Traffic - 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: Brilliantly directed, and acted, well-paced
Disadvantages: None

...“Traffic” is a film that I most definitely want to see again. It’s well over 2 hours long, and there is so much going on it, a bit like in Altman’s “Short cuts”, or even “Time Code” (where there’s the added similarity of documentary-style hand-held camerawork), so I’d be sure to pick up on details I hadn’t noticed the first time. And it’s the kind of film where the details matter… The ‘traffic’ of the title refers to drugs, of course, but there’s also the intersecting storylines, and plenty of symbolism relating to the more literal kind of traffic – busy roads, crossroads, and so on. Yep, it’s the kind of film that makes you notice things, and think a bit. The acting is very good throughout. The big names are Michael... 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

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