Education resources for parents and teachers
Yay! It's another set of free printable phonics books! Set 16 focuses on ed and ing words. (This post contains affiliate links.) Have you see our free phonics books? Each set focuses on a particular phonics pattern or group of patterns. Set 16 is all about reading words with the ed and ing endings. We've had ed and ing books before, but those were word family books (bed, red, wed; sing, ring thing). This set is ... Read More
Looking for a way to reinforce those tricky beginning blends? Try these free clip cards! So... are you teaching someone to read? How's it going with those CVC words? By "CVC" I mean consonant-vowel-consonant. Words like cat, sit, and hop. We usually start reading instruction with these simple words. After children have mastered them, it's time for the next step: ... Read More
Are plural endings tripping up your new reader? Try this set of free phonics books! (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm sharing set 15 in my collection of free phonics readers. What I love about this set is that it allows your child to review many of the patterns he's already learned. In this set your child will learn to read -s and -es endings on words. Often these are ... Read More
Are you looking for a rhyming game to help your child brush up on this pre-reading skill? Try our free matching activity! Have you seen my popular rhyming clip cards? I've taken some of those rhymes and put them into a simple matching game. I hope you get a chance to try it! Free rhyming game The download includes 24 rhyming pairs, but I kept it simple when I introduced the game ... Read More
It's time for another set of free phonics readers! You'll love this set of eight books that teaches ten phonics patterns: oi, oy, aw words, and more! (This post contains affiliate links.) Are you looking for free printable books to help your beginning reader? These are perfect for homeschooling, classroom use, and for parents who want to give extra reading practice at home. Let me tell you more about my printable ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free syllable count activity for your preschooler. Syllable. How would you definite it? Just yesterday I was having this conversation with my Seven. As she said, "Well, I know what syllables are. They're so easy! But I don't know how to say what the word syllable means. That's kind of hard." She's right, I think! Here's one definition: Syllable. "a unit of ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another installment in my collection of free phonics books. You'll find books for ind, end, ent, est, itch, ink, ing and old words. (This post contains affiliate links.) This is set 13 of my free phonics books... out of 24 total, so stay tuned! Here's what you need to know about my phonics books: To keep interest high, the books are bright and colorful. I use funny clip art whenever I can. To ... Read More
If you're looking for a way to teach your child to recognize rhyming words, try these free printable clip cards! Free clip cards for teaching rhyming words I created a set of 48 picture cards to use with my toddler and preschooler. I started with my Two (he'll be turning three next month). He has just started showing interest in doing more "sitting" activities with me, and he was excited ... Read More
We're moving right along with our free phonics books! The last set focused on short u words with longer endings. Today I'm sharing a set of books for short a words. We'll focus on these phonics patterns: and, ash, amp, ang, atch, and ank words. Let's take a peek at one of the books. The first page of each book starts like this. (By the way, I consider the a's sound in ank to be a long vowel sound, but it's often ... Read More
We've got 26 fun sensory play ideas! So... do you do a lot of sensory play at your house? You know, where you let your kids get messy? On purpose? If you're like me, you're already cleaning up a lot of messes all day long. This may not be something you want to add to your list. But sensory play is good for kids on so many levels. And you don't have to pull it out every day. ... Read More
