DescriptionOur fun-to-solve crosswords help children master blends and digraphs—hands on! Kids look at the picture clues on the activity mats, sound out the missing words, then build them with the letter tiles. Center includes enough materials for up to 4 kids at once—16 mats, 149 plastic tiles, an answer card and 4 drawstring bags. Mats measure 8 1/2" x 11".
Develops skills in orally producing single-syllable words by blending sounds, including consonant blends; knowing the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs; segmenting spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds; and knowing and applying grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.