Comments on: Letter Sounds Magnet Mats

By: Dana Bailey

Dana Bailey — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:25:54 +0000

These are super! Looking forward to additional sheets as you make them. Thank you!

By: Allison McDonald

Allison McDonald — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:55:18 +0000

In reply to stephanie. Thanks for the feedback I can see how that would be frustrating when you are first introducing the sounds in that order. I follow a different order and I know Montessori follows a third, there are many ways of doing this. I have had success using these sheets ( and sheets similar to them) as reinforcers with long and short vowel sounds mixed together no matter the order the child was first taught. I will make graduated sheets soon focusing on consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, and then long.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:19:35 +0000

As a reading teacher, I begin by teaching consonant sounds and short vowel sounds first.
I could not use the forest animal sheet because of the very difficult “ow” sound in owl
I would not include animals with long vowel sounds yet, either.

By: Allison McDonald

Allison McDonald — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:52:23 +0000

In reply to Claudia. Not unless the magnets are pretty hefty - they HAVE worked in the past but not consistently.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:54:30 +0000

Do you think alphabet magnets would work, if the animal sheets are covered in contact paper? Love your site, it has been so helpful over the years, thank you.