LEARNING MATS: WORD FAMILIES

Here’s a new fun way to lead children on the road to literacy! Colorful mats and word tiles make learning and practicing word families fun. Start building a foundation for academic success with the Learning Mats: Word Families kit. The kit helps children practice these key skills:

• Identify basic patterns and word-family endings
• Read and write word-family words
• Add or substitute individual sounds in simple one-syllable words to make new words
• Develop automaticity (fluency) with word-family words
• Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ
• Develop vocabulary

Includes:

• 10 two-sided word-family mats
• 144 letter tiles
• Wipe-off marker(s)
• Activity guide