Toys That Develop Spelling
Our Top 5 Picks
Engaging CVC Word Builder for Kids
The hand2mind Beginning Word Builder is an exciting educational tool for children aged 3 to 5. This innovative toy combines durable letter wheels with engaging Activity Cards to make learning vowel-consonant (VC) and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words a playful adventure! As parents and educators, we love how it fosters early literacy skills by turning word building into an interactive game, allowing kids to spin their way to mastering sight words and spelling. 3-5 years
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Engaging CVC Word Builder for Kids comes with 60 double-sided flashcards that turn reading practice into a fun spinning game—perfect for building vocabulary without the typical homework struggle!
Magnetic Wand Reading Readiness Set
The hand2mind Reading Readiness Activity Set opens up a world of literacy adventure for our little ones! This engaging set not only introduces children to the exciting realm of letters and sounds but also nurtures essential skills like spelling, phonics, and letter recognition. With its magnetic wands and colorful chip set, learning becomes a hands-on, multisensory experience that makes reading fun! Preschool
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Magnetic Wand Reading Readiness Set includes colorful chips that turn reading practice into a hands-on adventure, making literacy feel like one big, exciting game!
Cody's Bus: Fun Learning Adventure
Cody's Bus and Track from VTech CoComelon is the perfect way to kickstart your child’s first day at school! This engaging toy not only brings the beloved character to life but also helps little learners develop their spelling and social skills while they enjoy sing-along songs. By patting Cody’s head, your child gets to see the wonderful connection between actions and outcomes, fostering an understanding of cause and effect. 1.5+ years
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Cody's Bus features engaging sing-along songs that make learning feel like playtime, helping little ones grasp spelling and social interactions while enjoying their favorite character.
Alphabet Garden Learning Adventure Set
The Learning Resources Alphabet Garden Activity Set transforms learning into a vibrant adventure for little ones! Designed with preschoolers in mind, this delightful set offers 15+ interactive activities that spark curiosity while building essential letter recognition, spelling, and fine motor skills. With colorful flowers and friendly bee friends, children can explore imaginative play while mastering their ABCs—perfect to set them up for success in the classroom. 3+ years
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Alphabet Garden Learning Adventure Set includes 15+ interactive activities that transform letter learning into a vivid, playful experience—making ABCs feel like a blossoming adventure!
Skill Builders! 1st Grade Reading Fun
Skill Builders! 1st Grade Reading is our go-to resource for laying a strong foundation in language skills for our little ones. This engaging 88-piece set offers hands-on activities that make learning about phonics, word blends, and high-frequency words both enjoyable and effective. 6+ years
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Skill Builders! 1st Grade Reading Fun includes 88 engaging pieces that transform learning phonics and sight words into an interactive adventure that packs up for on-the-go fun!
Unlock Learning with 5-Letter Wordlet Fun!
5-Letter Wordlet is the perfect way for families and friends to engage in fun while honing their vocabulary skills. Inspired by the online word craze, this game transforms game night into an educational adventure, allowing kids to develop their spelling, critical thinking, and communication skills as they guess the secret word. With unlimited rounds thanks to the dry erase boards, it keeps everyone eager to learn and play together. 8+ years
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Unlock Learning with 5-Letter Wordlet Fun! features dry erase boards for unlimited rounds, making family game nights both engaging and a clever way to boost learning together.
Slam Words Quick Vocabulary Game
The Foxmind Slam Words Quick Word Game is an exhilarating way to boost vocabulary skills for kids and adults alike. As we shake the letter dice in the innovative travel cup, creativity and quick thinking come to life as we race to craft words, sharpen our spelling, and enhance our memory in just 20 thrilling minutes! Whether it's family game night or a party with friends, this engaging game fosters healthy competition and ensures that learning feels like play. 8+ years
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Slam Words Quick Vocabulary Game features shakeable letter dice in a travel cup, making word crafting a thrilling, on-the-go adventure that turns learning into playful family face-offs!
Miraculous Stickers: Fun Learning Adventures
Miraculous 1500+ Super Stickers is a magical way for our kids to express their creativity while featuring their favorite heroes! As we dive into this delightful sticker book, our budding artists can develop their fine motor skills by peeling and placing stickers, all while learning to spell with the included alphabet stickers. Imagine the joy when they create their own adventurous scenes or write heartfelt messages in journals and cards! 3+ years
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Miraculous Stickers: Fun Learning Adventures offers over 1500 super stickers that ignite creativity, making every scribble and spell a magical journey of self-expression.
