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Long i Vowel Pattern (FREE Printable Pack)

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Because ALuv (end of Kindergarten) did so well with the Long a Vowel Pack I made him, I created a Long i Vowel Pack to introduce the i_e pattern. The activities are all similar to the Long a pack; just with the Long i (I_E) pattern instead. I’ve also added a few games to the end! Woo hoo! *This post contains affiliate links….
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Saturday’s Savorings: Birthday Time!

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It’s SO hard to believe that MBug will be two years old very soon.  What happened to the little baby that I *just* brought home?!? We had a family birthday celebration for her this week. Since mine are still fairly young and without major opinions on what their gifts should be, I try to use birthdays and other gift-giving times…
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It’s Strawberry Time!

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Our homeschool group went on a fun field trip just this week…something I’d actually never done before.  Strawberry picking!  And what a neat experience it was. We were taken by tractor to one of the strawberry fields and told about growing strawberries. Some really cool facts I learned: 1. There are roughly 100 seeds (sometimes more) on the outside of…
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More FREE A_E Printables!

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*This post contains affiliate links. ALuv (in 1st grade) is working through the Words Their Way short a/a_e sort this week and I’ve created a few extra Long a (a_e) activities to accompany the sort. {download link found at the end of this post} The focus of these printables are to bring the child’s attention to the rime patterns within words.  This helps…
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Typing Sight Words: KidPix-Style

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Lately, I’ve been trying to get ALuv a little more comfortable with typing.  It seems every time I get him on the computer it’s, “Mom, where is the K?  Mom, where is the ___?” I discovered a fun way for him to practice typing and his sight words quite by accident the other day: KidPix! ALuv put a textbox in…
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