Learning Mats: Word Families / Scholastic

Here’s a new fun way to lead children on the road to literacy! Colorful mats and word tiles make learning and practicing word families fun. Start building a foundation for academic success with the Learning Mats: Word Families kit. The kit helps children practice these key skills:

• Identify basic patterns and word-family endings

• Read and write word-family words

• Add or substitute individual sounds in simple one-syllable words to make new words

• Develop automaticity (fluency) with word-family words

• Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ

• Develop vocabulary For use with Grades K-2.