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 Includes: - 10 two-sided word-family mats - 144 letter tiles - Wipe-off marker(s) - Activity guide