Painless Learning Human Body Placemat

Excellent was to learn at the dinner table. A game can me fun with those eating together.

Sturdy, easy clean plastic for meal time or any time. I've used this and other place mats with my bunch of kids for years, now buying new ones for grandkids. Trade them around for variety and everyone learns!

Every one from Dad, to 4 year daughter, to neighbors sons loves this mat. I bought approximately 9 learning place mats from individual vendors on Amazon for our 4 year daughter and kept those with the best visuals and most thorough information. The money mat, minerals mat, and the world map mat were sent back as they seemed lacking in information, or in appeal of the way the information was organized. It would be nice if Amazon would offer the learning place mats at a bundled price, individually they seemed overpriced with Prime shipping. This anatomy mat, the metric system mat, colors mat, addition mat, US states mat, and multiplication mat were other "keepers". Daughter chooses her interest and rotates them.

My 8-year old daughter enjoys looking at this placemat and asking questions about the human body while she eats. She tends to eat slower when she's looking at the mat, but she's easily distracted while eating and at least she's looking at something educational. The placemat shows basic body systems: circulatory, muscular (front and back views), skeletal, respiratory and digestive. It does not show the nervous system, lymph system or reproductive system and for some reason the bladder is missing. I can't recall what system that's supposed to be in - maybe digestive, but the kidneys show in the circulatory system so maybe that's where it belongs. The diagram figures are of a man but the genitals are left off. It also has diagrams for the five senses - hearing, smell, sight, touch, and taste. I don't believe the taste one is current because it still shows zones and I read recently where scientists have found taste receptors for the different tastes throughout the tongue and not just in the zones indicated.The back of the placemat is similar to the front but without labels so kids can test their knowledge using watercolor markers or washable crayons. We haven't tried that yet to see how well it erases. The back also adds a detailed diagram of the heart with labels.This placemat would not be good if a child has squeamish parents who have trouble talking about bodily functions while eating. Otherwise, it's a nice starter for educational conversations at the dinner table.

I bought several of these (various designs from the same manufacturer) and they were awesome for about a year. I cleaned them in the dishwasher a few times, I washed them by hand almost every day and they didn't come apart... Until my youngest started teething and biting on everything she could get her little hands on.The back has the same picture as the front but it's like a line drawing and the labels are blank so you (or your youngling/s) can test your memory, the lamination is pretty thick, they're flexible, they wipe clean relatively easily. I will purchase them again when the little one stops being so bitey.

our kids really like these themed place mats.Based on the fact that they sit down to eat a couple of times every day they have a look at these sets, which is a basic way of memorizing things (repetition).Since we have several of these we went to hanging those not at the talbe in line at the wall in their play room.With the b/w blanc backside they can see how much they know, which they do occasionally (specifically for the geography sets)I like the information size - all necessary facts without getting into too much detail, that's what books are for.

I think they haven't updated this regarding the taste buds on the tongue and what flavors are sensed where. Pretty sure the sour in one area, sweet in another area was debunked (this idea of only four basic tastes was developed in 1901...). Other than the tongue and taste map, this seems to be accurate.

These are durable and educational. I have only one criticism. I am a grandparent who thinks children should learn about all body parts and systems in a comfortable, matter-of-fact manner. I believe we should present information about a breast, a penis, or a vulva in the same manner that we do an elbow, a foot, or an ear. For those who would like to have their children be comfortable learning about the whole body, perhaps there could be another version of this that includes more.