than for girl-centric ones:boyhishimhevs.hersheIt's especially obvious because it's such a small kit. I exchanged this one for the Kids Kit, and am glad that we did--the increased number and variety of words means that we should get several more years out of it.

This box is supposed to be “first words” for children to learn to read, but it doesn’t include “red,” which is a primary color, or even “girl.” Yet it includes very advanced “-ly”, “-er” ending, which I don’t expect any “early readers” to use for months to come, and is also not very frequently used. This was my very first purchase for my child who is starting to read but I think I will need to buy a different product.

These were exactly as advertised and are a good quality. However I regret this purchase, as the set is almost immediately missing sight words my kid’s class is covering in kindergarten. I wish I had purchased the standard 0.375” size, and not this larger 0.75”, as I feel combining the two heights will be problematic for an early reader. In retrospect, the smaller magnet size would not have been a problem - and actually, we’d have more room on this cookie sheet to make sentences!

Just got this yesterday. My son was begging to open it immediately. He is 5 and has very basic word understanding. Today he wrote this! Melts my <3 I think he will be more prepared for kindergarten when school starts in 6 weeks.

Well worth the money.The box is small and can be easily stored. The magnets come in sheets, and you break them up and apart to separate them. I like that they came in sheets rather than already being separate because it allowed me to easily group the words into parts of speech.Because the magnets are small, they can be easily lost. May I suggest clipping or rubber banding your groups together and storing them in the box, or simply storing them in the box. Also, instead of using them on your fridge, buy yourself a cookie sheet that's used specifically for these magnets for quick play on the carpet with your child. You could ever buy two sheets and store the magnets on one sheet for easy clean up and for easy picking and use the blank sheet to form words and sentences.Have fun with these!