Review on Educational Insights Color-Coded Lowercase AlphaMagnets, Set Of 42 ABC Magnets, Lowercase Magnetic Letters, Magnetic Alphabet, Ages 3+ by Cassie Zingone

Much nicer than my grocery store set. The plastic is slightly thicker than my grocery store set and most of the letters have two magnets versus the one so they are more secure. Magnets probably would not hold up a piece of paper or anything--but they are secure on our magnetic white board. Love the option for lowercase since lowercase letters are more common than uppercase. It is also nice they sell lowercase and uppercase separately for those who use it for moveable alphabet activities. Font is a nice child friendly primary style, another thing my grocery store set did poorly. I like the lowercase "i". The p versus d and q versus b appear to be the same letter with only you changing the orientation changing, I do have to orient them to be able to distinguish between the 4 letters. I like toys that come with their own storage, this box is a little hard to open--which works for me because I use them with my 2 year old. I doubt he will be strong enough to open them on his own anytime soon.It is strange that these are Montessori colored with differing colors for vowels and constants but the reverse of the other tools I have with traditional Montessori colors. I am mostly interested in Montessori INSPIRED activities through preschool and I do not see myself as in it for the long haul but I almost wish they had just chosen 2 random colors if they weren't going to match the traditional colors. I am by no means a Montessori traditionalist and I often think the Montessori color coding is to rigid but the color choice here is still somewhat perplexing.