Kids can work independently with these CVC self-checking clip cards! Reading 3-letter words is a huge milestone and a huge confidence booster for young readers, and when they can check the answers for themselves they don’t have to worry about making a mistake. Preparing the cards Print off the pages you want to use onto […]
Sound Substitution When You Only Have a Minute
Sound substitution is when you take a word then change one of the letters to make a new word. Gaining confidence in sound substitution is excellent for growing readers and writers. It helps children understand how sounds work in words and how they can be manipulated and changed. This skill can be practiced and consolidated […]
Word Family Dice and Board Games
Today’s focus is word families and these two board games will give your little ones tons of practice with -in words. They’ll be having so much fun they won’t realise they’re learning! There is one game for three-letter -in words, and one for four-letter -in words which will help you differentiate for your kids and […]
Word Family Origami Pinwheel
A month ago I shared these free little math books with you. They came about because I was gathering ideas for a word family series and thought the little books were too cute not to share. Well… I’m still working on creating hands-on word family activities for kids and this week I decided that a […]
Halloween Spooky Sounds Poster
It’s October and that means…. HALLOWEEN! I will admit that being Australian meant I was quite oblivious to the enormity of Halloween until I moved overseas and was ‘enlightened’. After 20 years abroad working in international schools in Asia and watching the amazing lengths Americans (and others) went to in celebrating this event I admit […]