Lakeshore Learning Beginning Sounds Phonemic Awareness Box

Unlock the joy of learning with our Beginning Sounds Phonemic Awareness Box! This interactive and engaging tool is designed to help children master the essential phonics skill of recognising and identifying beginning sounds. Inside, you'll find 30 carefully selected manipulatives and 10 vibrant, double-sided activity mats. Each mat challenges children to find three objects that share the same beginning sound, offering a fun and hands-on way to explore phonics.

The Beginning Sounds Phonemic Awareness Box is an ideal resource for laying the foundations of reading fluency. The manipulatives are thoughtfully selected to represent common sounds, allowing children to make phoneme-object connections with ease. The double-sided mats offer visual variety and extend use, while the tactile nature of the materials encourages active participation. Through play, children build auditory discrimination and phoneme awareness-critical components of early reading development. This resource also fosters confidence in emergent readers and can be easily integrated into classroom learning centres or used at home.

Educational Benefits:

• Builds phonemic awareness through sound recognition and matching.
• Strengthens auditory processing and early reading fluency.
• Enhances vocabulary through object identification.
• Promotes fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Classroom Ideas:

• Use for small group instruction focused on sound identification.
• Add to phonics stations for hands-on exploration.
• Create team challenges to find and explain sound matches.
• Incorporate into speech-language sessions for targeted intervention.

Safety & Information:

• Ages: Recommended for children aged 4 years and up.
• Measurements: Includes 10 double-sided mats and 30 manipulatives.
• Safety: Not for use by children under 3 years due to small parts.