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FREE Compound Words Pack

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As our younger readers progress through the first grade, their texts begin to include longer words. Sometimes, these are compound words, words that are made up of smaller words. Because compound words look long, young readers will sometimes shut down. This is what happened with ALuv {currently and the end of 1st grade}.     We’d already worked through breaking apart some two-syllable words and he was…
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Circle of Moms:Top 25 Homeschool Mama Bloggers

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I’m so excited to be included in the Circle of Moms Top 25 Homeschool Blogs!  There are some amazing bloggers in the list, so it’s a great honor to be included.  BUT…I need your votes. 🙂  I was nominated a little later in the contest, so I’m WAY behind.  If you follow This Reading Mama, I’d appreciate the votes.  You can vote…
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FREE Summer PreK Pack

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It’s only May, but summer is right around the corner!  I’ve been working hard this week on creating a Summer PreK Pack.  There are 14 activities included in this FREE pack that are very similar in style to the activities in each of my Reading the Alphabet lessons.  The pack features literacy and math preschool skills such as: an early emergent…
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Reading the Alphabet Letter U (Lesson 30)

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Today, I’m sharing Reading the Alphabet Letter U from our free preschool reading curriculum, Reading the Alphabet. There’s only ONE MORE lesson to go! *Keep scrolling until the end of this post to grab the free version of Reading the Alphabet Letter U.   You can purchase our updated Reading the Alphabet Bundle Pack, stream-lined for easy downloading! It also features TONS…
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The Teaching of Sight Words: Part 2

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Last week, I talked a little about how what sight words are and how I pick sight words for my kids to learn.  If you missed that post, please click here or on the picture above to view it.  Today, I’d like a address what to do with the sight words once you know which words and books you want…
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