This Reading Mama

You are here: Home / Blog

Snug as a Bug in a Rug – a Hide and Seek Reading Game

By 2 Comments

*This post contains affiliate links. ALuv has been working on Short u words.  In the Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers, the next sort after short o is short e. But in the south, short e is one of the hardest and most confusing short vowels for kids to pronounce. Plus, the authors included words that end in -en; which…
Read More

Struggling Readers Need Uninterrupted Blocks of Time to Read

By 1 Comment

Welcome to my 10-week series on struggling readers.  If you’re just joining me, you can click HERE on the image above to get caught up. *This post contains affiliate links.  To learn more about this, please read my disclosure policy. Struggling Readers Need Time to Read (and Re-Read) Struggling readers not only need specific encouragement, books they can read and…
Read More

M is for M&M’s and…

By Leave a Comment

For the past 2 weeks, NJoy has been working on the letter M.  We’ve had a busy couple of weeks, so we worked on and off. I couldn’t decide on just one M theme, so we did several; but we did a lot with M&M’s…because what kid wouldn’t want to eat do schoolwork with them? These M&M activities came from…
Read More

Christian Nursery Rhymes and Reasons

By Leave a Comment

Last month, I posted my Christian Nursery Rhyme book.  The font I used is one of my absolute favorites (Bradley Hand).  I decided to make a few more options for you to use.  The reasons: I made a version in Comic Sans, for young readers (since it’s more of a kid-friendly font) and I made a black & white version of…
Read More

Short a & Short o Assessment

By 1 Comment

To make sure ALuv was ready to move on to a new short vowel pattern, I used this activity to assess his knowledge.  I told him I could not help him, except to give him directions.  He did tremendously well with it.  No whining…I was completely SHOCKED! He sorted the pictures as short a or short o in the pocket…
Read More