age-appropriate speech sounds As a Reading Specialist and English teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning to read fun for the students I tutor and my own little …Read moreage-appropriate speech sounds
our not-so-teeny-zucchini Last week, a good friend of mine gave us the most ginormous zucchini I had ever seen. I’m not sure what she’s feeding her plants, but I …Read moreour not-so-teeny-zucchini
sticky finger writing: writing letters and sight words There are a million, trillion cool ways of getting little ones to practice letter writing and to commit sight words to memory. It’s so awesome …Read moresticky finger writing: writing letters and sight words
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 …Read moretricky, tricky digraph sort
rockin’ rhyme bingo Owen and I revisited Rhyme Bingo today, this time with Maddy, and it was a blast. We only played for a short while–about 15 or 20 minutes …Read morerockin’ rhyme bingo
alphabet egg puzzles Today I brought out another awesome resource from Bear’s Words Their Way. . . (2004), but it can be replicated very easily in a number of ways. …Read morealphabet egg puzzles
rhyming and sorting, sorting and rhyming Owen and I had a tiny bit of quiet time together yesterday while Cora was napping and Maddy had lunch at preschool, so he and I read, played cars, and …Read morerhyming and sorting, sorting and rhyming
recipe-reading: let’s make muffins! Today, we mixed up the way we usually make muffins–and we make them a LOT around here. Usually my little bakers stand on their chairs, aprons on …Read morerecipe-reading: let’s make muffins!