Reading Rods Alphabet & Phonemic Awareness Set

The Reading Rods Alphabet & Phonemic Awareness Set is a multi-sensory educational tool designed to build essential literacy skills in a tactile, engaging way. With 82 colour-coded rods and a comprehensive teacher guide, students can explore letter recognition, rhyming, syllables, CVC words, and beginning/ending sounds. The system is designed to support phonemic awareness through manipulation of physical pieces, which helps solidify understanding of word parts and sound structures. The colour-coded system offers immediate visual support-red vowel rods pair with pink vowel images, while blue consonant rods match blue consonant images. This intuitive layout allows learners to make connections between letters and sounds with ease. Whether used in literacy centres, small group instruction, or one-on-one interventions, this set promotes active participation and makes phonics learning both fun and effective.

Educational Benefits:

• Strengthens phonemic awareness and letter-sound correspondence.
• Enhances syllable and word structure understanding through hands-on activities.
• Promotes rhyming, sound isolation, and decoding skills.
• Supports multisensory learning pathways for better retention.

Classroom Ideas:

• Create rhyming word puzzles using matching rods and images.
• Use in guided reading groups for targeted phonics intervention.
• Build student names or thematic vocabulary for topic-based literacy.
• Develop a phonics workstation with rotating sound challenges.

Safety & Information:

Age Suitability: 3+ years

Contents: 82 rods and instruction guide