16. A set, comprising: a plurality of spelling totems, each of said totems including an elongated, generally rectangular box-shaped member having a top end, a bottom end, a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface and a fourth side surface, a first letter language family that is disposed along the first side surface, a second letter language family that is disposed along the second side surface, a third letter language family that is disposed along the third side surface, and a fourth letter language family that is disposed along the fourth side surface, wherein the rectangular member includes a plurality of horizontal ridges that extend across each of the first, second, third and fourth side surfaces, said ridges functioning to create the appearance of a series of vertically aligned building blocks, each of the first, second, third and fourth letter language families include a different single letter from an alphabet, and a plurality of letter implementations, and wherein the alphabet consists of the modern English alphabet, and at least one language letter family is directed to each of the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z.
16. A set, comprising: a plurality of spelling totems, each of said totems including an elongated, generally rectangular box-shaped member having a top end, a bottom end, a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface and a fourth side surface, a first letter language family that is disposed along the first side surface, a second letter language family that is disposed along the second side surface, a third letter language family that is disposed along the third side surface, and a fourth letter language family that is disposed along the fourth side surface, wherein the rectangular member includes a plurality of horizontal ridges that extend across each of the first, second, third and fourth side surfaces, said ridges functioning to create the appearance of a series of vertically aligned building blocks, each of the first, second, third and fourth letter language families include a different single letter from an alphabet, and a plurality of letter implementations, and wherein the alphabet consists of the modern English alphabet, and at least one language letter family is directed to each of the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z. 19. The set of claim 16 , wherein each letter family that is directed toward a vowel contains a surface texturing that is different from a surface texturing of each letter family that is directed toward a consonant.