Planning Kindergarten activities for reading centers doesn’t have to be overwhelming. The best activities are the ones that keep students engaged while giving them meaningful practice on essential literacy skills. In fact, the most effective centers do double duty, meaning they’re fun and hands-on for students, while also reinforcing phonics,
Fine motor skills and handwriting go hand in hand—strong fine motor abilities lay the foundation for clear, legible writing. Kids need well-developed hand muscles to hold a pencil correctly, apply the right pressure, and form letters smoothly. But here’s the struggle we’re facing today: with so much screen time, kids
As educators, we know that every minute counts in the classroom. Balancing the curriculum’s demands with our students’ needs can be challenging, especially when it comes to foundational skills like phonemic awareness. That’s why I’m excited to offer you a free week of phonemic awareness lessons that take less than
Finding time for educational activities can be challenging, especially when you’re constantly on the move. However, fostering phonemic awareness—the ability to recognize and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words—is crucial for developing strong literacy skills. Fortunately, there are plenty of on-the-go phonemic awareness activities that can seamlessly fit into your
When teaching students how to read, the idea of deliberately teaching nonsense words might seem pointless. However, there’s a method to this madness. Teaching nonsense words is pivotal in developing a child’s foundational reading skills. This blog post will explore the importance of why you should teach nonsense words to
Learning how to read marks the start of a lifelong skill, beginning with mastering the alphabet and advancing to blending and reading CVC words. An important milestone of reading is the transition from recognizing individual letters to seamlessly blending consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. In this blog post, I will share how
Are you looking for some ideas to create engaging phonics lesson activities? With your phonics instruction, you want to first make sure it is systematic and explicit, and done daily. However, this doesn’t mean it needs to be boring! Here are my top 4 simple and engaging phonics lesson activities
This post provides a comprehensive overview of the Sweet for Kindergarten Phonics Curriculum for both Kindergarten and First Grade. It covers the curriculum’s contents, sample lesson plans, usage tips, and more. Additionally, you’ll find some free resources from the curriculum, including a free sample week, that you can try out.
Did you know that the most effective way for a child to learn something new is by using their hands? Kindergarteners learn the best through movement, play, problem solving, and hands-on activities, not by completing worksheets or playing learning games on iPad apps. I’m going to share some hands-on activity
