Support phonics, blending and handwriting with these hands-on, reusable sound button mats, designed to help children hear, segment and blend words in a clear and engaging way.
The mats combine Elkonin boxes, sound buttons and handwriting lines, with additional space for children to use playdough or another manipulative to physically create their sound buttons.
🔴 Elkonin Boxes
Children can identify the individual phonemes they hear and represent each sound in the corresponding box.
🟠 Make Your Own Sound Buttons
Use the dedicated space to add playdough or another tactile material and create the sound buttons. Children can push each button as they say the sound, helping them track each phoneme and blend the sounds together.
✏️ Handwriting Lines
Children can then practise writing the word, reinforcing the connection between the sounds they hear and the graphemes they write.
♻️ Laminate & Reuse
Simply laminate the mats and use with playdough, counters, dry-wipe pens or other classroom manipulatives. Wipe clean and use again and again!
Phonics lessons
Segmenting and blending
Elkonin box activities
Phoneme manipulation
Sound-to-letter correspondence
Word building
Blending practice
Handwriting practice
Fine motor development
Literacy stations
Independent practice
Phonics intervention and consolidation
The tactile element makes these particularly useful for children who benefit from physically moving, pressing or manipulating something as they say each sound.
Make it. Say it. Blend it. Write it.
Digital resource — no physical product will be delivered.
Support phonics, blending and handwriting with these hands-on, reusable sound button mats, designed to help children hear, segment and blend words in a clear and engaging way.
The mats combine Elkonin boxes, sound buttons and handwriting lines, with additional space for children to use playdough or another manipulative to physically create their sound buttons.
🔴 Elkonin Boxes
Children can identify the individual phonemes they hear and represent each sound in the corresponding box.
🟠 Make Your Own Sound Buttons
Use the dedicated space to add playdough or another tactile material and create the sound buttons. Children can push each button as they say the sound, helping them track each phoneme and blend the sounds together.
✏️ Handwriting Lines
Children can then practise writing the word, reinforcing the connection between the sounds they hear and the graphemes they write.
♻️ Laminate & Reuse
Simply laminate the mats and use with playdough, counters, dry-wipe pens or other classroom manipulatives. Wipe clean and use again and again!
Phonics lessons
Segmenting and blending
Elkonin box activities
Phoneme manipulation
Sound-to-letter correspondence
Word building
Blending practice
Handwriting practice
Fine motor development
Literacy stations
Independent practice
Phonics intervention and consolidation
The tactile element makes these particularly useful for children who benefit from physically moving, pressing or manipulating something as they say each sound.
Make it. Say it. Blend it. Write it.
Digital resource — no physical product will be delivered.