Tot Talk Ocean Explorer Placemat

I bought this place mat for my toddler who is almost tree as a placemat and educational tool. She is talking about the ocean with her pre school class at the moment and I thought it would be great to follow up at home and learn about different sea creatures while having lunch or dinner. I love the illustrations and there are a lot of different sea creatures on the mat (including their names). There is also a black and white list of sea creatures and their names in 4 different languages on the back. The purpose of the black and white is so that kids can colour the fish and animals which is great but I think that 2 languages and maybe some facts about the individual animals would be more useful (the languages are english, french, spanish and chinese). What bothers me the most about this place mat is that its pretty much a laminated piece of paper. Anyone with a laminator could make it at home themselves. I don't think its worth the money nor does it look like worth the money. It actually came with one corner bend over so there is already a mark on it even though we haven't used it as placemat yet. Also the mat is very smooth which makes plates move and slip easily. There are better options for educational place mats out there!