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GARDEN WORD LADDER PRINTABLE ACTIVITY

Word Building Activity: Build a Garden

March 18, 2024 •

Building phonological awareness and phonics skills is crucial for children learning to read.  Lots of practice needs to happen and it should be enjoyable.  Enter this word-building activity with a View Post

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Apple Mapping Sound Mat

September 20, 2022 •

Looking for sound work practice with a fallish apple theme? This apple mapping sound mat can help children mapping sounds and identify letters to represent those sounds.  They are perfect for View Post

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MEDIAL SOUND PRACTICE SHEETS

Medial Sounds Mats

August 24, 2022 •

Identifying medial sounds vs beginning or ending sounds can be a little challenging. These medial sound mats can help children identify those middle sounds.  They are perfect for beginning View Post

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Skunk Beginning Sound Clip Cards

November 22, 2021 •

PU...do you smell something? Get ready for some beginning sound practice with these skunk themed beginning sound clip cards.  Perfect for work stations or indpendent learning practice. Beginning View Post

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POCKET CHART SENTENCE STRIPS FOR LETTERS AND SOUNDS

Letter Sound Sentence Strips

August 16, 2021 •

Associating sounds with letters is a vital step in the journey of learning to read.  And, repitition in playing with letters and sounds is the key to laying that foundation.  These letter sound View Post

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Snowmen Counting Book (Free Printable)

January 20, 2020 •

Snow or no snow?  I think students will always say snow.  To capitalize on the anticipation, I created the snowmen counting book for you to use with the kids.  This free winter printable book helps View Post

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Turkey Counting Book (Free Printable)

November 7, 2018 •

We are on a turkey roll.  We shared a fun turkey counting rhyme to use with play dough turkeys. Today, we are helping new readers learn number words. Full Disclosure: This post contains affiliate View Post

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