Beauty Stab - ABC

Advantages: Sturdy, Educational, Self-correcting Pieces, Colourful
Disadvantages: Price

...Ravensburgh ABC Game Yet ANOTHER "Santa" gift received by one of our girls at yet another Christmas party (seriously, their social life is WAY busier than mine) It's a very sturdy cardboard box containing 26 pairs of cards. Hardly surprising, really, as it is an alphabet game. The pieces are approximately 6½ cm (2½") square and made of good quality, thick cardboard. They are double sided. One side has the lower case letter, black print on a white background and the matching piece has a pictorial representation for that letter. The reverse of both pieces is an orange shade with white writing; the lower case letter on one piece and the corresponding upper case letter on the other piece. The puzzle comes with an accompanying leaflet with guidance of how to extend the educational value of the puzzle and four... Read review

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Advantages: A fun way to learn your ABCs
Disadvantages: none that we have found

...My son was bought this as a Christmas present from his big sisters last year and they informed me that it only cost them £6 from TK Maxx which is a bit of a bargain when you see that it's listed as selling for around £15. The main reason they bought it was the my son loves Dr Seuss books and having seen how good the Cat and The Hat CD Rom was that we had for him previously they decided this should help keep him amused as well as help him learn his ABC's as he was already taking an interest in lettering on certain products and in the magnetic letters on his gran's fridge door. He also loves pressing keys on my PC and hearing stories and playing games on the CBeebies website and as this had helped him with counting - thanks to a very annoying Teletubbies game - they thought this would be ideal. Dr Seuss is well known to most parents... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: what they do show is great
Disadvantages: repeats, repeats, repats, and current ABC hits are on Living, Sky, anywhere but ABC1

...~~~~Who or What Is ABC?~~~ ABC in this instance quite simply stands for the American Broadcasting Corporation. It is a subsidiary of Walt Disney after it was acquired in the 1990's.It began life in 1944 as a radio network, and in 1948 they made their first television broadcast. In the 1950's, Warner Bros and Walt Disney both produced shows for this network, and helped propel the analogue channels they broadcast on into popularity with the TV public. TV was coming into its own, and the advent of Hollywood style entertainment on the small screen drew in more and more viewers. As time passed, ABC went on to produce many shows that remain in the conscious of popular culture even today. These include international hits such as Batman (1966), Bewitched (1964), Time Tunnel (1966), The Outer Limits (1963), Happy Days (1974), Mork... Read review

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