This may be the best tool in teaching lower case letter recognition! Each chunky, brightly coloured, basic letter bead contains an extra large hole at the side for easy string with any numbers of materials. String together the alphabet, sight words, names and places. Use in arts and crafts projects. The collection of letters features more of commonly used letters and less of those not so common. With 288 in the set, there are plenty for lots of activities. 288 lower case letter beads, 0.875? tall and teaching guide.