sight words

best of teach mama countdown: #2 — spelling words

January 12, 2012

Yay! We’re getting down to the wire with this teach mama top 10 all-time best countdown! This post is one that I have shared probably more than times than any other post I’ve written.  It seems that most of the emails that I receive are from parents who are tired, desperate, and . . . [...]

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best of teach mama countdown: #9 — building words, names

January 4, 2012

This post, which rolls in at #9, continues to surprise me with the amount of hits it gets. Maybe it’s the title: word building, name building (and crossing the line). Maybe people find it unintentionally when they’re trying to figure out what to do when their kids ‘cross the line’–I’m not sure. I’m really not [...]

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back-to-school shopping with three crazy-cool kids

August 15, 2011

After our crazy-successful Smart Summer Challenge, I needed a little week-long offline vay-cay to say the least! Our Smart Summer Challenge was a smashing success (woo-hoo!), but blogging daily for six straight weeks had me just about nutty by the time I hit day 42.  So a quick trip to Florida to do some work [...]

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a fish out of water: games to practice sight words

July 28, 2011

Owen and I had to play a few extra games of Go Fish! this week to celebrate the Water Fun we’ve got on our calendar for the Smart Summer Challenge, but also because he is only weeks away from kindergarten. Right now, he wants to read, read, read. But he also wants to play, play, [...]

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gettting ready for kindergarten: summertime prep

July 16, 2011

We’re almost exactly at the mid-summer point, and before we know it, the new school year will be upon us. Ahhhhhhh! So with my sweet Owen heading off to the wilds of Kindergarten this year (wah!), I thought it would be worthwhile to share a few things we’re doing over here to get our big [...]

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a game for practicing spelling, sight words, or letters: WORDO!

May 26, 2011

With the end of the school year quickly approaching, we’re all getting antsy for summer. So I’ve had to be super crafty during our work time in order to keep Maddy, Owen, and Cora engaged and excited.  As I’ve said before, most days I go with whatever Owen and Cora are up for doing, but [...]

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sight word games to prepare for kindergarten: go fish!

April 19, 2011

Owen has been really interested in reading lately, so I’m trying to roll with it without pushing him or having him lose interest–so games have been my go-to. He’s trying desperately to grab the words that he can, whether it be words in the book we’re reading, words on the screen of his Leapster Explorer, [...]

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getting kids to write: write around the room

January 26, 2011

Finding interesting and meaningful activities for Owen and Cora during Maddy’s homework time has kept me busy lately, but I’ve found tons of great things for these two to do.  Finally, it’s a natural part of our day for everyone to sit down for ‘work time’ after snacks. Recently, I pulled out an oldie but [...]

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wiggly words: wild, crazy practice with spelling and sight words

January 20, 2011

We’re always trying to mix things up over here–get a little crazy, even–when it comes to playing with those spelling and sight words. So before Maddy’s long i spelling test last week, after she TCR’d the words and after we played a few simple games with them, we wiggly-worded it. Very simple. Very wiggly.  Very [...]

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word searches, word searching, finding words, oh my!

December 15, 2010

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 Maddy, Owen and Cora have to pretend they’re in Rome and do as the Romans do. So after we get home from picking Maddy up [...]

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quick trick: magnetic letters (how to use them with your kids!)

December 1, 2010

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 in a little bit of learning each day while we’re busy decorating, making gifts, wrapping, and eating sweets (which we do a lot of over [...]

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