Letter and Sound Pencil

Letter and Sound Pencil

The letter and sound pencil is a sensory and educational toy, handmade and 3D-printed in Belgium by Play This Way. This stackable pencil allows you to build words: each colored block represents a sound group, and you stack them on top of each other to form a complete pencil – from tip to eraser.

Start with the pencil tip and stack a sound block on top each time to form your word. Blue for consonants, yellow for vowels and 'y', orange for other sounds, green for long vowels, and red for digraphs (sound combinations). End your word with the eraser at the top – the pencil is complete once your word is finished.

Contents

1 pencil tip
1 eraser
6 blue blocks: consonants
4 yellow blocks: vowels + y
1 orange block: other sounds
1 green block: long vowels
2 red blocks: digraphs

Learning Objectives

Phonological awareness: distinguishing consonants, vowels, and sound combinations by color
Word formation: stacking letters/sounds to create a correct word
Fine motor skills: stacking and balancing blocks
Language development: reading words aloud and naming sounds
Self-correction: checking whether the "pencil" (the word) is correct from tip to eraser

Dimensions

Sound blocks: all the same size, approx. 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm (hexagonal)
Pencil tip and eraser: fitting the blocks, pencil-shaped

Handmade and 3D-printed with care, in our own workshop in Belgium.

Where play leads the way.