Hard and Soft Sounds of C and G Shortly after students learn the letters and sounds of the alphabet we teach them that the vowels and several consonants actually have two sounds. The consonants “c” and “g” are two of the letters that make different sounds depending on the letters that follow them in the […]
St. Patrick’s Day Games! Emmett and Eleanor absolutely love these St. Patrick’s Day games for learning and practicing sight words and targeted phonics skills! I just love these games too! They are fast paced and offer tons and tons of opportunities to read words. Not only do we have the Lucky You! activity for the […]
Games for Teaching Contractions In our everyday speech, we use contractions. Contractions are a kind of “short cut” in the way we use words to communicate. Think about it for a bit. If you were going to tell a friend that you aren’t going to lunch, are you likely to say, “I am not going […]
Your students will just love these Valentine’s Day rhyme activities! Teaching students to rhyme is one of the first phonemic awareness activities we introduce. When we teach students to rhyme we are teaching them to appreciate that words contain individual …
Mitten File Folder Activities! Well….the snow is just flying in northern Michigan and so it is time to pull out all our winter themed activities! These mitten file folder activities for rhyme and the alphabet are perfect for winter themed …
Teaching the Sounds of -ed Teaching the sounds of -ed at the end of the word indicates that something has happened in the past. The -ed ending is actually what we call a “morpheme” – a unit of meaning. …
During the chilly winter months of December, January and February, it’s always fun to pull out our addition games for winter math centers. Actually, living in northern Michigan, winter activities can be appropriate all the way until mid April. I …
Penguin File Folder Activities! Well….the snow is just starting to fly in northern Michigan and so it is time to pull out all our winter themed activities! These penguin themed file folder activities for rhyme and the alphabet are perfect …
The winter themed Climb and Slide activities are a fun twist to an old favorite game of Chutes & Ladders. The activities are perfect for independent practice of targeted phonics skills in your literacy centers. Once laminated, you’ll have ready-made …
Alphabet Matching Games My fabulous artist, Kyle, created these super adorable penguins. I just couldn’t wait to use them to create these penguin alphabet activities! They are perfect for creating winter learning activities for our little ones. These alphabet matching …
Rhyme and Alphabet File Folder Activities We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE file folder activities! So easy to assemble – and once assembled, they last for years. Everything you need is just right there! Just grab your desired folder and the activity …
Teaching Short Vowel Sounds Those short vowel sounds can really trip up our young readers. Several of the vowels sound so similar it’s no wonder that they can be so tricky. Discrimination activities, such as this vowel sticks activity, can …
These candy corn rhyme activities and alphabet activities have certainly been a hit for fall themed literacy centers! They are perfect for our kindergarten and first grade students just learning the concept of rhyme and the letters and sounds …
