Nuts and Bolts Word Construction offers a nuts and bolts approach to word building! Start with consonant, vowel, consonant and make a word. Then, turn any piece to make a new word. Add additional pieces to make longer words, including silent ‘e’. Set includes 6 bolts, 30 nuts and an activity guide.

Bolts measure 12.5 (L) cm, nuts measure 5 (H)cm. In order to read a wordthe learner must recognise the letters in the word and associate each letter with its sound.

In order to write or type a word,the learner must break the word into its component sounds and know the letters that represent these sounds. Knowledge of letter sound correspondences and phonological awareness skills are the basic building blocks of literacy learning.

These skills are strong predictors of how well students learn to read.