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Digraphs (ch, th, sh, wh) Game
My husband’s grandma called the other day to ask if I had any ideas for teaching the th sound. As a tutor, this is a game I played with my students. I had hand drawn all of the images for the board...
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Writing Letters & Numbers Practice
This blog isn’t about being Martha Stewart. It’s not about having something pinnable every day. Yes, it’s fun to have those things. It’s fun for me, and I think it’s fun for my readers. However, I...
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Day #162 – Alphabet Words Game
Alphabet Words Game Alphabet Words Game is a game you can play at any time with your kids. This is an easy learning game, and I made you a printable. You can pull this out anytime. You don’t even need...
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Disappearing Chalk Letters
This is a really fun way for kids to work on writing their letters. All you do is write their letters on a chalk board. Then, you give them water and a paint brush and have them try and get the...
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Magnet Letter Fishing
I have been working with Kenzie on her sounds. She knows her upper case letters and most of her lower case, but continuing to build familiarity is important. We have also been focusing more on knowing...
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Outside Chalk Word Search
I was staring out the window the other day and looked down at our patio. I thought, “Surely I can do something creative with the pattern in the stones.” I decided to try a giant word search. I would...
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Learning Letters with Blocks
I have wanted to start to work on writing letters with Kenzie (3 years old). We have done work to help her learn her letters and sounds. I was beginning to see her coloring making real shapes and...
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Day #217 – Writing in Shaving Cream
You may have seen the other day that we did writing with blocks. It went so well, that I decided to take it to the next level – writing with shaving cream. This is a really easy activity. We had...
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Teaching Vowels with a Poem and Search
Kenzie is at a place where I want her start becoming familiar with the vowels and their sounds. The vowel sounds are often the hardest ones for kids to grasp. I used to tutor privately and home school...
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Letter Sound Freeze Dance
I love finding different ways of teaching my kids letters and sounds. Movement makes it fun and never makes it feel like learning. This is a fun way to incorporate learning letters with music and...
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Fly Swatter Learning Slap
Fly Swatter Learning Slap is a learning game that can be adapted for all levels and subjects. It works really well for your kids with high energy. Kenzie was working on her letter sounds. We did this...
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Day #318 – Writing Letters on Back
This is a very simple idea that you probably used to do when you were a kid, but I just now thought to do it with my kids, and they really enjoyed it. It involves writing letters on their backs. They...
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Great Activities for Teaching Kids to Really Know their Letters
I am currently in the process of trying to make my site a lot more easy to navigate. In the mean time, I thought it might be helpful to compile a group of games and activities we have done in the past...
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Teaching Children Reading through Word Families
I have a degree in education. However, I have decided to be a stay at home mom. Does that mean I can just snap off the teaching part of me and it is no longer part of my life? Absolutely not. I love...
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Teaching Beginning Reading with C-V-C Cups
Teaching beginning reading can be a lot of fun. These C-V-C (consonant-vowel-consonant) cups can add an extra bit of excitement to your child’s learning. Kenzie knows her letters and sounds, so it’s...
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Teaching Beginning Reading Activities & Giveaway
Beginning reading can be challenging to teach if you don’t have the right resources. I wanted to provide you with fun reading games and activities for you to do with your kids. This is also a...
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Letter Grab
Letter Grab is a simple game I came up with to work on letters with my preschool age kids. I am determined to make sure my kids know their letters before they head off to kindergarten. Although I’m...
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Alphabet Learning Printables
It’s time for this week’s edition of Mom’s Library. Today I am featuring alphabet learning printables. It’s hard to tell you how many resources for learning letters there are here since many of these...
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Learning Letters Target Practice
My son is at preschool age, and he is learning his letters. This learning letters target practice was right up his alley. He is all boy, and loves to shoot his suction cup bow and arrow at everything....
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15 Learning Activities with LEGO DUPLO
Are you a LEGO fan? I know I am. Kids use their imagination to create their own designs or learn to follow step-by-step instructions to construct buildings, vehicles and so much more. My children just...
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Alphabet Phonics Hunt
I am thrilled to be here on Meaningful Mama today to tell you about a really fun activity that I did at home recently with my 4 year old son and a playmate. Both boys are heading to kindergarten in...
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How to Integrate Literacy into Everyday Life
You always hear people encouraging you to read to your kids. I have also given you this advice. I do want to say that reading books is not the only way to help kids find value in learning to read. The...
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Beginning Reading Game – Where’s the Sound?
As a former teacher and private tutor, I want to introduce you to a favorite beginning reading game – Where’s the Sound? My mom tutored also, and this was a game she taught me. Trying to get your kids...
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Free Fall Alphabet Handwriting Worksheets
These free fall alphabet handwriting worksheets are available for free to teachers, parents and caregivers. They provide printing practice for all kids learning their letters and sounds. Each...
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