Zingo! Booster Pack: Expand Learning Fun
Zingo! Booster Pack #1 is the perfect way to elevate your family's Zingo! game experience! 4-8 years
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Zingo! Booster Pack adds 24 new words to our game night, transforming family fun into a lively vocabulary building adventure that keeps everyone engaged!
Magnetic Uppercase Letters for Learning
Teacher Created Resources Magnetic Letters - Uppercase brings the excitement of the alphabet right into your home! This vibrant set of 48 letters, featuring seven eye-catching colors, makes learning to read and spell engaging for children aged 6 and above. Each letter is perfectly sized for little hands, allowing for hands-on exploration and the development of essential literacy skills. 6+ years
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Magnetic Uppercase Letters for Learning features 48 vibrant letters that transform spelling into a colorful adventure, making early literacy feel like a fun game instead of a chore.
Boost Reading Skills with Fun Flash Cards
Teacher Created Resources Phonics Flash Cards are designed to make learning to read and spell a joyful adventure! As fellow parents and educators, we know how essential it is for our children to grasp the sounds of letters and combinations. This vibrant set not only captivates students' attention with its colorful designs but also encourages engagement in individual, group, or classroom settings. 4-8 years
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Boost Reading Skills with Fun Flash Cards captivates learners with colorful designs and versatile activities, turning reading into a joyful adventure and building a strong foundation for literacy.
Vibrant Magnetic Letters for Learning
The Teacher Created Resources Pastel Pop Bold Block 3" Magnetic Letters set transforms any learning space into a colorful and interactive environment. Perfect for classrooms and playrooms alike, these 55 magnetic letters engage children in hands-on letter recognition, spelling, and punctuation skills. With their durable design, we love that they can be reused year after year, making them a practical and stylish addition to our educational toolkit. 3+ years
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Vibrant Magnetic Letters for Learning includes 55 colorful letters that turn any space into a fun learning hub, making literacy exciting and engaging for curious little minds.
Unlock Literacy with Reading Rods Fun!
hand2mind Reading Rods Prefixes & Suffixes is an extraordinary tool designed to make learning fun and interactive for our young readers! These vibrant, color-coded rods allow our kids to explore the world of phonics, building essential skills like decoding, spelling, and understanding word roots. By engaging with these tactile manipulatives, our little learners get to grasp important literacy concepts and build their confidence in reading, while enjoying hands-on activities that keep them motivated and excited about learning! 5-10 years
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Unlock Literacy with Reading Rods Fun! features vibrant, color-coded rods that make diving into phonics feel like a hands-on adventure, transforming reading into a joyful quest for learning.
Spin Master Upwords: Stack & Spell Fun
Upwords, the Stackable Word Game, is a fantastic way to blend fun and learning for families! Designed for players aged 8 and above, this engaging game allows kids to develop crucial literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and strategic thinking. With its unique rotating board and high-stacking mechanics, players not only challenge each other but also gain a sense of accomplishment as they stack their way to victory. 8+ years
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Spin Master Upwords features a unique rotating board that makes spelling feel like a fun, competitive tower-building adventure, while sneaking in valuable literacy skills.
Sparkly Alphabet Adventure Stickers
READY 2 LEARN Glitter Foam Stickers are the perfect tool to spark creativity while reinforcing literacy skills! With 156 vibrant and glittery letters, kids can express themselves by decorating their belongings in a fun and engaging way. These self-adhesive stickers not only add a tactile 3D element to crafts, but they also encourage children to practice spelling and word formation in an exciting hands-on manner. 3-8 years
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Sparkly Alphabet Adventure Stickers include 156 vibrant letters that transform crafts into a literacy playground, making spelling and creativity feel like pure fun!
Unlock Learning Fun with Chuckle & Roar
Chuckle & Roar Jigsaw Puzzle Matching and Spelling Edition 50 Dry Erase Friendly Mazes is the ultimate educational play set that transforms learning into an adventure! With three levels of difficulty, it grows alongside your child, fostering independent problem-solving skills and boosting their confidence. The self-correcting images make it easy for kids to navigate the challenges, while the vibrant markers spark creativity and engagement. 4+ years
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Unlock Learning Fun with Chuckle & Roar includes three levels of difficulty, making learning an evolving adventure that builds confident little scholars with every puzzle!
