These placemats are great for teaching or learning on their own. The back of the placemat is in black and white, and the front is in vivid colors. The back has problems on the subject of the mat that can be solved using dry erase markers and erased and reused. I started with the multiplation one for my daughter, and now I ordered the other math ones, and the U.S. map.For my little one I ordered the animal numbers and the animal letters.Highly recommended.