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Give your kindergarteners hands-on, Science of Reading-aligned word building practice with these CVC Word Building Mats. Students look at each picture and build the CVC word using magnetic letters or letter tiles, making this a meaningful encoding activity that connects phonemic awareness directly to print. With 300 printable mats covering CVC word families, short vowel review, and mixed CVC words, plus three print formats and a digital Google Slides version, this resource gives your students mu

Give your students hands-on, Science of Reading-aligned word building practice with these Digraphs Word Building Mats for Kindergarten and 1st Grade. Students look at each picture, identify the digraph, and build the word using magnetic letters, making this a meaningful encoding activity that connects phonemic awareness directly to print. With 96 printable mats covering beginning and ending digraphs across three formats, plus a digital Google Slides version, this resource is ready to use the mom

Make consonant blend encoding hands-on, systematic, and fun with these Science of Reading-aligned Blends Word Building Mats. Each mat guides students through the same three-step sequence: say the pictured word, tap the phonemes, then build the word letter by letter in color-coded boxes that highlight each sound-spelling connection. With 255 printable mats and 85 digital mats covering beginning blends (L-blends, R-blends, and S-blends) and ending blends, this resource gives students the structure