Tell us about an unexpected outcome from having used this kit. The unexpected outcome has been the influence this kit has had on oral language development and how this has come through in their ability to add further information to their writing.

“From the moment we opened this kit the children engaged in some imaginative challenges from fishing for letters of the week, time challenges for the most CVC words, practicing spelling words and utilising to titles for supporting letter formation. The other components of the kit were integrated into the development of a supermarket with a cafe where the chefs could make sandwiches to order based on the food item cards. The kit is fully inter grated into our literacy rotations as a loved activity and our supermarket/cafe is a popular activity in our Discovery sessions. Thank you so much Countdown and School Kit for this awesome resource.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Tell us about an unexpected outcome from having used this kit. It created great conversations around magnetism - all sparked by the rod picking up one of the shopping lists as a tile was underneath it. We then introduced magnets into our play based learning and its still going strong three weeks later.

“The countdown tiles kit was AMAZING! From the very beginning the excitement was high unwrapping the tiles, we had loads of fun sorting them by colour, then by character, then flipping them over to sort by the letter. I hadn't even revealed the magnetic rods and shopping lists yet! I used every activity as literacy rotations and all of them were a hit! Matching capitals to lower case letters, spelling out sight words, matching tiles to the shopping lists, making our sandwiches! We even had our own little mini swap day - strengthening the home school connection as parents came in and watched them using the tiles as a learning tool before taking them home and doing it at home too. They all remarked what a neat idea it was and would've loved the magnetic rods sold at countdown as well. Thanks so much Countdown and School Kit - you're fantastic!”

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Posted 5 years ago

Tell us about an unexpected outcome from having used this kit. Unexpectedly, there was a much more social aspect to the kit than I had anticipated. Before school students would often work with the tiles before school, and create their own little games. A lot of fun. Thank you!

“The children have enjoyed the practical nature of this kit. In particular, the magnetic 'fishing rods'. As the teacher I appreciated the focus on letter identification and word knowledge/ making words.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Tell us about an unexpected outcome from having used this kit. I didn't expect the children to enjoy the games as much as they did. I hope the novelty does not wear off.

“The kids enjoyed the games. They were particularly excited about the tiles as they were familiar with them. They even wanted to swap them for some of the ones they don't have. I have to police them pretty well to ensure I don't lose any. As a teacher, I was able to see how I could utilise them better as an on-going class independent activity to ensure their letter knowledge is maintained. It was also a great way to introduce them to some new vocabulary as they didn't know the names of some of the items. It was enjoyed by both my Year 4's and my Year 2's so great coverage in my class of multi levels.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Thank you school kit. All of the tamariki loved the countdown tiles. Every day they are used in the classroom. Their oral language has improved as well.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“My students in Room 10 at PCS loved this kit! We even added our own tiles to the mix. The fishing rods were a huge hit and we even learned about some new foods along the way as well as a fun way to practice spelling words. Thanks schoolkit!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“We are having so much fun using the letter tiles- we have them out during literacy time, a great way to practise spelling words and make sentences. We are getting lots of tile donations too!! Looking forward to integrating them into our shopping experiences during maths time along with all our little shop toys. Fantastic resource thanks school kit”

Word Shopping Disney Tiles 19 Reviews