Education resources for parents and teachers
Yay! It's time for another set of new phonics books! (This post contains affiliate links.) I've been working like a crazy woman to get all my phonics readers done by the middle of January! Ready for a new set? Today we're taking a break from the long vowel patterns to work on some short vowel word families. But these are more challenging than the short u books I shared in set 5. These add a few more letters after ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of free short vowel worksheets to help your child spell simple words. I created a simple set of worksheets for some beginning spelling practice. Short vowel worksheets We started with a short a page, because short a is often the easiest short vowel for kids to hear. After seeing the picture of a bag, he knew that a b was first. I asked him what was ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another set of free phonics readers! Your child will get practice reading ea, oa, ow, and ie words. (This post contains affiliate links.) Can you believe we're already on set 10 of my phonics readers? This set has seven books: Two for oa words, one for ie words, three for ea words, and 1 for ow words (as in snow). Each book starts like this. The sentences are very simple so that children can ... Read More
Looking to help your beginning reader practice reading and spelling short i words? Check these out! Need a creative approach to spelling practice? Simply print the free spelling mats and pull out some milk cap letters. The download includes the following words: When you print the download front to back, you child can slide off the caps and flip the mat over to check ... Read More
Have you seen my sets of free phonics books? Today I'm sharing set 9! Do you have a beginning reader who is just starting to sound out words? Or maybe you have a reader who struggles with sounding it out. Each word is laborious and painful. Reading just isn't fun. I'm here to help! Enter my phonics readers. What are they? Short little books that you can download for free. Books that give focus to a particular ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a simple math facts game using flashcards. Just grab a set of addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division flash cards... and you're good to go! Are you looking for a simple game to review math facts? My daughter is in second grade, and she is supposed to be practicing her addition facts a few times a week. So I created 15-in-a-row. How to Play 1. Get a set ... Read More
Have you seen my word slider cards? These are great for helping children see how sounds blend together to make words. Today I'm sharing a set for short i. Word slider cards are simple to make and use. Simply write words on long pieces of card stock (or index cards) with a space between each new sound. Then seal a business envelope and cut off the end. Slide the paper into ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free letter S printable... the last of our dot sticker pages! Free Letter S Printable Hurray! Our dot sticker pages are finally complete. Since we're doing the alphabet out of order (see why here), S was our last letter. My preschooler did this simple "S is for submarine" printable to reinforce the shape and sound of the letter S. We love dot stickers, but the challenge with using ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a giant set of free picture cards for developing vocabulary, promoting critical thinking, and learning alphabet sounds! Today I'm excited to share a project I've spent many hours on... alphabet picture cards. If you print the whole download, you get 192 bright photo cards for all kinds of early learning! I printed the pages on cardstock, laminated them, and cut them apart. ... Read More
We learned how to make slime! Have you tried it? We've been sharing sensory fun for every letter of the alphabet, and it's time for letter S. I figured it was time I learned how to make slime. And it actually worked! Slime is a very simple play recipe. We just needed two bottles of school glue, some liquid starch, and some food coloring. My Four and Six each dumped a ... Read More