Boggle Jr: Fun Alphabet Learning Game
Boggle Jr, The Original Grow-With-Me Alphabet Learning Game, is a wonderful introduction to letters and words for preschoolers. We love how this game grows with our little ones, offering two engaging levels of play that make learning the ABC's a blast! Players can match colorful letter cubes to vibrant 2-sided picture cards and later challenge themselves to spell from memory using the word shield. 3+ years
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Boggle Jr features colorful letter cubes and vibrant picture cards that turn learning the ABCs into an engaging adventure, making literacy fun and accessible for our little ones.
Dr. Seuss Scrabble: Rhymes and Words Unite!
Scrabble Dr. Seuss Board Game turns an already beloved classic into a whimsical adventure! As fellow parents and educators, we know how important it is to nurture our children's love for language, and this game brings the magic of Dr. 8+ years
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Dr. Seuss Scrabble: Rhymes and Words Unite! puts whimsical Dr. Seuss cards in play, turning family game night into a riot of laughter and wordplay while expanding our kids' vocab.
Magnetic Letters for Early Literacy Fun
The Teacher Created Resources Magnetic Letters Deluxe Set is a vibrant and engaging way to introduce early literacy skills to children ages 3 and up. With a colorful assortment of 130 durable letters—52 uppercase in bold blue and 78 lowercase in bright red—kids can explore the world of phonics and spelling right on any magnetically receptive surface. This set promotes letter recognition, vocabulary development, and essential fine motor skills while keeping little learners entertained and excited about reading. 3+ years
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Magnetic Letters for Early Literacy Fun includes 130 durable letters that make exploring phonics feel like a delightful, colorful adventure right on the fridge or any magnetic surface.
Rainbow Lowercase Magnetic Letters Set
The hand2mind Rainbow Lowercase Magnetic Letters are a fantastic hands-on tool for nurturing your child's early literacy skills! Designed perfectly for tiny fingers, these bright and colorful letters not only make learning fun, but also help children develop letter recognition, word building, and spelling. With enough magnets for a classroom or home setting, they encourage collaborative play and literacy exploration among peers. Preschool
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Rainbow Lowercase Magnetic Letters Set includes vibrant letters that make literacy exploration a colorful adventure, turning playtime into a giggle-filled learning session.
Boost Literacy Skills with Match & Spell
Match & Spell is a delightful adventure into the world of words! As fellow parents and educators, we know how important it is to nurture early reading and spelling skills in our little ones. This engaging game not only promotes letter recognition and phonetic word building, but it also offers two exciting ways to play, making it perfect for both solo adventures and multiplayer fun. 4+ years
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Match & Spell offers two exciting ways to play, turning early literacy learning into a vibrant game that keeps kids engaged and confident in their reading journey.
Engaging Puzzle Fun for Curious Minds
Three Little Twigs: Puzzle Book 8pc Bundle is the perfect solution for keeping our kids entertained while sharpening their minds! With four themed word search books and four crossword puzzle books, children aged 9 and up can dive into worlds of vocabulary and critical thinking. These puzzles not only boost spelling and language skills but also enhance problem-solving abilities—it's like a workout for their brains! 9+ years
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Engaging Puzzle Fun for Curious Minds includes four themed word search and crossword books, making learning feel like a delightful adventure for young puzzle enthusiasts.
Engaging Sight Word Learning Game
Educational Insights Sight Word Slam makes learning to read an adventure for young learners! Designed for kids 5 and up, this exciting game combines fun gameplay with essential reading skills, helping to improve vocabulary, phonics, and reading fluency. With two interactive modes, children can listen, slam, and learn as they recognize and spell over 185 sight words—making reading not only educational but incredibly enjoyable. 5+ years
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Engaging Sight Word Learning Game features two interactive modes for exciting gameplay, turning reading practice into an adventure that kids can't resist!
Spanish Scrabble: Fun and Learning Combined
Spanish Scrabble is the perfect way to bring language learning to the family game night! This engaging game not only strengthens vocabulary but also enhances spelling and strategic thinking skills. We love how it introduces our kids to the nuances of the Spanish language, with special tiles like LL and Ñ that make it uniquely exciting. 8+ years
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Spanish Scrabble introduces unique tiles like LL and Ñ, making language learning a competitive and fun game night experience that the whole family can enjoy.