Letter Tiles (an Interactive Kit component)

Product Description

These letter tiles are used in both the All About Reading and All About Spelling programs.

We recommend that you add magnets to the back of these letter tiles so you can use them on a magnetic board.

The phonogram tiles are color-coded for faster learning:

Consonants and consonant teams are blue.
Vowels and vowel teams are red.
Tiles representing the sound of /er/ are purple.
The remaining r-controlled vowels are yellow.
Tiles representing the sound of /sh/ are green.
The apostrophe, hyphen, and ed are orange.

The five heading labels help you group your tiles on the table while you are teaching. Logically grouping the tiles makes them easy to locate during a spelling lesson and aids visual memory.

Each set contains 108 tiles—two each of letters a to z, one each of the remaining letter combinations, and six blank tiles.

Other features and benefits include:

The tiles glide smoothly on the table, making it easy to pull down letters, form words, and swap letters.
The 1” square size makes them easy for children’s hands to manipulate.
Tiles easily wipe clean.
The letter tiles and heading labels are made from heavy laminated cardstock and and are micro-perforated, ready for you to easily separate.
Affordable, so each student can have his or her own set.
Durable and designed to last through many years of use.

Product Reviews

The Quality Of The Letter Tiles Is Great

Posted by Eva -FL on 16th Nov 2011

I purchased just the letter tiles for a kinesthetic approach to phonics for my 3 year old who is eager to learn her phonograms but not ready for lots of writing. I'm really pleased with how these tiles reinforce her learning. The quality of the letter tiles is great. The strength of the magnets is perfect for its application on a magnetic board and great for little hands.
Who knew my 3 yo would love it?!

Posted by Shauna R. on 12th Jun 2011

May 21, 2010

Like many preschoolers, my 3-year-old is alphabet-obsessed! I didn't intend to use AAS with her yet, but she was so enthusiastic about the letter tiles and flash cards that I started doing some of the basic AAS activities with her too. She can now arrange the letter tiles in alphabetical order and knows most of the initial letter sounds. We will definitely be continuing this program.
Thoroughly enjoying it!

Posted by Cindy Horton on 12th Jun 2011

Dec 4, 2009

Because of the hands-on nature of All About Spelling, Nicholas is thoroughly enjoying it. He actually says, "Oh, good," when I say it's time for a spelling lesson. He's told me more than once, as we stand at the magnetic dry erase board where we do the lessons, "I like when we do this." I've seen his spelling, and most importantly his understanding of spelling concepts, improve since we started this program.
Wonderful!

Posted by Angelina W on 12th Jun 2011

Nov 7, 2009

The letter tiles just came and they look great. I can't wait to get started!
My son keeps making words!

Posted by Cindy Kee on 12th Jun 2011

Oct 16, 2009

One of my boys, the one I most hoped this program would help with spelling (and reading), really likes working with the letter tiles! We were doing the step where you have them start with one word, then ask them to change out a letter to make the next word. He had so much fun that he started making up his own progressions. He just kept exchanging tile after tile to make more and more words! It was cool! He is also ADHD/ODD and very much a kinesthetic learner, so anything that gets him having fun and learning is good!
Great tiles!

Posted by Krista French on 12th Jun 2011

Apr 17, 2008

We love All About Spelling, and we especially love the colored tiles. They help cement the spelling of words for my daughter, who just plain hasn't gotten spelling before.
These are great!

Posted by Suzanne Lichtenstein on 12th Jun 2011

Mar 3, 2008

I have long wanted something phonogram-based like this. Our youngest child is at the point where he is making up all kinds of silly, long words and asking what they say. The letter tiles make it so much easier for him to create pronounceable words. And the color-coding of the vowels makes it easier for him to remember to put a vowel in each syllable. These are great! (A nice side benefit is that these phonogram tiles stick to the fridge better. I get so tired of fishing out those plastic letters with their wimpy magnets from under the fridge!)

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