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  • All About Me Worksheet Book (Pre-K & Kindergarten)

    All About Me Worksheet Book (Pre-K & Kindergarten)

    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…

  • All About Visual Discrimination

    All About Visual Discrimination

    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…

  • Free ABC Chart: How to Use an Alphabet Poster

    Free ABC Chart: How to Use an Alphabet Poster

    This free ABC chart features the letters of the alphabet 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…

  • 5 CVC Word Searches – Free Printables!

    5 CVC Word Searches – Free Printables!

    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,…

  • 161 Consonant Digraph Words and Examples – Free Printables

    161 Consonant Digraph Words and Examples – Free Printables

    Here are 8 comprehensive lists of words with consonant digraphs, including examples with digraphs SH, TH, CH, WH, CK, and PH. These FREE printable pdfs are arranged by digraph in easy-to-read and organized lists for a variety of uses! Digraph Definition Simply put, a digraph is two letters that represent one sound. More often it’s…

  • Long & Short Vowel Sounds – Plus 2 Free Anchor Charts!

    Long & Short Vowel Sounds – Plus 2 Free Anchor Charts!

    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…

  • Orthographic Mapping Worksheets: Free Printables

    Orthographic Mapping Worksheets: Free Printables

    Get 4 FREE spelling worksheets sheets that promote orthographic mapping for words with 3, 4, and 5 phonemes AND silent e words. Best of all, they’re reusable and easily adaptable to the phonics concepts you’re teaching! ❤ Why We Love It Orthographic mapping is how the brain maps words for long-term storage and instant retrieval….

  • Video Games Word Search – Free Printable!

    Video Games Word Search – Free Printable!

    This free printable video game-themed word search is a fun, engaging, and educational activity! Kids will find and circle 15 hidden words! Why We Love It Word searches are one of our favorite classroom activities! They help students practice vocabulary and spelling and improve visual discrimination skills, plus they’re just plain fun for students (just…

  • BL and BR Blends Worksheets & Activities (Free!)

    BL and BR Blends Worksheets & Activities (Free!)

    These 5 free PDF worksheets reinforce a strong understanding of the sounds that consonant blends BR and BL make. The activities provide repeated practice reading and writing words with blends, sorting pictures according to beginning blends, and reading decodable sentences with initial BR and BL blends. Teaching Initial Consonant Blends Initial consonant blends (or beginning…

  • Decoding Texts: Using The Best Decodable Books

    Decoding Texts: Using The Best Decodable Books

    Decodable books are a great tool to use in structured literacy instruction. Decodable readers provide specific reinforcement of the explicit phonics skills taught, and they do this in an authentic and engaging way for children. We’ll explore the importance of using decodable readers and share a comprehensive list of the best decodable texts for sale….