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Phonics Toys for beginner readers ages 2-5

COLLECTION 1: PHONICS TOYS

Counting Pegs Number Toy Ten Frame Math Material for Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kindergarteners

COLLECTION 2: MATH TOYS

Phonics & Beginning Math Worksheet Downloads - Supplementary Resources

COLLECTION 3: DOWNLOADS - READING & MATH WORKSHEET SETS

Little Bud Kids' Free Resource Downloads - Hundreds Chart, Addition Control Chart

COLLECTION 4: DOWNLOADS - FREE RESOURCES

5 Vowel rods. 30 double-sided flashcards. 62 possible real words.

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Spin-and-Read Phonetic Reading Blocks & CVC Flashcard Set || A Phonics Toy for the Beginner Reader - Little Bud Kids

Spin-and-Read Blocks - A CVC Phonetic Reading Blocks Toy - Step #1

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Reading Made Easy.

Stumped on how to help your child learn to read? Curious about the Montessori approach to reading?

Screen-free and portable, these rotating phonetic reading blocks & CVC flashcard set introduce letter blending in a straight-forward way, empowering readers to decode, rhyme, and self-correct with ease.

Step #1 features CVC words. Step #2 features CVC + CVCe words.

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"My kindergartener can't get enough of this! She thinks it’s a toy, but I know it’s helping her learn, so it’s a win win. She loved using it to teach her little brothers- another total mom win! This will be something all my kids will enjoy for a long time- I couldn’t recommend it more if I tried!"

-Jen H.

Empowering. Exploratory. Exciting.

Reading does not have to be hard or overwhelming. Our Phonics Word Builder Series offers just the right amount of exposure and challenge.

Designed for self-exploration and self-correction. Help them sound it out. Then let them take the lead. The letters will do its magic. We just help set up the foundation.

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Explore our Counting Pegs Math Toy

Girl learning how to count using Counting Pegs Math Panels by Little Bud Kids

Peg it, count it, match it

Get your littlest mathematician to master ordering and number correspondence in no time.

Little Bud Kids Counting Pegs with Glass Beads Math Counters

Visual Math & the Ten Frame

Developing visual math skills is not done by pegging randomly-arranged holes. The holes on our panels are based off the design of the ten-frame model, a tool typically used to teach beginning math in schools.

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Counting Pegs Ten Frame Flashcards wtih Movable Number Squares for Kids 3-6 years

Addition & Subtraction Practice

For children ready to test their addition & subtraction skills, flashcards offer number facts practice and ensure comprehensive understanding.

Counting Pegs

A numeracy toy for all ages.

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Math for each level.

Little Bud Kids Wooden Rods Number Bonds Set

Little Bud Kids Montessori Baskets & Math Materials

Little Bud Kids House of Number Buddies Number Bonds Math Fact Families

House of Number Buddies Number Rods Math Puzzle

shoutouts from our customers

★★★★★
These counting pegs have improved retention in my kids. They are so versatile and absolutely gorgeous. We have so many more ways to play with them! Math is so much fun now.
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Well made and AWESOME tool for emerging readers (especially kinesthetic learners). I love that the spin letters can be used with or without the cards.
Julie S.

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The ten frames counting pegs by Little Bud Kids is amazing quality and we are so pleased with the product. For our 3 year old, being able to use multi-sensory tools for early math makes it fun and engaging for him. We have a lot of math manipulatives but this set is our favourite by far!
Stacey K.

★★★★★
Great fun for our four year old - appreciate the thoughtfulness in design and packaging so we can take it in the car on a road trip!
Christina

★★★★★
These are so great. They spin easily, are clearly very well made, hold up to the abuse my crazy kid subjects them to amazingly well, and are excellent learning tools. The included cards with words and pictures are also great. My kid whips through them, making the wood spinners match the words, but the backside has just the pictures without the words for when he’s ready to take that next step. These are complete learning tools for cvc learning and I’m completely satisfied with them. Strong recommend.
Alice S.

★★★★★
My favourite reading toy! My (then) 3yo uses it to practice his CVC spelling, match the words to the flashcards and read aloud. It also helps strengthen my 2yo's fine motor skills.
Mei T.
Los Angeles, CA

developmental skills

Develop your child's cognitive AND sensory skills with our multi-sensory reading & math toys.

We are influenced by the exploratory and self-discovery educational philosophies of Maria Montessori and our toys are designed to make these ideas acccessible and inviting to the ordinary family.

Give the gift of learning

Designed for multi-stage learning and growth, all our toys engage and challenge children through several learning levels.

Each toy comes with access to supplemental phonics and math facts guides + a downloadable practice worksheet set.

Eco-friendly & Sustainable

We say no to cookie-cutter plastic toys that are often over-stimulating and incredibly harmful to the world.

Our wood is sourced from sustainably-managed forests or are expertly designed out of repurposed wood. We invest in hardwood for our toys to increase durability and longevity.

Certified for Toy Safety

Our toys are free of harmful chemicals, paints, and substances. The wood pieces utilize water-based paints and finishes to ensure absolute safety for children.

We test our toys with TÜV SÜD, a German-based monitoring lab and are proud to exceed all requirements for toy safety in the U.S., UK, EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

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