Roylco Animal Tracks Rubbing Plates

Bought these for my niece for her 5th birthday along with the Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints book by Selsam. They are pretty thin and can be bent (3yr old nephew snatched one when we weren't looking ha). But they held up just fine to her learning how to use them. At first she was pressing really hard but I showed her how to peel the paper off of a crayon and use it horizontally. Worked great as far as she was concerned! Of course it won't look like an adult did it but when does kid artwork ever? This gives her something to practice fine motor skills with and I look forward to quizzing her when we go camping. We read the Big tracks, little tracks book before coloring and she recognized the difference between "dog and cat prints" (The timber wolf and the puma). This set also comes with a how-to guide, and additional craft ideas like using plaster. Overall, It's a cute set that should be used with some guidance, once they figure out the technique they just keep coloring, good way to familiarize kids with tracks, highly recommend adding the Big Tracks, Little Tracks book, quiz them when you go camping!

We got books, stamps, and many other things to go with these. Kids love to do rubbings and it's fun to try to figure out what animal you got! Great addition to our animal tracks lesson plan.

I bought this to teach young cub scouts. It made teaching animal tracks easy and fun.

My kids are 6, 4, and 3. they love these. The plastic is thin, but they are sturdy. You can clearly see the rubbing after you're done. We used this for a nature unit since we used to live in town. They worked wonderfully, and the kids still enjoy using them for arts and crafts projects.

these are ok but they are hard to “read” it’s not so obvious from looking at the plate what it is you’ll hens up with. The plates are really thin and may not last as long as I hoped for.

The children have a hard time rubbing over top without the paper moving.

We were looking for additional rubbing plates to complement our other sets, we use these at the State Fair for our booth. These are a nice size and the kids enjoy the variety of patterns.

Would be REALLY helpful if you identified which plate is what animal! I can only identify the obvious ones - cat, dog, deer, duck. How can I tell a mountain lion from a timber wolf, etc.? Need much better instructions. I am most disappointed in this product.

Great learning tool