My students love the time of the school day that we do small group centers.  I am always on the look out for fun activities that my students can do during this time to practice important literacy and reading skills.  I was very excited to receive the Word Construction set from Learning Resources for review.

My students loved the Learning Resources Word Construction set, especially the boys.  They were excited to be using tools to build different words.  My students have really taken off now with their letter recognition and sound knowledge.  They loved that with this activity that they could make and read words by themselves.  They did not need help.

In my class, I put picture cards into the activity so they could sound out and make the different words with the nuts.  After, they sounded out the word, I had them spin and turn the nuts on the bolts to read the different real and nonsense words that the letters made.  Children need to be able to read and blend simple words regardless if they are a real word or not.  This activity really help them with both of these skills.

I liked how big the nuts and bolts are in this set.  They are easy for my students to manipulate.  I also really like the font they used for the letters.  Some other activities use fonts that my students are not familiar with, but this one was easy for them to recognize the letters.  I liked how colorful the different pieces are as well.  My only complaint is the students sometimes struggled with getting the nuts off of the bolts.  You have to twist and pull the nuts to get them off the bolt.  Sometimes they could get stuck and it was even hard for me.

My students are always asking for the Learning Resources Word Construction to use in centers.  My students and I both love it! It would be great to have for children to practice important literacy skills.

Word Construction from Learning Resources gets bragging rights!

One lucky Bragging Mommy Reader will be receiving their own Word Construction set from Learning Resources. 

Enter this giveaway via the Giveaway Tools widget below.

**If you have won a Learning Resources giveaway on any BLOG during the past 6 months, you are ineligible to win this giveaway! Once 6 months have passed, you can enter again.**