The Literacy Squares Rug Primary displays the full lowercase alphabet across a bold grid of nested square frames on a deep royal blue ground. Each square is built from concentric frames in red, orange, yellow, green, and blue alternating between letter squares and solid color-center squares across the full 48-square grid. With 48 squares across three available sizes, this rug works as a seating rug, a literacy reference, and a color recognition tool simultaneously. Every seat is a learning opportunity built directly into the floor. Size Seat Size Best For 4' x 6' 7" x 8" Small group areas, reading corners, home learning 6' x 9' 11" x 12" Pre-K and kindergarten classrooms 8' x 12' 15" x 16" Full class seating, early elementary classrooms All three sizes feature 48 squares. The seat dimensions scale with the rug — choose the size that fits your classroom footprint and your students' physical size. The nested frame design gives the rug a visual sophistication that standard grid rugs lack. Each square has its own layered color story outer frame, inner frame, center block, which rewards close attention and gives children specific visual elements to identify and discuss within their own seat. The alternating pattern of letter squares and color-center squares means the alphabet is distributed across the rug rather than running in a predictable sequence. Children quickly learn to find specific letters, which builds visual scanning and letter recognition skills that transfer directly to reading fluency. Teaching Ideas Lowercase letter recognition and phonics The full lowercase alphabet distributed across 48 squares gives children a daily letter-recognition activity built into their seat. Call a letter sound and ask children to hop to the matching square. Ask who is sitting on a vowel, who is on a consonant, or who can find the letter that starts their name. Because the letters are not in alphabetical order, locating a specific letter requires active visual scanning rather than positional memory - a more demanding and transferable skill. Color identification and nested frame patterns The nested frame structure of each square introduces the concept of inside and outside, and the layered color frames give children specific vocabulary to practice: outer frame, inner frame, center. Ask students to identify all the squares with a red outer frame, find the square where yellow is the center color, or count how many different color combinations appear across the full grid. The color variety and nested structure make this rug a genuine geometry and color curriculum tool. Grid organization and classroom management Forty-eight clearly defined squares give teachers one of the highest seat-count seating rugs in the CFK lineup. Assign seats by letter for individual accountability, use frame color for group assignments, or use position in the grid for coordinate-based activities. The deep blue ground makes every square easy to locate from a standing adult's sightline, which makes attendance, monitoring, and transition management faster throughout the school day. Specifications & Certifications • Made in the U.S.A. by Carpets for Kids • Meets NFPA 253, Class 1 Firecode • Lifetime anti-microbial protection • Double-stitched serged edges • Anti-static protection • Assists in allergen particle control • Carpet stain protection • CRI Green Label Plus certified