hand2mind Elkonin Box Magnetic Answer Board, Word Mapping Paddles, Elkonin Boxes Dry Erase Blending Board, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Manipulatives, Science of Reading Classroom Materials (Set of 6)

Visually assess students’ phonemic awareness and phonics skills with our easy-to-use Elkonin Box Magnetic Answer Boards! Elkonin boxes, also called sound boxes, allow students to segment words into individual sounds, or phonemes. These durable, double-sided answer boards provide a multisensory, tactile approach to literacy that prepares students to become confident readers by building phonemic awareness, phonics, and early literacy skills. Using colorful foam magnets, children will identify, find, and manipulate sounds, stretch out words into their sounds, and practice decoding. Pink heart magnets are provided for sounds in words that include unknown spelling patterns. This set includes magnetic foam circles to depict sounds, magnetic foam hearts to teach high-frequency words using the “heart-word" method, and a Getting Started Guide.​ For over 55 years, hand2mind has encouraged hands-on learning and discovery, driving deeper understanding and helping children unlock their full potential. hand2mind specializes in literacy activities and products designed to help students learn by doing. With products designed to help students with reading comprehension, sentence building, phonics for toddlers and more. We're also a leader in dyslexic tools for kids who have a tougher time getting started with reading. From early reading to advanced reading, hand2mind has you covered with products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and the world around us. Through hands-on exploration and discovery, we strive to find new ways to encourage students in math practice, literacy activities, STEM education and more!

• ELKONIN BOXES MAGNETIC: These magnetic, dry-erase, double-sided Elkonin Box Answer Boards can be used to segment and blend words. They can also be used for advanced skills like phoneme manipulation and phoneme identification.
• DOUBLE-SIDED SYLLABLE BOARDS: Each double-sided board features a 3-sound Elkonin box on one side and a 6-sound Elkonin box on the other side.
• SPEECH THERAPY TOOLS: Comes with 72 magnetic, foam circles to depict individual sounds and 18 magnetic, foam hearts to help students learn sight words ("heart words").
• ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM MUST HAVES: These durable boards are designed with an easy-to-grip handle to display and share work. With 6 sets included, there are enough materials for 6 students.
• SCIENCE OF READING MANIPULATIVES: This set includes 6 double-sided Elkonin Magnetic Answer Boards, 72 Magnetic Foam Circles, 18 Magnetic Foam Hearts, and a Getting Started Activity Guide.