Reading
Word Wall
{disclaimer ~ affiliate links are used in this post} What is a Word Wall? Here is an official definition from Wikipedia. Here is another article about word walls. Basically it...
You Can Read Sight Words!
You Can Read Sight Words! is a high frequency word program developed to help your younger reader master basic sight words. I pulled together many ideas from various places, mostly my...
How do I know if my younger child is ready to read?
Children show reading readiness skills at many various ages. I do not believe in pushing a child to learn to read at an early age—however some kids will show these...
Bob Books for Krash!
We did not use Bob Books with Pac Man, simply because I had so many other early readers, I never bought them. I got a set of 5 boxes of...
Color by Number Sight Words
I recently saw an awesome idea involving sight words on another blog, which led to emails between us! Although Annie created her own set of printables for her daughter {and...
Behind the Scenes ~ Guided Reading
I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed the comments on the How Do I Teach My Child To Read post. So many teachers {classroom and homeschool} joined in...
How do I Teach My Child to Read?
This post was originally published in 2011, and was updated in 2021 Teaching reading is one of my favorite things in life - I just love it when a young...
In love with reading!
Pac-Man has never been a boy who truly loves reading, however I think he may have turned a corner!!!! My friend Shannon suggested the Henry and Mudge books for him...
Teaching Short Vowels
Teaching short vowels came VERY easy for me! I owe it all to Leap Frog - Letter Factory...the DVD took care of it for me! Seriously, P learned all of...
Inspired Ideas ~ Morning Message/To-Do List
First, a thank you to the following sites for giving me the beginnings of this idea:Little Blots Blog, which led me to...Mrs. Nelson's Class, which led me to...K Crew's Buzz...