My son is 3 and half love letters, request their name and show me love when he recognizes one. So I bought him this game, not to teach him to read and write but simply to manipulate letters. He is delighted! We seek the necessary letters to 4 words of the card, he places with lots of comments! But I never forced to play or finish the record because it is still a bit young and fast distracting. This should be fun. The game is cute, colorful and sturdy. We can invent other ways to play with, children are very imaginative. An article that I recommend.