Complete Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens Bundle

What Are Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens?

• Marvi’s Way® Sound/Spelling Cards are fun, flexible, multisensory tools that make learning to read and spell enjoyable for young learners. These cards help children connect sounds with letters, remember spelling patterns, and build essential reading and spelling skills with confidence.
• Marvi’s Way® Elkonin Tokens are small tiles or chips that students move into a box for each individual sound they hear in a word. They are a hands-on, multisensory tool to help children understand that words are made up of individual speech sounds (phonemes)—an essential skill for learning to read and spell.

Who Are Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens For?

• Marvi’s Way® Sound/Spelling Cards are fun, flexible, multisensory tools that make learning to read and spell enjoyable for young learners. These cards help children connect sounds with letters, remember spelling patterns, and build essential reading and spelling skills with confidence.
• Marvi’s Way® Elkonin Tokens are small tiles or chips that students move into a box for each individual sound they hear in a word. They are a hands-on, multisensory tool to help children understand that words are made up of individual speech sounds (phonemes)—an essential skill for learning to read and spell.

How Do They Support Learning?

• Use the Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens alongside Marvi’s Way® Phonemic Awareness Activities and decoding (blending) and encoding (spelling) lessons.
• The Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens make learning more interactive and help children remember new skills.
• Use the Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens to create games, to turn blending (combining sounds to make a word) and segmenting (breaking a word into individual sounds) into fun activities.
• Use the Sound/Spelling Cards to help children connect sounds to their spellings and build reading and spelling skills with confidence.
• Use the Elkonin Tokens for engaging and varied practice activities.
• As children become more skilled, the games they play with the Sound/Spelling Cards and Tokens can be made more challenging. This keeps learning fun, engaging, and tailored to their progress.

What’s Included

• Each of the cards and tokens comes with two printable options: a double-sided set for sturdy card stock (also printable single-sided), or individual cards for easy printing on regular paper.
• Simple, step-by-step directions are provided, along with links to helpful resources that deepen your understanding of the science of reading. You’ll also find creative ideas to help you make the most of your Sound/Spelling Cards and Tokens.

Lesson Content and Structure

• The printable Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens support every Marvi’s Way® lesson. They make learning the sound/spelling system fun and engaging, helping students quickly build skills and confidence.
• The Novice Sound/Spelling Cards cover 25 key English sounds—short vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and consonants (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z)—offering comprehensive support for early readers.
• Modules 1-5 Sound/Spelling Cards cover all 45 English sounds and their most common spellings, making it easy for students to learn and remember.
• Each Sound/Spelling Card highlights one English sound, a memorable picture to aid pronunciation, common spelling patterns, and a playful phrase or ditty to make learning enjoyable and rewarding.
• The Elkonin Tokens include tiles for all 45 English sounds, their most common spellings, and more. There are colored tiles (black for consonants, green for short vowels, and red for long vowels), plus others representing different English sounds. Each token features a memorable picture on one side to aid pronunciation and common spelling patterns on the other, helping children remember how each sound is spelled.

What Makes Marvi’s Way® Special?

• Marvi’s Way® was born from a mother’s love and determination. When Marvi’s own son struggled to read and write until he was 13, she experienced the frustration and heartache so many families know. She created these lessons to offer real hope and practical solutions—so every child can thrive in school, and every family can celebrate their child’s success.
• Marvi’s Way® evidence-based lessons help turn hesitant readers into confident readers and skilled spellers.
• Marvi’s Way® uses proven, step-by-step lessons that build reading, spelling, and writing skills. These lessons empower you—whether you are a parent or educator—to help students succeed with confidence.
• The lessons are thoughtfully designed to fit your busy schedule—whether you have just 10 minutes, half an hour, or more—so you can make the most of every learning opportunity.

Flexible Support:

• These materials are a perfect addition to Marvi’s Way® Novice and Modules 1-5 Reading and Spelling Programs, but they’re also flexible enough to support most other evidence-based phonics programs you may already use.

Immediate Access

• Purchase of the Complete Bundle includes both sets of Marvi’s Way® Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens for the Novice and Modules 1-5 Programs.
• After purchasing the materials, two emails will be sent. The first email confirms your purchase, and the second provides a link to download your materials directly to your computer. There’s no need to wait for shipping; you can start using your Sound/Spelling Cards and Elkonin Tokens right away!