The Get Ready for Phonics™ Spin & Learn is designed to make early literacy fun for toddlers. With its colorful wheel, sounds, and melodies, this toy engages children while teaching phonological awareness and vocabulary.
Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate sounds in spoken language. The Spin & Learn wheel can help build a strong foundation these skills through segmenting, blending, and identifying sounds. There are 4 different modes including: Explore, Sounds, Detective Mode, and Blending.
Explore Mode simply describes the photo: “Hippo. /h/, /h/ hippo hops!”
Sound Mode provides sounds and melodies related to photos, which is great for vocabulary development and lots of fun!
Detective Mode requires children to identify sounds: “Find /r/ as in rocket”
Sound Blender is great as children learn to both segment and blend phonemes together to create new words.
Each of these skills help children understand the relationship between sounds which is key for developing reading skills. The playful design encourages children to explore letters, pictures, and sounds while they hear them aloud, reinforcing sound-letter connections. This kind of sound-based learning enhances phonemic awareness, setting the stage for future decoding and word recognition.
Kids also practice following verbal directions as an important skill for developing auditory comprehension. It prompts them to identify initial sounds, match them to pictures, and choose the correct options based on what they hear. These activities boost their ability to process spoken language as they make connections between sounds, pictures, and vocabulary.
The Get Ready for Phonics™ Spin & Learn is a fun way to introduce children to new vocabulary and early reading concepts in an engaging and interactive format. It’s a great tool for parents and educators looking to support auditory comprehension, phonological awareness, and vocabulary development while keeping kids entertained.
