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Emergent Readers and Spellers- Stage 1

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Welcome to the first part of my series on the 5 Stages of Literacy Development. Today we’re exploring emergent readers and spellers, which is stage 1. Terms such as prealphabetic or pre-readers also applies to emergent readers and spellers. These are children who are typically Pre-K through Kindergarten, although it may certainly include younger and older readers/spellers, too. Almost everything these children…
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Free Number Cards {3 Levels}

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Looking for some free Number Cards to help your child learn about ways to make numbers? These number cards are colorful and can serve SO many purposes! You may have seen or even used our number puzzles or gumball math mats with your child or students. Thanks to a newsletter subscriber’s idea, I combined those math concepts with the format…
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Learn to Read AT Word Family Reader & Activities

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I’m SO, SO excited to share the first of many freebies from Learn to Read! In this free pack, you’ll find a fun, little AT Word Family Reader plus a couple of sight word activities from Unit 1 of Learn to Read. *The download for the free printable AT word family reader and activities can be found towards the end of…
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Write the Rhyme Spelling Pages

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Did you know that rhyming and spelling can go hand-in-hand? This is true when it comes to word families…especially short vowel word families! When words rhyme, they often share a spelling pattern, too. This is great for beginning readers and spellers to recognize. That’s what these Write the Rhyme Spelling Pages are all about! *Free download can be found towards the…
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FREE Rhyme Time Game Boards

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Today, I’m sharing 20 FREE Rhyme Time game boards we have used to continue the rhyming fun! Rhyming is such an important pre-reading skill. My almost 4 year old loves playing simple rhyming games wherever we go. I’ve even created a DUPLO rhyming activity for her as well as a Roll-a-Rhyme game. *The free download links can be found towards…
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