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You can teach your child at home. Even if your child goes to school, you’ll find easy educational activities to teach important academic skills. These are easy ways you can teach your child important skills like learning to read and write. You are your child’s best teacher – you just need someone to show you how to teach your child at home!
It’s one of the first words your child needs to read: the. Use these sight word the worksheets to make learning this word easy and interactive. When children begin to read sentences, they need to know this word: the And it’s not really an easy word for an early reader. Fortunately, you can teach it…
Phonemic awareness is a cornerstone of reading. These free phonemic awareness worksheets make this tricky skill manageable for parents. If you want your child to be a strong reader, they need phonemic awareness skills. It’s that simple. But sometimes, learning those skills is tricky for parents and teachers. These free phonemic awareness worksheets make learning…
It seems like magic when a child learns to read. But science has actually pulled back the curtain about the brain and reading. People have been walking for about seven million years. While there is a lot of debate about the exact amount of time, people have been speaking for about 200,000 years. Written language…
Your child needs to learn addition facts. You can use addition color by number to give them valuable practice in an engaging way. Every year I taught 2nd grade, we would give our students timed addition tests. Learning those math facts was important so students could be successful with harder tasks. But for many students,…
Teachers will tell you that color by code worksheets provide instant engagement. Get your child practicing academic skills in no time. Whenever I needed 15 minutes of peace and quiet in the classroom, I’d pull out trusty color by code worksheets. It was instant engagement. They students loved completing the coloring sheets. I loved that…
Children learn to read consonant blends in first grade. But they are tricky for many learners. These color by blend worksheets make it fun! I’ve seen this with countless students. They read words like “lap” and “had” like a pro. But once they see words like hand or lamp, they can’t figure it out. Consonant…
Looking for fun and engaging reading worksheets for your early reader? Your child will love these Color by CVC Word Worksheets. “Ssss – aaaaa – ttt. Sat!” said my prekindergarten son. There is nothing quite as exciting as when your child begins to read words. CVC words stand for consonant-vowel-consonant. They are some of the…
After letter names and sounds, what do you teach your child next? Learning to blend CVC words is an important step in reading. One of the top five questions I am asked: “My child knows their alphabet and letter sounds. Now what?” First, you need to make sure your child has good phonemic awareness skills. …
You’re ready to teach your child the alphabet? Use this free alphabet phonics sounds chart to teach the letter names and sounds. You know your child needs to know their ABCs. But if you’re not a teacher, you might be wondering how. My oldest two children just picked up the alphabet without much help from…
Does your child need help breaking words into sounds? Use these printable Elkonin boxes to make phonemic awareness concrete. “How do you spell pet?” I asked my first-grade daughter. The global pandemic had just started and she was doing distance learning at home. Her teacher gave an assignment. She needed to write an 8-sentence paragraph…
CVC words are the first words children learn to read. Check out this collection of CVC worksheets and grab some free CVC printables, too! If you want to teach your child to read, you might have heard about CVC words. They are the first words children learn to read. CVC words follow regular sound-letter patterns…
Your child needs to learn sight words but you want to do it the right way? Here are 8 research-based strategies for teaching sight words. I’m the first to admit I used to be wrong about teaching sight words. Every September I would stand in front of thirty sets of parents with a list in…