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A Camping Scavenger Hunt for Little Learners

Camping is a great family activity that you can do any time of the year.  Our favorite time to camp is the fall and spring season where the weather is perfect-not too hot or too cold!  We get away from all the stress of every day life and just enjoy everything around us.  We have […]

LITERACY CENTERS FOR LETTER RECOGNITION

I am a huge supporter of centers (or stations..no wrong way to label them!) in the classroom. The purpose of centers is to provide activities to the majority of your students while you teach in small groups. In my opinion, introducing centers as early as possible will reap huge benefits! Start off slow and easy! […]

HOW TO DECODE WORDS INTO SYLLABLES

Phonics has been a hot topic in the education world for several years. Once you dive into phonics, you realize how in depth it is, and you start to wonder how in the world kids are going to learn all of these rules. Teachers have to think creatively when teaching phonics to their kids. It […]

WORD MAPPING WITH PHONICS

My students’ favorite small group activities is word mapping with phonics! There are several fun, engaging ways to incorporate word mapping. I took a different spin on it with phone pop its! What is Word Mapping The times of sounding out every letter is gone. It wasn’t successful. But taking a deeper study in the […]

PIRATE SIGHT WORD BINGO

I love a good theme anytime I can make it work for my instruction and pirates are no different.  My learners love playing bingo during small groups and literacy centers so, of course, this editable sight word bingo game is just perfect. What’s Your Sight Word List? However, finding sight word activities that meet your learner’s […]

PHONICS LITERACY STATIONS

I get so many questions about my literacy block. Many teachers shy away from small group instruction because they don’t know the best way to keep others engaged and learning. Literacy is my jam, and planning a successful literacy block has created a learning environment that my students love! I implement activities like these phonics […]