Education resources for parents and teachers
Grab these free short o worksheets for your learners! Today I'm sharing a printable pack of short o worksheets! Short o worksheet pack This was a good page to start with because it's his favorite. (Sorry for the dark pictures! We had to do these in the early evening when my One was - miraculously - not fussy.) He appreciated how quickly he could do this page. Before he began sorting and gluing, we named all the ... Read More
What is phonological awareness? What is phonemic awareness? Learn how to help your students develop these important skills - and download a free cheat sheet! If you teach children ages 3-6, you've heard the terms phonological awareness and phonemic awareness. Whether or not children have them is a strong predictor of reading success. But what are they, exactly? And what activities will help ... Read More
Read on for fun letter Z activities for 2-year-olds! We did it! We made it to the last week of our series of alphabet activities for toddlers. We had to keep our activities short this week. That's because I was cleaning the house for overnight guests, which always takes a couple of days. After seven years of work, my husband is graduating with his PhD (yay!). Thankfully, my daughter already knew letter Z's name at ... Read More
For quite a few months now, I've been doing early reading activities with my Five. He is getting much better at quickly sounding out CVC words thanks to our hands-on activities and games. After all this practice, I knew that my Five was ready for some review/assessment with a worksheet pack. The pack includes nine worksheets, not so that you need to do all of them but so that you can pick and choose the ones that ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another set of reading games to add to our growing collection. We'll keep this short and sweet! Four-in-a-row games for short o You'll find 13 different games in the download. Just print the one you want, and grab some markers, small manipulatives in two colors, or two Do-a-Dot markers (our favorite). Take turns reading words and dotting them with a marker. The first to get four in a row, ... Read More
Today we're sharing some simple letter Y activities for 2-year-olds. This post contains affiliate links. We're almost there! For a little over a year, I've been sharing the letter of the week activities that I've done with my younger daughter (our #5). Some weeks we spend a lot of time, and some a little ... it all depends on what's going on with the rest of the family. This week we kept it short and sweet - because ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of free, no prep games for short o words. Free games for reading short o words Simply take turns rolling the die and reading the words in the corresponding column. The first five games have rhyming words in each column - making them easier than the last two games in the download. This game asks your child to read nine words each time he rolls the die. Other games include words beginning ... Read More
Enjoy these letter X activities for 2-year-olds! We're almost done with our letter of the week activities! For (over) the past year, I've been doing alphabet activities with my Two. Full disclosure: she recently turned three. Clearly we haven't done a letter each week. At the beginning, just after she turned two, we spent several weeks on each letter. As time rolled on and she got better at this, we did two letters ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free reading comprehension passage - in a book! These books come in two levels: one for grades 2/3 and one for grades 3/4. Free reading comprehension activity for grades 2-4 Our last book was about Kenya. This one is about the Philippines. When you print the book front to back (flipping on the short side), you can fold it and staple to make a book. Directions are in the download. Before we ... Read More
Looking for tips to achieve differentiated reading instruction in K-3? You're in the right place! (This post contains affiliate links.) Differentiation. It's the big buzz word these days, isn't it? But what does it really mean? Simply put, differentiation is tailoring your instruction to meet the needs of individual learners. According to Carol Ann Tomlinson, "Differentiating instruction means 'shaking up' ... Read More
