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By Sarah Aguirre, About.com

Read a Mat

This Read a Mat encourages time telling lessons with pictures and a clock with moveable hands.

Read a Mat

The Bottom Line

Adult placemats are often boring to children, although they protect furniture from being scratched and damaged, and keep dishes from sliding and breaking. Read a Mats are kid friendly placemats that offer the same protection, in a form your kids will want to use. In addition, these placemats can actually help your child review educational concepts and enhance their learning. These are a great gift for any child.
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Pros

  • Read a Mats are available in over 40 fun subjects.
  • Read a Mats are long-lasting vinyl mat measures 11 1/2" x 17 1/2".
  • These make a great kid-friendly placemat, because kids will want to use them.

Cons

  • They may not fit with your decor, but your kids will love them.

Description

  • Over 40 titles of the Read a Mat series are available.
  • Mats are 11 1/2" x 17 1/2".
  • Mats are 5.49 to 5.99 each for most of the mats. Only a few of the specialty mats are 7.49-7.99.

Guide Review - Read a Mat

A place mat is a place mat...right? Well, not exactly. These new place mats are a hit with my kids. They love using them and they are learning with them, too. The place mats are durable and well made. There are over 40 titles to choose from, making it a guarantee that you'll find one that will be perfect for your little one.

Some Included Titles: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, I Can Set The Table, I Can Set The Table(Spanish), Numbers, Table Manners, The Alphabet Song (Mat plays music), Alphabet, Old MacDonald's Farm, Telling Time (Movable clock face), Solar System, Planets, Constellations (Glow in the dark ),Human Body, Periodic Table of Elements, Weather, The Water Cycle, Optical Illusions, Phases of the Moon, The Passover Seder, Happy Hanukkah, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Flags, Presidents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction, Animal Tracks, Birds of North America, Farm Animal Families, Dinosaurs, Insects of North America, Salt Water Fish, Stegosaurus (2-sided mat), Wild Animal Families, The Piano, Musical Instruments, Abigail's Ballet Basics, Ballet, Sign Language, Vocabulario Espanol, Hebrew Alphabet, Opposites, What to Wear, Shapes and Colors, Steam Engine (2-sided mat), Dump Truck (2-sided mat), Fire Engine (2-sided mat), Bulldozer (2-sided mat), The City (2-sided mat),and School Bus (2-sided mat)

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