Natural Order of Contractions: Braille TIles & Blends/Digraphs-LC

Low contrast print/braille tiles & boards for letter recognition, phonemic awareness, for braille instruction in both uncontracted and contracted formats.

• Play-based learning with a multi-sensory approach.

• Print letters and words are slightly raised, and oriented above each braille character. Tiles are black with black, low-contrast print.

• NOTE: Materials are not designed for high-temperature applications, and can deform at temperatures above 44°C/111°F.
  We will not replace items that are exposed to high-temperatures. Do not leave in a hot vehicle.

Includes:

• 2 slide boards, light green (food-safe plastic)

• 2 12 in. by 12 in. magnetic boards (steel, powder-coated in white)

• 2 Flexible pouches with snap closure (12.5 in. by 13 in., clear plastic)

• Durable Magnet Tiles (bio-based plastic)

• uncontracted alphabet letter tiles: 4 of each consonant, 6 of each vowel. (114 total)

• contractions tiles:

  • 4 of each used to make parts of words

    • 5 strong contractions

    • strong wordsigns, strong groupsigns, lower groupsigns, lower wordsigns

  • 1 of each:

    • 12/12 final letter groupsigns

    • 33/33 initial letter contractions

    • 24/75 Shortform words 

• First 200 words, 1 of each

• The following list of words are also contractions

• 32 alphabetic wordsigns

• 5 strong contractions

• 5/5; strong word signs

• 4/6; lower wordsigns

• 5/6; shortform words

• 24/75

• while the rest do not contain contractions.

• Sets are made to order. Please expect 2 weeks lead time prior to shipping.

• Literacy learning with a multi-sensory approach. Durable magnetic boards (green) and braille letter/word tiles (black) with raised print oriented above the braille characters.

  Made to order. Please expect 7-10 days lead time prior to shipping.

  NOTE: Materials can deform when exposed to temps above 44°C/111°F. We will not replace items that are left in a hot vehicle or other extreme conditions.

  Set includes:

  • Steel organizer with 5 horizontal storage shelves

  • 1 shift board, 5.25 in. by 4 in, with 6 rows of 10 embedded magnets

  • 2 slide boards, 5.25 in. by 8.25 in, with 6 rows of 24 embedded magnets

  • 3 12 in. by 12 in. steel boards, each in a pouch with a snap closure

  • 474 durable magnetic tiles:

  • 114 uncontracted alphabet letter tiles ( 4 of each consonant, 6 of each vowel)

  • 200 most common words in the English language (contracted only)

  • 26 tiles: a, I, o, as well as the 23 Alphabetic word signs

  • 134 contraction tiles:

  • strong contractions, strong groupsigns, and lower groupsigns, 4 tiles of each

  • 14 remaining initial-letter contractions, 1 tile of each

  • 12 final-letter groupsigns, 1 tile of each