beginning sounds
word searches, word searching, finding words, oh my!
I’ve struggled this year with how to occupy Owen and Cora while Maddy does her homework, and what I’ve come to realize is that in order for me to support ...
quick trick: magnetic letters (how to use them with your kids!)
Holiday time is here, and things are sure to be nutty around our house–and everyone else’s–for the next few weeks. Although I know it’s going to be hard to sneak ...
playing turkey feathers: matching beginning sounds
Today I brought out one of my old Words Their Way favorites–Turkey Feathers. It’s a really simple game that I used with students to practice long vowel patterns, but any ...
digraphs and blends: search, find, and rhyme game
It’s no secret that digraphs and blends are tough for some kiddos to enunciate and hear. These tricky, unique sounds are difficult for little mouths to create, and it’s known ...
s- blends bingo time!
Blends are so tough for some kiddos to grasp, and my intention for working on s-blends with Owen was not to frustrate him; rather, I hoped to help him with ...
poem, poem, the cookie jar poem
For the last few days, Maddy has been bouncing around the house, reciting poems from her kindergarten class. Lately, she’s taken to “The Runaway Cookies” which is a seven-stanza poem ...
doing a little digraph shopping
Maddy had a half day of school today, so Owen, Maddy, and I had a chance to play some “before rest time” games just like the good ole days. For ...
just owen and me, sorting s’s and t’s
Owen and I did a simple sort today–another beginning sound sort that focused on s-, st-, and t-. He is used to doing sorts, but the way we did today’s ...
tricky, tricky digraph sort
I had Owen all to myself this afternoon while Maddy played at a friend’s house and Cora took her nap. I gave him the choice of playing anything from our ...
picture and word sort
Yesterday was a super-busy and a totally out-of-the-ordinary day for us. We spent the day at PBS Headquarters in Virginia (seriously!) with some other cool DC Metro Moms, and I ...
follow-the-path game
I’m trying to work on isolating sounds in words with Owen. When he listens to Maddy sounding out words, he gets confused about sounds he hears in the beginning, middle, ...
