Here you’ll find 30 best practices for teaching letters and sounds to kids in pre-k through 1st grade, including those with disabilities and EL students. Included are many research-based ideas, as well as practical ways and resources to implement best practices with your students. Why It’s Important Teaching letters and letter sounds is foundational! It’s…
Get 7 free printable PDFs to make cutting practice fun! Preschool and kindergarten students will practice their scissor and cutting skills using these worksheets, developing and improving their fine motor skills. ❤ Why We Love It These 7 fun, no-prep activities will engage your students in lots of opportunities for scissor skills practice! Like our…
A list of over 105 CVC words grouped into CVC Word Families, organized by the same middle vowel and ending consonant. Get the free printable anchor chart to use for classroom or individual reading practice! CVC Word Families CVC word families are groups of words that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern and contain the same ending…
Get 8 different printable Alphabet Arcs to use with your students! They will help build speed, accuracy, and automaticity in alphabet knowledge, letter recognition, and sequencing. The mats include 4 color & 4 black-and-white versions with either capital or lowercase letters. Some mats include the full alphabet and some include anchor letters A-MN-Z. So whatever…
Using these 7 free printable All About Me Worksheets, young students get to share about who they are and what they enjoy in pictures, a perfect activity for the first day of school. For extra fun, staple the sheets together to make a personalized book for young children in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade! Why…
Learn everything you need to know about visual discrimination, including what it is, why it’s important, and how to teach it to students. Get our suggestions for multisensory activities and more resources to help students practice this important skill! What Is Visual Discrimination? Visual discrimination is the skill needed to determine the slight visual differences…
This free alphabet chart features letters A-Z with capital and lowercase letters, bright matching pictures, and important keywords. Learn how to use an alphabet poster to make learning letters and sounds fun and effective! 🔤 What is an Alphabet Chart? An ABC chart, or alphabet anchor chart, is a visual support with all letters included….
Get five free printable CVC word searches, one for each short vowel! Students will learn as they fill in the blanks to complete each of the 10 words using colorful picture clues, then find each hidden word in the word search puzzle! 🧑🏫 Why We Love It CVC words are words that follow the consonant,…
Learn the difference between short and long vowels, when to teach these sounds, and the rules for these sounds. For extra classroom help, print the two free vowel anchor charts, with capital and lowercase letters and bright pictures to teach the long and short vowel sounds! Teaching Long & Short Vowels Did you know that…
Get 4 FREE spelling worksheets sheets that are perfect for orthographic mapping. The best part is that they are reusable and easily adaptable for the phonics concepts you’re teaching! Use them to map words with 3, 4, and 5 phonemes. Also included is a bonus sheet when introducing words with Silent E! ❤ Why We…