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Spelling Strategies and Resources to Encourage Independent Spellers

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It’s writing time!  For many, it’s already a dreaded subject for kids {and moms alike}. Well into the first sentence, it begins:  “Mom!  How do you spell…?” *Sigh* Do you ever feel tied down? Like you must sit and spell every unknown word to your young speller? The good news is that you don’t have to! Yay! Here are a…
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Silent Reading Whisper Phone

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Do you have a not so silent reader? Many kids in Stage 2 of literacy still need to say the words out loud, even if you ask them to read silently.  This is very normal.  I remember having a room full of K-1 readers all “silently reading” out loud; which made for a noisy room!  To remedy this, I my…
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Everyday Literacy 2

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Here are a few more ways in which we integrate literacy into our everyday life around this reading mama’s house. Literacy Toys-Many of these were bought as birthday or Christmas presents and are rotated out weekly to keep them “fresh”. Letter blocks: I got at Target in the $1 section. Puzzles: I bought these particular foam ABC puzzles at the…
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Everyday Literacy 1

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Here are a few ways we integrate literacy into everyday life around here.  I started a list and realized rather quickly that I needed to divide these into two different posts. When we think of the term “literacy”, we usually think of  writing and reading.  But literacy also includes listening and speaking (I would also suggest to you singing 🙂…
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Craft Time: Fine Motor Skills Engaged

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I’ll be honest—I am not a huge fan of crafts.  The poor students in my classroom rarely ever did a craft unless it fulfilled other teaching objectives.  I didn’t do crafts for craft’s sake as some other teachers did. Even with our MOPS crafts, you’ll usually find me at the table talking with the other moms as they do their craft (except…
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