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How I Organize Reading the Alphabet

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I am asked quite often how I organize Reading the Alphabet. And it’s a great question. After all, there are 1400+ pages in the bundle pack! That number alone can be overwhelming. Now mix that in with all the emergent readers, handwriting pages, sight word activities, and other printables and you might just get dizzy. 🙂 I’ve talked a little bit…
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Short Vowel Roll and Read Games

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Sometimes, it’s fun to mix in a phonics warm-up game before diving into reading time. To do this, I usually pick something quick and easy, like our low-prep phonics games, that won’t take more than a few minutes to play. Recently, I created a simple short vowel game with longer short vowel words {like stump and crash} for my 1st…
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Beginning Sound Pumpkin Puzzles

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When my oldest first started to learn the letters of the alphabet, I tried quite a few different ways of teaching him and quickly learned that, for him, hands-on activities were the way to go. If I can find a way to incorporate practice for multiple skills at once? Even better! He loves a challenge and things really seem to…
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Candy Corn Preschool Activities and Printables

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Fall is here, and it seems that Halloween candy is everywhere! I often go to the grocery store with my toddler and preschooler; and the entire aisles full of candy are hard to avoid. I always try to come up with hands-on educational activities that use everyday objects and foods, like these candy corn preschool activities. When my kids are having fun,…
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52 FREE Alphabet Coloring Pages {Trace & Color}

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If you have little ones who really like to color, then you’ll love these free alphabet coloring pages! Most of the printables I use with my two girls {ages 3 and 5} are more hands-on, like the activities from Learning the Alphabet and Reading the Alphabet. And while they have lots of choice for independent activities, it is nice sometimes to…
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