Cookie Sheet Activities for Early Literacy

admin September 17, 2015 No Comments

The Cookie Sheet Activities for Early Literacy have certainly been popular activities for our little preschool and kindergarten friends. Whenever we can add a hands-on element to our activities we accelerate learning. There’s tons of research supporting the use of a multi-sensory approach! When you download the cookie sheet activities for early literacy you will receive three different activities targeting early literacy skills. The first activity involves alphabetic order.  There are 9 templates available for upper- to lowercase matching, lowercase matching and just placing the letters in order. There are 71 colorful pictures and 10 templates for learning and practicing the concept of rhyme. The templates are differentiated as you can choose to use either four or two rhymes. Students can learn

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Activities for Teaching oi & oy

admin September 12, 2015 No Comments

I’m so excited to have finished the oi/oy phonics bundle. All the activities are laminated and ready to go! These activities were created specifically for independent centers as several versions of each activity are provided so that groups of students can be working at the same. All the activities fit in a 15″L x 11 1/2″W x 3 1/4″H Sterilite container (purchased at Walmart) so that when it is time to teach a specific skill all you need to do is grab the container from the shelf and you’re all set! Easy-peasy. The stackable containers are a great way to store activities. Each phonics bundle contains 11 hands-on activities for teaching a phonics skill.  The bundles contain an anchor chart

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Favorite Quote for Teachers

admin September 4, 2015 No Comments

One of my teacher friends had this quote hanging above her computer.  Every Monday when I visited her classroom I would make it a point read the quote.  It  just set the tone for my week and was a gentle reminder of the power we have as teachers in the lives of children.   Teaching skills, of course, is an important part of job, but establishing relationships and creating an atmosphere where all children feel valued is crucial.   Sometimes we have difficult children in our classrooms who can absolutely drive us crazy .  Especially with those children, it is very important that check ourselves and be sure that we are still treating those children with compassion and understanding. Click

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Vowel Sticks Freebie!

admin August 31, 2015 No Comments

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 help our kiddos hear the differences between the sounds. This activity can be easily differentiated as you can choose which and how many vowels to use during instruction. You may want to start with only two vowels for those students who are really having a difficult time with the sounds and then add more vowels as they become more proficient with this skill.  You can then increase the difficulty of this task by providing CVC words (e.g. cat, bet, web) and having your students

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Fun Little Activity for Learning Contractions

admin August 17, 2015 No Comments

Learning and practicing the phonics concept of contractions can be tons of fun!  The Make, Take & Teach Contraction Bingo activity is ideal for either your small group instruction or as an activity for independent centers. When you download this activity you will receive 5 bingo cards with 24 different contraction cards. You can download the Contraction Bingo! activity from my online Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website. Your kiddos will just love this little twist on an old classic activity. Enjoy!

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A Doggone Fun Phonological Awareness Activity

admin July 19, 2015 No Comments

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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Write It Phonics Cards for Early Reading

admin July 12, 2015 No Comments

The Write-It Phonics Cards Early Reading series is perfect for learning and practicing letters and sounds within words.  They are ideal for our little kindergarteners and beginning of the year first grade kiddos.  Simply print the cards, laminate and bind with a loose leaf ring and you’ll have activities that will last for years and years! When you download the Write-It cards for beginning sounds you’ll receive 59 cards for practicing sounds in the initial word position. Students write the beginning letter with a dry erase marker. When done, simply wipe clean and use over and over again! The Write-It Phonics Cards for Beginning Sounds is available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and through the Make, Take & Teach website.

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Fishing for Rhyme, Letters and CVC Words

admin July 6, 2015 No Comments

The kiddos absolutely LOVE practicing skills with the fishing activities! With just a little bit of assembly, you’ll have activities that will last for years and years.  I like to store the activities in these 16 1/2 L x 13 W x 6 5/8 Sterilite containers. Just to add a little color I made these stickers that can be placed around the container. Simply print the file on a full size Avery label, cut and then adhere to the outside of the container. Click the following link to download this sticker: Fishing Container Sticker To make it seem as if the fish are swimming in water I cut a square piece of foam and placed in on the bottom of the container.

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D.I.Y. Letter Stamps

admin July 1, 2015 No Comments

Making your own alphabet stamps is super easy and requires only a few items which you can easily find at any dollar store. I absolutely love these stamps I made with the foam puzzle and pumice blocks. They are just the perfect size for little hands. There are several options that you can use instead of the pumice sponges. I’ve seen stamps made from wooden blocks or styrofoam blocks. I like the pumice sponges as they are a little more sturdy that just styrofoam and a little less expensive than the wooden blocks. The first step is to cut the rectangles in half. If you are making stamps for all the letters, you will need 13 squares. If you are

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Parent Intervention Kits

admin June 29, 2015 No Comments

These parent kits are ideal for parents who wish to work with their child at home. Each kit contains 10 activities designed to target specific phonemic awareness and phonics skills.  When you order a kit you will receive all the printed materials (in color and on 90 lb card stock) and items in a sturdy Sterilite container delivered right to your front door!  These activities are hands on activities so some assembly is required. Five parent kits are available: Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetic Principle, Short Vowels/CVC Words, Blends/Digraphs and Magic e. Of course we accepts school purchase orders for all Make, Take & Teach hard good products. Just click the following link to download the order form: Purchase Order Form

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