Phonetic Mat

The Phonetic Mat is a research-based educational tool designed to help early childhood ESL, bilingual or monolingual students in pre-kinder and kindergarten master phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print, letter knowledge, vocabulary, and fine motor skills. This tool is designed to be used in small-group instruction, centers, or with students in other grades who need mastery of these skills. It can also be used as a formative way of assessment. As the student connects the letter sound with the name through the use of a song, students practice letter names, swiping left to right, fine motor skills, upper- and lower-case matching, letter formation, and onset and rhyme, among other skills.