The wipe-clean alphabet

I was taken enough with the general look of these alphabet and number boards, before I even realised that they are printed on a wipe-clean laminate that will allow your child to practice writing over the top of them.

These certainly work in their own right as a rather gorgeous piece of decoration - indeed, they even come complete with a shallow wooden ledge on which to mount them. But that extra function - as a wipe-clean exercise board - might justify a price that borders on the extravagant. I'm still holding out against buying them, but with the GB Pound so weak, readers elsewhere may be pleased to know that the company will deliver anywhere, worldwide - and feel that they are getting a bargain.