LEARNING THROUGH PLAY: The Happy Scholar set of 52 matching animal upper- and lowercase felt squares makes the perfect preschool learning toys! Vibrant colors of the animals and letters contrast beautifully with the white background, to create the perfect animal flash cards and alphabet flash cards. Crafted from recycled felt material, the 3mm thick felt squares are perfect for toddlers gross and fine motor skills. More wrinkle and water resistant than regular flash cards for toddlers 2-4 years, these cards keep up better with normal kids play! The cotton drawstring bag facilitates these cards for kids into games and makes for easy storage and travel. CREATE YOUR OWN AGE-APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL GAME: Create a variety of age-appropriate educational games with these felt animal ABCs. Babies: Enhance their developmental leaps with the colorful animals as they learn to track and grasp. Toddlers: Engage them in a spot the animal game or animal matching game. As they grow, pair the uppercase and lowercase letters with the animal as the link. Kindergarten: Use as phonics flash cards with the animal as a guide to sounds. Play a memory game by turning the cards face down and finding the matching pairs. Create your own game of go-fish, using the cotton drawstring bag to hold the extra cards for "fishing". Alternatively, use the drawstring bag to call out alphabet bingo. The possibilities are limited only by your creativity! SCHOOL: A great homeschooling tool, these kids learning toys are also a perfect addition to any school, daycare, or montessori-style classroom. Use with a felt board as kids love to touch, feel, stick, move, rearrange felts on a board! Check out our foldable stand-up felt board on Amazon. Together, they can be used as a quiet book activity for travel/church, as well as for two-kid play and more formal, interactive teaching. PERFECT GIFTING: Packaged in a cute box, these felt letters with animals are sure to make great baby shower gifts and birthday gifts.