These magnetic Rainbow Alphabet and Digraphs are a great supplementary tool for teaching the letters of the alphabet and the digraphs that make up sounds. The colour-coded pieces allow viewers to easily pick out the digraphs (yellow), consonants (blue), and vowels (red) when they’re used together to form words, facilitating teaching and learning.

Together, these pieces can help children learn alphabet recognition and sequencing, identify new letter patterns and understand how different letters and sounds build words.  

Beyond Literacy

Some of the ways to use this resource are listed below. These activities can be carried out independently or in pairs or groups. Working in pairs or groups helps children build teamwork, critical thinking, social, and communication skills. 

• When teaching new vocabulary words, use the Rainbow Alphabet and Digraphs to spell out these words
• Give challenging activities like laying out all the vowels in a reverse sequence (e.g. a, e, i, o and u become u, o, i, e and a) and doing the same for consonants.
• Use the letter pieces to spell out words that use the sounds illustrated by the digraphs

In full, this product contains:

• 1x  Rainbow Alphabet and Digraphs - Print (57 pieces)

Additional information:

• Approximately 4 cm high
• Suitable for children between the ages of 4 and 5
• Not for children under 3 due to potential choking hazards from small parts