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 ... Read More about FREE Long Vowel Printables
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Give me a U!
After working on and off (and on and off) for the last few weeks, ALuv officially knows his short u word sort from here. I've listed some of the things he did with short u below. I'm sure we did other things, but I haven't been documenting so well these days. I don't know if it's the pregnancy ... Read More about Give me a U!
Sight Words: When They Just Don’t Stick
*This post contains affiliate links. I've been asked a few questions recently about what do when sight words just aren't "sticking" for a child. My approach to literacy has and always will be a developmental approach. My developmental philosophy has been grounded by the authors of Words Their ... Read More about Sight Words: When They Just Don’t Stick
We're Going on a Vowel Hunt
One of the things I like about the Montessori approach is the movable alphabet. The consonants are blue and the vowels are red and you tell an early speller that all words have to have at least 1 red letter. So after ALuv (almost 6 years old) re-matched his short u words and pictures from Words ... Read More about We're Going on a Vowel Hunt
Spelling with LEGO Letters and How to Make Your Own!
While awake at 4am the other morning {Yes. 4am}, I was contemplating how I could combine ALuv's obsession with LEGO bricks and my love for hands-on spelling. As I mulled over how this could be done, an idea popped into my head. Since ALuv has a HUGE bucket of LEGO bricks (we easily have over ... Read More about Spelling with LEGO Letters and How to Make Your Own!