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Creative Ideas for Teaching at Home {and After School Link Up}

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Last week, there was a huge array of learning activities at the After School Link Up. Several caught my eye and when I clicked on them, they were newer blogs to me. I’d love to share their creative ideas for teaching at home with you! Pinay Homeschooler has such a great post on introducing standard measurement to your child. Be…
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Flip a Word: A Short Vowel Game to Help Readers Blend Words {FREE}

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Letter Sound Pronunciation Can Make it Difficult to Blend Words Some beginning readers struggle to blends words together as they read. There are many reasons for this. Just one reason is that letter sounds can be distorted when we say them. Take for instance the sound of b. Many of us make it sound like this: /buh/. When we ask…
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FREE November Writing Prompts

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Today, I’m sharing a FREE Write and Color Writing Prompt page for November! It’s super simple to use. Print off, give to your student(s), and she picks a prompt to write about, then colors in the portion of the picture for that prompt once her sentences or story has been written. I still use these, on occasion, with ALuv {currently…
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FREE Printables for BOB Books Set 4

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This post contains affiliate links.   BOB Books Set 4 Printables Over the last month, 3 Dinosaurs, Royal Baloo and I have shared FREE printable packs for Set 4 of the BOB Books. Today we’re all sharing round-ups for the set. Click on any image or the links below to access the freebies!   Books 1 and 2 Books 3 and…
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FREE Blend Bingo Word Game

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I’ve been posting free printables through the latest set of BOB Books {Set 4}, so I have blends on the mind! I thought it would be fun to create a BINGO game to practice all those blends introduced through those books, plus I’ve added a few more to the mix {link to free download is at the end of this…
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