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Tips for Correct Pencil Grip

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Pencil Grip. This is a hot topic among OT’s, moms, and teachers alike. It’s one of those things that does need to be addressed as kids near Kindergarten age. But… for the younger child, it can be frustrating {for them and us} if we demand they master it. This subject came to the forefront of my mind when I posted this…
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FREE Rhyme Time Packet

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In honor of Dr. Seuss’ upcoming birthday, I put together a few activities for NJoy to use to work on rhyming.  Instead of waiting until we’re finished with them, I thought I’d go ahead and share! 🙂 I packaged them all together in ONE DOWNLOAD, but here are the rhyming activities in the download: 1. A-Rhyming We Will Go: song/pocket…
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K is for Kite

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Our last consonant-the letter K!  I was hoping it’d be spring time when we got around to it, since our theme is kites; but we got snow instead! Our first snow of the year…hard to believe it took this long to get snow this winter, but everyone enjoyed it with daddy.  (Hubby wouldn’t let mama go out, for fear that…
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Nonfiction Text Features: Part 3

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Last week, I shared an activity for using nonficiton text features to determine importance within sections of nonfiction text.  Students chose from a pre-selected list which subtitle each section should get. Today, I want to share how to take this activity a step further: Before Reading: I went over the text I had assigned the student for independent work (from Part 2) and listened…
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Phonics by The Book: God Was With Joseph (Unit 1, Lesson 5)

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ALuv worked hard this last week on Lesson 5 of my FREE Phonics by The Book curriculum!  Lesson 5 recounts the story of Joseph (snippets from Genesis 37-47) with the reader, God Was With Joseph, and focuses on the short u pattern with blends and digraphs. In this post, you’ll find:  my God Was With Joseph reader (with a focus on short u…
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