Description

Children cannot wait to learn to read and spell.  Using the small movable alphabet letters is an ideal means of “sounding out” words, and helps them to gras the concept of reading, and spelling.  Watch out for the explosion of reading which follows.

Learning phonetically

They learn to sound out the letters of a word, phonetically.  Initially, they use the sandpaper letters, then children move on to the large, or the small movable letters.  The small movable letters are usually used for more complex words, with 4 to 5 consonants, and double vowels.  They are also able to write sentences and stories.

Features of The Small Movable Alphabet

• full set of alphabet letters, laser cut from birch ply wood
• 5 of each consonant, in red
• 10 of each vowel, in blue
• stored in a birch ply box with a loose lid

How big are the letters?

• the dimension of:
  • the widest letter, ‘m’:  4.5 cm x 3.5 cm / (1¾” x 1¼”)
  • longest tail letter, ‘y’:  6 cm x 3 cm / (2¾” x 1¼”)
  • tallest letter, ‘b’:  5.5 cm x 3 cm / (2¼” x 1¼”)
  • box used to store the letters:  39.5 cm x 35 cm x 4 cm / (15½” x 13¾” x 1½”)