Learning Resources Alphabet Acorns Activity Set, Toddler Alphabet Toys, Ages 3+

my great granddaughter will like these. the added bonus of the little figures is a clever ideas. i like the idea of the small case letters are on the underside of the cap

I really love that this can be used in a variety of ways and seemingly for a range of ages as well. My daughter is 3.5 and was able to realize this in certain areas, matching, colors, etc. I feel like once she learns letters a bit better she will be able to also figure out which characters go to what letter and this will make it even more useful for years to come. I love that the acorns are firm and the lids are pliable to where you can squeeze or manipulate them a bit to get onto the acorns.

My son was so excited to use this educational toy from the moment he saw it! We received alphabet acorns for free from Learning Resources in exchange for an honest review. My son is 5 and going into kindergarten this fall. I wasn't sure how to help him learn his lowercase letters and sounds of letters but this toy helps with everything! There are so many different ways to use the alphabet acorns and that's what I love the most! When we first opened the toy we put the toy pieces into the corresponding acorns, this took awhile but actually kept my sons attention (which is hard to do)! The next time we played with it, I took the tokens out of the acorns and hid the acorns around the yard, my son found them, told me the letter on the acorn, and then matched the token to the corresponding acorn. We also took the acorn tops off of a few at a time and matched the uppercase letter to the lowercase letter on the top and talked about letter sounds. This educational toy seems so simple but I was actually amazed by the many ways we could use it to learn! My son loved showing me how much he knew and certainly felt a sense of accomplishment and pride. I would recommend alphabet acorns to anyone with preschool or kindergarten aged children!

This is a really engaging activity for both my 3-year-old and 5-year-old grandkids. The use of both upper and lower case letters is clever. The objects are fun to ID and match to the correct letter. My only complaint is that the letters on the dark brown "acorn" can be hard to see.

This is a really engaging activity for both my 3-year-old and 5-year-old grandkids. The use of both upper and lower case letters is clever. The objects are fun to ID and match to the correct letter. My only complaint is that the letters on the dark brown "acorn" can be hard to see.

My grandson and I like playing with these. Great for encouraging letter association with words. Tops are easy to remove but difficult to get back on and closed. He loves pulling out the objects inside and then finding other objects that start with the same letter.

This toy is so simple, yet provides so many ways to play. We actually were using Easter eggs prior to receiving this toy as a way to learn and sort colors and objects, etc. so when we got this Acorn toy, it was perfect AND added the element of learning the Alphabet into it. Our toddler can sit there and play for quite some time just opening and taking things out, and putting things into these acorns. We are also using them as an "acorn hunt" game (similar to Easter egg hunting!) and having our toddler find all the purple acorns, or the blue, etc. and it keeps her so entertained. The only downside to this toy is that some of the objects don't fit easily inside of the acorns, so our toddler gets frustrated when she can't close the acorn lid unless the object is at a very specific position.

My son loves these acorns & recognized them immediately from Ms. Rachel. He loves opening the acorns and seeing what's inside. The only downside is that the toys inside are really small and easy to lose. Within 5 minutes, the koala was MIA. The kids are also a little tricky for little hands, but overall we love the set. My 3.5 year old is now associating the letters with phonetic sounds and is starting to understand the concept of spelling.

Thank you Learning Resources for the Alphabet Acorns Activity Set! The set came with acorns for each letter of the alphabet, and while I was expecting for the toys to already be inside of the acorns, my 3.5 year old son had so much fun helping me put them inside. Each day this week, he's come home from school and this has been the toy that he has immediately gone to. I love that they help teach upper and lower case letters to my little one, and the toys inside are great to start teaching him the sounds of the letters. One tip that I have is to use the provided instructions when you're first putting the toys in the acorns. Some of them can be mistaken for other things and the instructions clearly state which toy is for which letter. The only downside is that the tops of the acorns can be a little tough to snap on, but I'm sure over time it will just help with my son's dexterity.

Although my granddaughter loves this, due to poor execution of the color combinations its main function is impaired. The paint color for the letters nearly disappears into the brown background color of the plastic of the acorns. I plan to buy a narrow-tipped sharpie marker to outline the letters so we can actually see them without needing to closely analyze each one.