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Best for a child who is drawn into learning through animals, especially when letters feel more inviting once there is a creature to name, recognise and revisit.
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Literacy & Numeracy
Magnetic Letters & Animals
by Curious Columbus
Magnetic Letters & Animals by Curious Columbus
The animal they come back to first
Some days, your little one may only care about one favourite animal. Other days, they may line up a few, ask what the names say, or come back to the same letter because the animal has made it familiar. Without anyone turning it into a lesson, the alphabet becomes part of ordinary family chatter: naming, noticing, returning, and slowly making sense of what sits beside the picture.
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Product overview
When letters have faces, names and favourites
Letters can feel like marks on a page until your child has something familiar to connect them to. Here, each letter arrives with an animal and its printed name beside the picture. At first, they may simply look for the animal they know. Soon, the name beside it starts to matter too. Before long, the same favourites are being found again and again, and the letter beside that animal begins to feel less random.
Product details
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A reason to return to every letter
There are 26 animal magnets included, with printed names, so your little one is not meeting letters on their own. Each one has an animal attached to it, giving them something familiar to come back to.
Why this matters
You are getting a full animal-led alphabet experience, not just loose letter shapes.
Animal names make the letters feel less abstract
The printed name sits with the animal picture, so naming the animal and noticing the word can happen together in a natural, unhurried way.
Why this matters
For an animal-loving child, interest comes first and letter familiarity can follow more gently.
Favourites become the doorway in
One animal for each letter gives your child many ways to begin. They might return to the animals they already know, then slowly notice the other names and letters around them.
Why this matters
That repeated return is where this product earns its place in family life.
Before you order
Practical information
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Materials and finish
- Material
- Chunky foam with a full rubberised magnetic backing
What’s included
- In the box
- 26 animal magnets with printed names
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