Best Classic Toys 2003

Read A Mat Eat and Learn

• Educational Skills Product

Price: $4.99

Phone: 800-732-3628

Year Introduced: 1983

Read a Mat is an educational placemat that is fun and easy to use both for its practical reasons as well as its educational. It teaches alphabet shapes, numbers, foreign languages, map reading and many more.

Amy Epstein first started the business in 1983 from the practical need of wanting to help her son successfully finish a meal. She designed her first project while she was taking an industrial design class as Parson’s School of Design. You can learn more about this company by visiting their website: www.straightedgeinc.com.