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Posted on March 9, 2023March 14, 2023

Short Vowel Word Mapping Activities

I've been learning more and more about Structured Literacy and all things Science of Reading lately. Orthographic mapping is the newest element of the science in how we read that I have been learning more about. I have been learning about and implementing it with the students I tutor and my homeschool kids. Orthographic mapping …

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Posted on February 27, 2023March 7, 2023

Reading with The Creature of Habit

Reading the book The Creature of Habit by Jennifer E. Smith and illustrated by Leo Espinosa, was a fun read-aloud for my children. We bought this book last year, and we have been reading it regularly ever since. Somehow we have just now done activities with this book. So here are our five favorite things to do …

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Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Snowflake Decoding Practice for Short Vowel Word Activities

These letter cards are used daily for the first few minutes of reading instruction in January and February. Then, I print, laminate, and cut each card out for prep. I have used similar cards since August so that children will understand the activity by January. This month, we added blends to build CVC words and …

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Posted on June 7, 2022June 8, 2022

Color Explosion Book Activities 

We LOVE the book Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin and Dan Tavis! My kids started asking me to read this to them nightly, and one night they came up with a plan to make an entire day devoted to color explosions like in the book. It was a great day for the …

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Posted on June 6, 2022

Word Family Activities and Games

We have been working on learning CVC and word families this week. I tried coming up with some simple, fun games my kids can play independently to practice and feel more confident. I'll be expanding the list of resources we have been using, but here are the word family activities and games we loved this …

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Posted on February 2, 2022June 6, 2022

Lunar New Year Book Activities

Yesterday was an inquiry filled day for the kids and me as we researched Lunar New Year together. I used to read books to my students in the classroom for Lunar New Year, but the year with my children at home was fun to get to be more creative and spend more time diving into …

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Posted on January 31, 2022March 3, 2023

Eric Carle Book Activities

Eric Carle Book Activities for prep, kindergarten, first grade activities.

My son requests Brown, Brown, What Do You See? by Eric Carle at least twice a day to read. This author's books are perfect for toddlers, preschool, and young elementary children because of the short, simple stories he weaves through brightly colorful art. Your child will realize they have the power of creativity just like him and …

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Posted on January 27, 2022March 4, 2023

Space Sensory Play Activity

Learning about space has become a significant focus for my kids lately. They love finding the moon during the day and reading books all about planets. So we decided our space-themed inflatable tent would make for the perfect setting for our read-aloud and sensory play activity today.  Space Sensory Play Activity Materials  Inflatable tent/ square …

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Posted on January 27, 2022March 4, 2023

CVC Word Building Activity- Science of Reading Center

cvc word building

My child is ready to start learning CVC words. So I put this word-building activity together to keep reading engaging, fun, and hopefully effective.I started learning about the Science of Reading recently, and I love how it has shifted my own "best practices" that I used to use in the classroom and gave me ideas …

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Posted on January 26, 2022March 4, 2023

Math Center Comparing Numbers

This tally chart activity came to be because I wanted something fun for learning greater than, less than, and equal to math with my preschooler, so I grabbed some mini erasers and a balance scale for this math center and got to work. Math Center Tally Chart Materials Mini erasers  Expo markers Laminated Free TPT …

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