My 4 month old daughter received these as a gift Christmas 2008. They are a pack of 6 cubes in a plastic container so you can keep them nice when your child's not playing. This isn't however, very child friendly. The cubes are machine washable which is an added bonus when you have a child who adores putting things in there mouth!!

Each side of the cube has a letter of the alphabet and a picture and 5 of the cubes make a crinkle sound whilst the remaining one has a bell.

Mothercare state they are to encourage reading, co-ordination and physical development and I would agree with all of those points.

Although Mothercare state they are for 6 months and over my daughter adores the bright colours and at four months is enjoying exploring how to pick bigger things up.

They will be a useful tool over the coming years when she slowly learns how to spell.

A useful accessory to any toy box!