Fun buttons to thread (Galt Fun Buttons)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Galt Fun Buttons
Date:	21/03/09 (147 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: long lasting .

Disadvantages: I can not find a UK site selling them

Galt Fun buttons, I can not see these fun buttons available to buy anywhere online in a UK site. Galt does not say they are discontinued and I can find them on sale in a US site.
These fun buttons retail at about £4.00 a pack of 40; at http://www.teachersparadise.com/ they cost $9.50.

Galt toys have made these fun buttons for many years. I have seen and played with them in several early years settings. Your children and maybe even you will have played with them.

Galt fun buttons are brightly coloured red, yellow blue or green plastic buttons they come in a pack of 40 including a threading lace.

A fun button is circular. These buttons I guesstimate to be about 3cm in diameter, I have none at home to measure. They are a couple of mm thick. The edges of the fun button are raised and crimped. There are some buttons with 1 hole in the centre, some with 2 some with 3, 4 or 5 holes. This makes the threading options more varied

These buttons are a good size for a child to hold the holes are a good size too. These buttons are ideal for practicing learning threading skills. . The buttons can be threaded onto the laces to make long strings of coloured beads.

Because of the raised edges these buttons can be stacked in piles. These buttons can be used in maths for counting, for matching and sorting activities, good for colour recognition. These buttons are quite versatile can be used in many ways. Handy for counters in a game.

These Galt threading buttons are suitable for children aged between 2 and 6 years old.

Sao would I recommend? Well yes they are useful also as with most Galt toys well made and long lasting. They wash and clean easily so if you need/want threading buttons these are good ones.

Summary: plastic buttons for threading .