Abstract: An educational toy for teaching children the alphabet has a circular or oval base with a plurality of upstanding support rods. Four horizontal mounting rods are supported by the upstanding support rods. The ends of the horizontal mounting rods are each provided with a safety ball tip. A canvas pouch is suspended from the horizontal mounting rods. The canvas pouch is completely closed except for a reach-in top slit opening. A plurality of chips are imprinted on one side with a letter of the alphabet and on the opposite side with the picture of an item having a name beginning with that letter. Another form of chip is printed on one side with a numeral and on the other side by a number of dots corresponding to that numeral. In use, childern remove or insert the chips into the pouch, naming the letter or numeral on each chip.