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Digraph Sorting Picture Cards {for Beginning and Ending}

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These beginning and ending digraph picture cards {FREE download is at the END of this post} are perfect for some digraph sorting! Challenge kids to sort by two sounds, four sounds or even more. This activity is highly adaptable to meet the needs of the kids you teach. And that’s the beauty of picture cards. They are flexible and can be…
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Teaching Kids to Summarize using Basic Signal Words

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Welcome back to our LAST week of our Reading Comprehension Strategies Series. Can you believe it? We’ve explored quite a few comprehension strategies in this series by SHOWING how to introduce them and release them to your child. Today’s topic is helping readers summarize what they read. Whew. What a big topic! If you thought determining importance and synthesizing were…
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Ready to Read – Reading Readiness Signs and Checklist

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How will I know when my child is ready to read? What are the reading readiness signs and skills that show my child is ready to read? You may have wondered these questions a time or two before. Today, we’re going to explore a few readiness signs and I have a free, printable checklist {at the END of the post}…
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Learning the Alphabet – Letter J Printable Pack

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We’re moving along with the alphabet…already to our Letter J Pack of Learning the Alphabet. {Find the free download link at the end of this post.} If you’re new to Learning the Alphabet, I encourage you to read our introductory post. It’s packed with information and images of these printable activities in action! You can also see all the FREE…
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Beginning and Ending Digraph Clip Cards

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If your child needs some extra practice with digraphs, these digraph clip cards should be of help. Like I mentioned before, my Kindergartner and I have been working through blends and digraphs. While blends have come easier, digraphs have provided more of a challenge. For one, blends are easier to hear as they are two individual sounds. Another reason is…
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