A tangible way to introduce and reinforce beginning phonics and reading skills. Includes single-, double-, and triple-letter tiles with phonograms, digraphs, blends, vowel pairs, variant vowels and other combinations for hands-on phonics practice. Used with the trays, students can practice constructing words and sentences. Use self-checking activity cards for added reinforcement and fun practice. All sets are compatible and include a teacher's guide and sorting storage bins for the tiles and cards. This over set comes with 1,000 tiles (406 single-letter tiles, 414 double-letter tiles, 180 triple-letter tiles), 9 bins for sorting and storing tiles and cards, 150 self-checking activity cards, six tiles trays, and a 20-page teacher's guide with more than 40 fun activities.