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Ending Blends Clip Cards {FREE Printable}

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If you’re a literacy nerd like me, you love terms like preconsonantal nasals, don’t you? For the rest of my “normal readers”, this term is all a part of learning and hearing those sometimes tricky ending blends in words. Watching NJoy {age 6} spell bump like BUP or hunt like HUT revealed to me that he needed some work on those…
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Sight Word Hunts {Free Printable Pack}

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I’m honored to have Malia of Playdough to Plato guest posting for me today. Her blog was one of the first educational blogs I became “addicted to.” She posts hands-on educational ideas for all kinds of subjects! Be sure to hop over to her blog and check it out!   *This post contains affiliate links. Teaching kids how to read…
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Short Vowel Sounds Wall Charts {Free Resource}

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MBug has been slowly working her way through Reading the Alphabet this past school year {We are officially on Lesson 16}. And while she has mastered consonant sounds, she has had a little more trouble learning short vowel sounds. So far, we’ve only really focused on short a {lessons 6-7} and short i {lessons 13-14} from Reading the Alphabet, but…
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Learning the Alphabet – Letter X Printable Pack

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Today, I’m excited to share our Letter X printable pack for Learning the Alphabet, hands-on printables designed for kids who are ready to learn their letters and letter sounds. If you’re new to Learning the Alphabet, you may want to read our introduction post, which goes into lots of detail, including pictures with the printables in action. *This post contains affiliate links….
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Letter X Books – Read Alouds for the Letter X

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Letter x Books? Yes, letter x books! Believe me when I say that I had to be very creative with this one…almost as creative as the Letter I list. Instead of focusing on letter x‘s initial sound of /z/, I turned by focus to x‘s final sound of /ks/. And if you’re looking for ideas for teaching letter x, here are…
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