Educational Insights Alphabet Bean Bags, Color-Coded Set of 26 with Storage Bag, Learn ABCs, Toddler Toys, Preschool Toys, Ages 3+

The kids loved these! I had no idea they could be so easily entertained! They made up games and even got our cat involved. These will take interaction with a parent when used as a learning tool. Each beanbag has an upper and lower case letter on it. There is only one bean bag of each letter. Having a few of each of the popular letters would be nice so the kids could spell out words with them. They are easy to grasp for the little kids. Our 8 month old grandson played with them also. It does come with a 7 game suggestion guide but the kids made up their own games. The only way to make this better is to have a few duplicate letters.

For child gift giving, I like to give toys that are both fun and educational. Alphabet Beanbags is just such a toy. It comes with 26 beanbags with the capital letter on one side and lower case on the other. Even the vowels and consonants are color coded to distinguish the difference. There is even a larger bag to put all of the beanbags in for easy storage and travel. It says that it is for pre-kindergarten or 3 and older. It comes with several ways to use the alphabet beanbags as a game. It is made by Educational Insights who manufactures many many games for children and offers a refund within 365 days of your purchase if their game stops working or is "not what you thought it would be". That's a pretty bold guarantee!

These alphabet bean bags are a fun educational toy that kids will love playing with. They are a smallish size but that makes them perfect for little ones hands to manipulate them. It is nice that there are upper and lower case letters on each beanbag. Also the colored vowels and consonants are a great learning tool. This will provide a fun and educational experience which is a huge bonus for a toy!

My bf's nephew had two children eight years apart. I knew they would have plenty of downtime this winter so I got stuff like this so they could play together. The little boy let the little girl open them at the party then carefully packed them away in the included bag and put them up cause he wanted all the pieces to make it home. I think that means he liked them. I also got them fun number spiders and a wall easel to make easier for him to invent games to play with her. I like creative toys that use imagination with no rules till you make them up yourself so I'm very glad he understood and liked the idea:)

These little bean bags are just the right size for the toddler beginning to learn and recognize letters, sounds and words. We were a bit disappointed that the letter "Y" was missing from our bag. Of course that makes it difficult to work on some of the first words one teaches - like baby, mommy and daddy. But there's still a few thousand words that don't need "y"! Our little boy is just starting to vocalize words and these bean bag letters have worked out wonderfully in creating sight recognition of the letters and teaching the sounds of each. They seem to be well-made and not likely to fall apart with continued use. We are thinking about purchasing one or two more sets to help with spelling longer words with duplicate letters. In just a couple of days play with these he already recognizes and can pick out a number of individual letters.

There are twenty-six bean bags representing each alphabet and the bags are bright yellow. Also there is a yellow sturdy cotton bag with a drawstring that holds the bean bags for storage and "Alphabet Bean Bags" sewn on it in blue. The bean bags are enclosed inside of a felt like material and the beads are inside of it and are covered in a plastic material. These bean bags are sewn quite well. All of the consonants are in sewn in blue and the vowels are sewn in red, which is a nice feature to recognize the vowels. Each alphabet bean bag has the uppercase letters on one side and the lowercase letters on the other; this too is a really good feature. I tough tested these bags by throwing them several times (like a child might do) and they did not break. The small beans are so tiny that if a temper tantrum happens :-), they would not hurt. Included in the sturdy cardboard box that holds the bags is an insert called the "Teacher' Guide" and it gives several games and learning activities. These bags are for hands on play and learn for little ones and are a good learning tool for toddlers.

I love the letters. I love the brightness and shape and feel of them, that they have an uppercase and lowercase letter on each bean bag. The stitching of the vowels are red and consonants are blue on the yellow background. GREAT for learning the alphabet. But I want more letters, what child is not going to want to spell with these letters? You're limited unless you buy several sets, spell small words or words with all different letters or only one or two vowels or only have one child playing at one time. Need to have more vowels and the popular consonants. But other than the number of bean bags, the bags have been fun to play with and to spell out words. And keep in mind your age group, they letters are very easily thrown, but are lightweight and do not cause much damage. I'm sure that at some point I'll have to test the washability of the letters, but the letters are stitched into the materials so I don't see a problem with gently washing the bags with mild soap and water.

This toy was selected with the plan to give it as a gift to a niece with a small child. To make sure it was not a potential problem it was thoroughly opened and inspected. It was packaged well in sealed plastic inside a heavy cardboard box and came with a simple set of game instructions that included the manufacturer's information and a CE safety approval stamp as well. All the individual beanbags appeared to be sewn together nicely and the internal beads sounded like they were encased in plastic bags. I think this toy is fine for small children with supervision; however, I would strongly caution leaving any parts of it unattended if you have any family pets that may chew/swallow a bag or three when no one is looking!

These little alphabet cubes are very nice, but also very small. I wound up not giving them to my great grandson because his 1 year old sister might get her hands on them and choke. Also, I can't even think about what a mess these would cause if the cat got hold of them.

Conceptually, these are a great idea. Bean bags and games to help children learn their A, B, Cs as well as the differences between the upper case and lower case letters. There are several game ideas that come with the box, and there are ways to utilize them in other creative ways too. There are 26 miniature bean bags that come with the package as well as a drawstring bag. The bean bags were definitely smaller than I had envisioned. I was expecting large bean bags similar to a corn hole toss type of game, but if you look at the picture attached with this review, they are only approximately an 1.5 to 2 inches square (see a standard sized pen for reference). In addition, even though the letters are embroidered onto the bags, there may only be one layer of thread on the embroidery. The “beans” inside each bag feels as if they're surrounded by tissue paper, so they make a crackly noise rather than a simple bean bag feel. Finally, there are no distinguishing lines to tell certain letters apart (e.g N and Z). However, all in all, this is a simple product that can help teach children their alphabets, so this is a good educational / learning tool.