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CVC Word Blending Slider: Slow Sloth Activity

Heather — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:22:57 +0000

Teaching children to blend individual sounds into CVC words is extra fun with this free printable sloth slider! Wouldn’t this be fun to use during a zoo unit?! If you’ve ever seen a sloth in person at a zoo (or have been lucky enough to see one in the wild), you know that they really...

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Bat Letter Sounds Activity

Heather — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:50:05 +0000

Inside: Help preschool and kindergarten students practice letter recognition and beginning sounds with a fun bat letter sounds activity perfect for October and Halloween. There’s just something about bats that captures kids’ curiosity. Whether you’re reading bat stories like Stellaluna, making bat crafts, or exploring nocturnal animals, they always seem to draw children in. Plus,...

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Hungry Caterpillar Letter Sound Activity {Free Printable}

Heather — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:01:34 +0000

Inside: This printable hungry caterpillar letter sound activity is a fun way to practice beginning phonics. Incorporate this into your butterfly unit, or offer it after reading aloud The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. If your little ones adore Eric Carle’s classic book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar this might be the perfect activity for...

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Name Tracing Worksheets That Build Early Literacy

Heather — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:03:47 +0000

Inside: Name tracing worksheets that give students practice with handwriting, name recognition, and even beginning phonics. Name Tracing Worksheets I love how excited preschoolers get when they learn how to write their own names. I adore seeing their eyes light up, and watching them stand a little taller as they point out their work. Tracing...

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Apple Beginning Sounds Digital Activity

Heather — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 01:09:03 +0000

Inside: an apple beginning sounds digital activity for kindergarten or preschool students I created this fall digital letter sounds activity back when we were all doing distance learning, but it is still a great activity even when kids are there in person with you in the classroom. Apple Beginning Sounds Activity Do you have an...

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Sight Words vs. Phonics: What Parents Need to Know

Heather — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:09:28 +0000

Inside: Sight Words vs Phonics – which should kids focus on as they learn to read? This post will help parents and caregivers navigate helping their children learn to read. What ‘Sight Words’ Means A sight word is a word that doesn’t follow normal spelling patterns. These are words like come, who, or said....

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5 Fun Hands-On Snowflake Rhyming Games

Heather — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:00:00 +0000

Here are some fun rhyming games just right for kindergartners. Each game has a snow theme. Learning to read is so much more exciting when it looks like playing, don’t you think? Rhyming games, besides being fun, help kids learn phonics. So, for winter, I’ve come up with a few simple rhyming games using snowflake cutouts. All you...

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