Soft foam letters with magnetic backing offer countless opportunities to work on alphabet awareness, letter-sound correspondence and early word building. Features color-coded letters - consonants (blue) and vowels (red). Includes: ** 52 uppercase letters ** 52 lowercase letters ** Plastic storage bucket Grades: PreK+ Common Core State Standards Alignment: Print Concepts Learning Style: Visual, Tactile Skill Development: Language- Sort the letters by vowels and consonants, upper and lowercase, letters that have straight or curved lines, or letters with holes. This provides a student with practice in seeing and recognizing how letters are different from one another by look and feel. Language- Set your sight on reading by introducing letters, phonics, and spelling gradually while having fun. Spell goofy words or mix up a student's name and have him place the letters in order. Sound out the words a student makes, even if they are not definable words. The practice of sounding out the letters leads to reading and identifying true words. Basic Concepts- Letter magnets provide opportunities to work on alphabet awareness, letter-sound correspondence, and early word building. Promote and practice spelling C-V-C words.