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CVCe Puzzles

Enjoy these FREE CVCe Puzzles with your learners! They're a fun way to practice reading or even spelling long vowel words with the silent e pattern. Want teaching resources with no ads and in just ... Read More about CVCe Puzzles

CVC Puzzles

Enjoy these FREE CVC Puzzles with your learners! They're a fun way to practice reading or even spelling CVC words. Want teaching resources with no ads and in just a click? Join The Library. You'll ... Read More about CVC Puzzles

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FREE Long Vowel Printables

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It’s time for some long vowel printables! To introduce ALuv {age 6} to them, I focused first on phonemic awareness.  Basically what this means is that these activities didn’t involve print…he was only listening for sounds. Download the FREE Long Vowel Listening Activities and Long Vowel Printables at the end of this post! *This pack contains affiliate links.   FREE…
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Saturday’s Savorings: The Woods

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Living in the woods has its pros and cons. I honestly had no idea that I’d have as many mice in my house…and they have been in VERY hard-to-reach places (like inside my wall or in between the first and second floors).  Crazy.  I also had no clue that I’d have to kill snakes in my house.  And don’t even…
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Phonics by The Book: A Heart of Scorn (Unit 1, Lesson 8)

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We made it: the final lesson in Unit 1 of Phonics by The Book!  Yay!  If you’re joining me for the first time today with these lessons, I would encourage you to click on the image below to check out all the lessons from the series.   Lesson 8 focuses on the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus 4-14)…
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I is for Insect: FREE Printables Included!

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Last week, we studied the letter I.  Since it’s getting to be warmer weather, I thought insects would be the perfect theme to go with the letter I!  We enjoyed our week. You’ll find plenty of activities from other very creative mamas, but I also included some of my own free printables to go with the insect theme.  Maybe you…
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Green Light, Red Light: Print Awareness

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I only have a moment to post today, but I wanted to share a very simple, yet very effective way to help your young reader understand where to start and stop reading (print awareness).  I call it the “green light, red light” method.       Just add a green dot under the first word of the page (green means…
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