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First Words Yrs 1&2

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Magnetic word tiles stick to the board as a sentence takes shape.

🧲 Builds sentences with 160 high-frequency word tiles, each with a magnetic backing
✏️ Doubles up as a double-sided dry-wipe magnetic board for writing words and sentences
👆 Easy grip with chunky tiles sized for small hands to pick up and place
🎲 Offers games like word Bingo, Hangman and Storymaker, so reading practice stays varied
🎒 Travels easily as a slim, flat set that fits a school bag or a car-trip bag
🔇 Plays quietly with soft magnet clicks and no batteries, so it suits a kitchen bench or a school desk

The Educator's Note

The word list is high-frequency vocabulary for Year 1 and 2, so practice goes straight to the words children meet in every early reader, not novelty vocabulary.
Building a sentence from tiles takes the handwriting load away. Children who tire quickly with a pencil can still practise word order, spelling and reading aloud.
Bingo, Hangman and Storymaker turn repetition into play. That matters because sight words only stick through many short exposures.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

Recommended for ages 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

Role Play & Imagination

🔉 Quiet

Low volume

👤 Independent Play

Solo / Self-Correcting

👥 Group Play

Collaborative / Multi-Player

🧳 Travel Friendly

Compact / Portable / Car-Friendly

🗣️ Language

Speech & Vocabulary

🧠 Cognitive

Problem Solving & Logic

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

The Educator's Note

The word list is high-frequency vocabulary for Year 1 and 2, so practice goes straight to the words children meet in every early reader, not novelty vocabulary.
Building a sentence from tiles takes the handwriting load away. Children who tire quickly with a pencil can still practise word order, spelling and reading aloud.
Bingo, Hangman and Storymaker turn repetition into play. That matters because sight words only stick through many short exposures.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

🔉 Quiet

👤 Independent Play

👥 Group Play

🧳 Travel Friendly

🗣️ Language

🧠 Cognitive

🤏 Fine Motor

Sight words become something they can move, sort and build with. Each tile sticks to the magnetic board, so reading a sentence turns into building one. It's quiet, solo-friendly and needs no batteries. The word list is drawn from Year 1 and Year 2 (around 6 to 8 years), when reading shifts from sounding out to recognising words on sight. The manufacturer's minimum age is 3 years, and the set grows with a child: matching and word-spotting with an adult at the start, sentence building at 6, and short stories by 8.

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This set suits children who are building sight-word recognition and early sentence writing.

Foundation children (around 5 years) starting to recognise common words, with an adult guiding the matching and word-spotting
Year 1 readers (around 6 years) who still sound out words they've seen many times and need repeated, low-pressure exposure
Year 2 learners (around 7 to 8 years) moving from short sentences to short stories and keen to spell what they read
Parents and teachers after a quiet, reusable home reading station or classroom literacy centre

Start with the words they meet most

Open the pack and you'll find 160 tiles of high-frequency words such as *the*, *said*, *because* and *people*. These are the words that make up a huge share of every early reader's book. Recognising them on sight means a child stops stalling on each one and starts reading with some flow. The tiles are chunky, so they're easy to grip and slide across the board. Magnetic backing holds each word in place while the sentence grows around it.

From word hunting to storytelling

Here's what makes it work at the kitchen table. A child can turn up a tile, read it aloud and keep going until the pile is gone. That builds sight-word recall without a worksheet in sight. Once the words feel familiar, the board takes over. The double-sided dry-wipe surface lets them write a word that isn't in the pack, then link it into a sentence with the tiles. Try Storymaker: pick three or more tiles at random and build a story from them. Word Bingo and Hangman are in the mix too. You'll see them returning to the same few games, which is exactly the repetition that makes words stick. As skills develop, the same set stretches from matching and spotting words with an adult, to building full sentences at 6, to writing short stories by 8.

Where it fits at home and school

This set is pitched at the Year 1 and Year 2 stage, when children are moving from decoding to fluent reading and learning to write full sentences. Handwriting is still tiring at this age, so building a sentence with tiles lets them focus on word order and spelling rather than pencil stamina. It works solo while you cook dinner, in pairs for siblings, or in a small group at school, making it a quiet home reading station or classroom literacy centre. The word list is drawn from the UK National Literacy Strategy for Key Stage 1, so a few words may differ from your child's school list. Most overlap with the sight words taught in Australian classrooms. The dry-wipe pen isn't included.

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Why gift givers choose this

Targeted Word List with 160 tiles of high-frequency words for Year 1 and 2 readers
No Batteries and soft magnet clicks, so it's quiet enough for any room
Reusable Board with a double-sided dry-wipe surface for writing and rewriting
Three Ways To Play with Bingo, Hangman and Storymaker
Slim And Flat so it slips into a school bag or travel bag