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Magic Pebbles
Magic Pebbles brings the wonder of nature into literacy learning, transforming reading instruction into a multisensory, hands-on experience. Developed by Annemarie Roux for Yellow Tree Reading Academy, this innovative resource combines phonics instruction with play, helping children physically build, manipulate, and connect sounds to letters using real pebbles.
Grounded in the Science of Reading, this resource supports phonological and phonemic awareness through tactile engagement. As learners touch, move, and arrange lettered pebbles, they strengthen their neural connections for sound-symbol mapping, blending, and segmenting—key components of fluent reading and accurate spelling.
A reading game designed for teachers, therapists, and parents, Magic Pebbles turns reading practice into a calming, creative, and deeply memorable learning experience.
- Strengthens Phonological and Phonemic Awareness – Helps children physically manipulate sounds, supporting blending, segmenting, and sound-letter correspondence.
- Supports Orthographic Mapping – Reinforces neural connections between sounds and written symbols, improving decoding and spelling fluency.
- Engages Multiple Senses – Combines touch, sight, and sound for powerful multisensory learning aligned with structured literacy principles.
- Improves Focus and Fine Motor Skills – Encourages concentration, precision, and coordination through tactile interaction with natural materials.
- Reduces Learning Anxiety – Provides a soothing, play-based learning environment that helps struggling readers relax and engage.
- Environmentally Friendly and Cost-Effective – Uses natural, reusable materials, making literacy learning sustainable and accessible for all classrooms.
