Learning Resources Alphabet Soup Sorters - 208 Pieces, Ages 3+, Early Phonics Manipulatives, ABCs, Alphabet Awareness & Recognition, Alphabet Soup Games

Our autistic toddler thrives with learning toys featuring numbers and letters, and stayed engaged with this for about an hour at first use (and lengthy durations in the next week after)! Each can has several images and the letter itself in both uppercase and lowercase format. All contents are sturdy material that we expect to last a while. Would have preferred that everything not be wrapped individually in the cans, but that is a minor complaint in the ease of first use and environmentalism. Overall great buy for those looking for alphabet learning in a fun and engaging way.

I love these so much!! They are so helpful when teaching letters!

I recently pulled these out of the garage to start working on letter sounds with my youngest (just turned 4) and originally bought them 3 years ago for doing the same with my oldest when she was 3. Both love the activity and caught on very quickly. I had tried talking to her about letter sounds before but it clearly didn't click. Five minutes of this game and she became a phonics whiz. The product is of great quality - yes it is cardboard, but a very sturdy variety and well coated. Most pieces still look pristine, and even when you jam it in the can forcefully (as my daughter sometimes does - the concept of turning the piece to fit is not quite there) :) they do not bend or break. The items are easily recognizable to a child and rarely cause confusion about meaning. The only two we have problems with are ape and gift. My daughter keeps wanting to label these gorilla and present, respectively, and then misclassifies. As an aside, the vowel cans include both long and short vowel sounds, which is a sticking point for my daughter right now but ultimately a good thing. I would love to see a set of vowel cans that sort long and short sounds for more clarity. One other issue that may be a problem for some it the size. The individual cans and contents are fine, but in aggregate they take up a lot of space. I have an entire shelf dedicated to these, so if you are short on space plan accordingly.

We splurged on this last year for a xmas gift and use these with our children as a "special toy" that we bring down. They really enjoy them and have lots of fun looking at the items and taking the pictures in and out of the can. Our daughter is learning to sort and sight read with these already. They are 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 and I know we have many more years of fun with these cans. We are very happy with the purchase! Don't think I will ever just give them free reign of all the cans to make a big mess, but great activity toy to sit and work on together.UPDATE OCT 2013We STILL love & use these cans and keep them on top of the fridge in the kitchen. Each morning at breakfast, we take out one can as a letter of the day. This has been awesome toy and tool for learning letters and sound each letter makes. The kids also play with the cans as we are getting dinner on the table. This toy has been a great teaching tool and worth the price!

My students love this, it's appealing and great for short attention spans.

This is a great learning tool. Sometimes the items would get stuck in the bottom of the can because of the shapes and sizes but overall it was good. My toddler learned quickly that the answers were on the back of the cards

These are so helpful in my classroom. There are so many ways to use them. The pictures are on durable material and have lasted through a class who loves to use them everyday.

Came early son loves it

Bonjour,Le jeu est bien , mais il manque la boite du A ,j ai deux boites de la lettre T.Déçu pour le prix.

Good for teaching phonics. Each letter has 5 images of objects starting with the sound.

I got this for my daughter when she was 2 and we more so ‘played’ with it and talked about the letter and pictures and played a game with it. Now she is older I’m reintroducing it with focus on letter sounds and letter recognition. With 26 different ‘letter soup cans’ it’s always new and exciting as I only bring out a couple letters at a time. When I bought this, it was around the $70 mark but now it’s quite hard to find in Australia - so understand the price increase.

Our family loves Learning Resources products -- excellent quality, educational, engaging -- and have purchased many over the past decade. This particular product (Alphabet Soup Sorters) is a favourite one; so loved by the children that I ended up buying another.

Magnífico material solo algunas imágenes estaba poco dobladas.