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3 Important Skills Needed for Reading

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Well, to be fair, there are really MORE than three important skills needed for reading. But these three really do build a solid foundation for early {or emerging} readers. As a matter of fact, many of the struggling readers I’ve worked with {we’re talking 2nd-5th graders} struggle with one or more of these important reading skills. *This post contains affiliate links. The…
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Saturday’s Sites

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I came across these great sites this week and wanted to share them with you: 1. I Love That Teaching Idea!- reading activities, writing/language arts activities, & spelling activities 2. The Moffatt Girls Unit 2 of Ready2Read.  I posted about Unit 1 last week.  Here is the 2nd installment :). 3. Would you like a FREE book?  If so, try the…
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O What Fun!

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Here are some more things we did with short o: 1. We re-matched the words and pictures.  The 2nd time he re-matched pictures and words, I helped.  But after that, I expected him to do it with minimal help from me. 3. We played Concentration or Memory Match The words are on the left side and the pictures on the…
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Ride Over the Word

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I had planned on posting today about all the things we did this week to work on short o words, but I needed space to write about our absolute favorite way to play with short o…ALuv called it RIDE OVER THE WORD. ALuv has recently learned how to ride his bike without training wheels, and to say he’s addicted would be…
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B and D Reversals: A Developmental Approach {Easy Trick Included}

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B and D reversals are a common issue among younger children. There are many “tricks” teachers and parents try, like holding your fingers up to form the b and d or that the b has a belly and the d doesn’t. But in my experience, these tricks don’t always “do the trick” because kids still have a hard time visualizing…
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