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DIY Word Wall Folder

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Have you ever heard of a word wall? It’s basically a word bank or listing of words {often sight words} that kids have worked on and need to remember how to spell. Most classroom teachers use up an entire wall of the classroom. I did and I carried the idea over to homeschooling; but a word wall can take up a…
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More Long Vowel Game Boards – Print and Play

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Have you seen all the free and low-prep games in our Print and Play series? Last week, I shared some Long Vowel Games with the CVCe pattern and today, I’m sharing even more long vowel game boards with some common long vowel patterns. Have you seen our UPDATED Print & Play Long Vowel Games? With TWICE as many games and…
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Simple Color Words Coloring Pages

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After working many of the activities from our All About Color Words Pack and coloring the books in our Color and Read set, my daughter {age 5} has shown a high interest in reading color words. I search the internet over to find some simple color words coloring pages for her so she could work some more on learning her color words….
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Long Vowel Games {for CVCe Pattern}

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Today, I’m sharing 10 FREE long vowel games for the CVCe pattern for week 5 of our 6-week Print & Play Series, a low-prep learning game series for math and literacy. You can read more about this series in my introductory post as well as see all the freebies we’ve shared so far. You may also like our UPDATED Print…
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Tips for Teaching Vowel Sounds

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Learning letter sounds is one of the first steps in learning to read. And while most consonant sounds come easily to kids, vowel sounds can be an entirely different monster. For one, vowel sounds are not “felt” as much in the mouth as most consonant sounds, making it harder for kids to hear them. This is evident in kids’ invented…
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