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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

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The cool thing about literacy is that you can integrate it with any other content area.  Take, for instance, the caterpillar kit we have from Insect Lore.  As a public school teacher, I did this and the students LOVED it.  I have to admit that I was quite fascinated with it myself. 🙂  Jenae from I Can Teach My Child mentioned it on Facebook…
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Christian Nursery Rhymes

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To celebrate the end of our 7-day beginning reading series, I’m sharing some near and dear to my heart: FREE Christian Nursery Rhymes. These printable Christian Nursery Rhymes come with printable activities you can use with your little ones!   *Click on the teal download button towards the END of this post to find the pack! A little history: When my oldest…
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Why Nursery Rhymes are Important

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Let’s talk about the importance of nursery rhymes today! This is the last post in my 7-day series, 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading. {There are also a lot of free online resources available in each post!} I’ve spent all week in phonological/phonemic awareness “land.” Today, I want to wrap a big bow on all of it. Rhyming, syllables, and…
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Playing with Sounds in Words- Part 3 {Phoneme Segmentation}

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Welcome back to our 7-day reading series called 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading. Today, we’re going to camp on phoneme segmentation. If you’ve missed Part 1 and Part 2 of phonemes, I highly recommend going back and reading those first for background, as these skills build on one another. Phoneme Segmentation There are many ways to work on phonemic segmentation,…
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Playing with Sounds in Words- Part 2 {Phoneme Blending}

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Today, we’re going to zero in on phoneme blending. This is the next post in the series, 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading. But first, if you missed yesterday’s post on Phoneme Isolation, I highly recommend you go back and read it before reading this one. It gives more background to what a phoneme is and where to start with phonemes….
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