Acorn Themed Early Literacy Skills Activities Oh my goodness! Fall is right around the corner. It's sad to see summer pass, but I love those chilly fall evenings. I look forward to the leaves changing colors. It is really beautiful in Northern Michigan! To celebrate autumn, we … [Read more...]
Apple Themed Rhyme and Alphabet File Folder Activities!
Rhyme and Alphabet File Folder Activities Rhyme and Alphabet File Folder Activities - We absolutely 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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Scarecrow Rhyme Activity
These scarecrow activities have certainly been a hit for fall themed centers! They are simply perfect for centers as they have a built-in self-checking feature. Creating the activity is super simple. Just print the activity on card stock and then cut the scarecrows and pictures … [Read more...]
Ice Cream Activities for Rhyme and the Alphabet
The Ice Cream Cone activity for rhyme has certainly been a hit with my kinder friends last year that I decided it was time to add an alphabet activity as well. Both activities are perfect for independent centers and you can easily differentiate the activities by choosing which … [Read more...]
Phonemic Awareness Intervention Kit
Years ago we started using the DIBELS assessment to screen students for reading difficulties and to monitor at-risk students throughout their intervention. We had all this wonderful data, but there seemed to be a gap between the data and then exactly how to use the data to guide … [Read more...]
Candy Corn Activities!
These candy corn activities have certainly been a hit for fall-themed centers! They are perfect for our kindergarten and first grade kiddos just learning the concept of rhyme and sound-symbol correspondence. For sure you'll want to differentiate this activity by choosing how many … [Read more...]
A Doggone Fun Phonological Awareness Activity
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 … [Read more...]
Valentine Rhyming Activity
Many of my preschool and kinder friends are now working with the concept of rhyme. Rhyming is an important early literacy skill as it helps our young readers understand that words are comprised of sounds which can be changed to make new and different words. This rhyming … [Read more...]