Integrate multisensory learning into your reading instruction with the Little Minds at Work Sound Segmenting Tray! This hands-on resource stimulates visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences, allowing children to engage in whole brain learning on their path to becoming successful readers. The Sound Segmenting Tray is specifically designed to align with the best practices of Science of Reading. Children will love using this captivating resource while developing their blending, word building, decoding, and encoding skills! Sound Segmenting Trays are the perfect addition to a small group table with direct teacher instruction, during whole-group instruction, or in an independent center. An excellent resource when teaching phonemic awareness and phonics, teachers can use these trays to help children break down words with 2, 3, and 4 sounds. These write-and-wipe trays have a thin slot at the top to display cards, a large slot to hold magnetic wands or dry-erase markets, and 2 rows of circular indentations for segmenting words. These trays nest for convenient storage. Each tray measures 7"x9"x.5". This set includes 6 Rainbow-color Write On/Wipe-Off Trays and 1 Getting Started Guide by Tara West. Tara West has been involved in education for 15 years, serving as an early childhood educator, a curriculum writer, and a professional development speaker. Tara believes in the importance of creating instructional materials and resources that are fun and engaging to students and supporting the teachers who use her materials. For over 50 years, hand2mind has encouraged hands-on learning and discovery, driving deeper understanding and helping children unlock their full potential. Hand2mind specializes in literacy activities and products designed to help students learn by doing. With products designed to help students with reading comprehension, sentence building, phonics for toddlers and more. We're also a leader in autism learning materials and dyslexic tools for kids who have a tougher time getting started with reading. From early reading to advanced reading, hand2mind has you covered with products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and the world around us. Through hands-on exploration and discovery, we strive to find new ways to encourage students in math practice, literacy activities, STEM education and more!