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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!
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…
If you have a child, you’ve heard you need to teach them sight words to read. But there is an easier way with sight words sorted by sounds. No doubt if you’re thinking about how to teach your child to read, you’ve heard all about sight words. You’ve seen the flashcards and the Youtube videos….
Looking for name tracing worksheets for your preschooler? This tutorial shows you how to easily make free name tracing worksheets. When I shared these name tracing worksheets on Instagram, I got so many messages requesting where parents could buy my worksheets. I totally get it. These worksheets make name tracing so convenient and manageable. But…
Heard all the buzz about phoneme-grapheme mapping? It’s the most efficient and effective way to read and spell. It was March 2020. Distance learning had just begun. I sat with my first grade daughter as she struggled to write anything – even a single word. For the first time, it became crystal clear to me…
You are looking for some fun and easy ways for teaching the alphabet to a two-year old. Here are 20 of our favorite ways to practice the alphabet. I’ll never forget the day my chubby 18-month old wandered over to our alphabet poster and started pointing and singing. I grabbed my phone and started recording….