Halloween Themed File Folder Activities!

We just LOVE October – the changing of the leaves, the crisp morning air, and pulling out all those halloween themed games! Fun! I have to admit that the fall themed and halloween themed activities are my favorites! A few years ago my artist created this absolutely adorable spider and I just loved creating games and activities using him. For our little preschool and kindergarten friends, I created both rhyme and alphabet activities. When you download the spider themed activity for rhyme you will receive the templates and corresponding spiders for creating four unique file folder activities designed to learn and practice the skill of rhyme. Two templates contain 6 rhyming matches and two templates for 8 matches! The File

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Phonemic Awareness FREEBIE!

The research is very clear regarding the relationship between phonological/ phonemic awareness skills and later reading achievement. Children need to have an appreciation of how sounds can be put together to create words. Incorporating phonemic awareness activities into our lessons is critically important and they really don’t need to take up a significant amount of time. Quick and easy activities such as the Doggie, Where’s My Bone? activity are perfect for use during your small group instruction. This particular activity teaches students to recognize the position of sounds within words. You simply say a word containing 3 sounds– such as “cat”– and then a sound within the word– such as /a/. The student places a bone on either the head, body or

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Fall Themed File Folder Activities!

Oh my goodness! Fall is right around the corner. It’s sad to see summer pass, but I just love those chilly fall evenings and look forward to the changing of the colors of the leaves.  It’s really beautiful in Northern Michigan! To celebrate fall, we created these adorable fall themed file folder activities for learning basic literacy skills. The acorn rhyme match activity contains 4 differentiated file folder activities designed to teach the skill of rhyme. Two templates contains matches for 9 acorns and the other two for 6 matches. These activities are perfect for independent centers. The File Folder Acorn Rhyme Match activity is available in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. The acorn sound match activity is ideal

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Apple Themed File Folder Activities for Early Literacy!

I just love file folder activities. Once assembled, all the materials you need for an interactive activity is right there at your fingertips! Although you can use these apple themed file folder activities all year, they are especially great for fall themed centers. For our little ones just learning letters and sounds, the apple themed sound match activity is perfect. When you download this file you will receive 12 file folder activities where the student is required to sort two beginning sounds. There are five apples for each sound making 10 colorful sorting apples for each folder! The Apple Themed File Folder Activities for Beginning Sounds can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. The apple themed beginning

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Robin Themed Activities for Learning the Alphabet

We just LOVE file folder activities! Once assembled, you’ll have ready made activities that will last for years! Just for spring themed centers we created file folder activities using this adorable robin! The Robin Letter Match activities contains 12 file folder activities with over 100 colorful eggs containing the beginning sound! Simply glue the templates on a file folder, laminate the folder and eggs and you’ll be all set. Although not necessary, I place velcro on the nest and then on the back of each egg. The Robin’s Nest Sound Match activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. The Robin’s Nest Sound Match file folder activities offers another twist on learning letters and sounds. With this

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What to do When Your Child Gets Stuck on a Word

My daughter, Lizzie, is now 21 and will be graduating from college soon. Many moons ago, when she was seven, we received word from her teacher that she wasn’t where she should be in terms of reading. Unlike my other two children, Lizzie just wasn’t into reading and I have to admit, our busy life seemed to get into the way of a nightly commitment to read. Knowing the importance of reading with your child daily, we made a concerted effort to read with Liz for at least 20 minutes each night. One night as I was walking by the couch I heard my husband tell Liz to “just sound it out”. As I peeked over at the book, the

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Easter Themed File Folder Activities

We just LOVE file folder activities. There’s a little bit of assembly on the front end, but once assembled, the activities will last for years. Creating the file folder activities is pretty easy. Simply glue the templates on a file folder and then laminate the folder and corresponding egg pieces. Just cut the pieces and you’re ready to go! To keep the file folder pieces organized, I place them in a baggie and clip the baggie to each file folder. For my preschool and kinder friends, I made the Easter Egg Rhyme Match activity. When you download the Easter Egg Rhyme Match activity you will receive templates and corresponding egg pieces for creating three file folder activities. Each file folder

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It’s Madness! Basketball Themed Activities!

We just love college basketball! Our favorite team, Michigan State University, has a pretty good chance of making it far in the March Madness tournament. Many of our little friends also enjoy this time of year so it’s fun to pull out our basketball themed activities! Out Basketball themed bundle for sight words contains five interactive activities for learning and practicing the Dolch 220 sight words. Contained in this file are 9 file folder sight word game boards for each sight word list, 3 Climb & Slide file folder game boards, 9 Race to the Top and 4-In-A-Row game boards and the Swish! Sight Word activity. So much to keep our little basketball fans busy! The Swish! game is one

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Valentine’s Day Themed File Folder Activities

We just LOVE file folder activities! Once assembled, the activities last for years and years. Just grab your activity and all the materials are right at your fingertips. Here are a few of our favorites for celebrating Valentine’s Day! When you download the File Folder Heart Rhyme Match activity you will receive the templates for creating four differentiated file folder activities for learning and practicing the skill of rhyme. Simply glue the templates on a file folder, laminate and cut the heart halves. That’s all there is to it. Placing Velcro on the hearts is totally optional. The File Folder Heart Rhyme Match activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. There are eight file folder activities

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“Sweet” Activities for Teaching Rhyme and the Alphabet

We just love file folder activities. Once assembled, the activities will last for years and years! Assembling the file folders is super easy. Just adhere the templates to a file folder, laminate the folder and cupcake tops and cut the tops along the dotted line. You may wish to place Velcro on the cupcake tops and template, but that’s totally optional. That’s pretty much it! The activities are great for either independent centers or for direct instruction. When you download the cupcake activity for rhyme you will receive the templates for creating four differentiated file folder activities and 3o cupcake tops containing colorful rhyming pics! The File Folder Cupcake Rhyme Match activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay

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