Chick Pea loves to play hide and seek, so we made up a fun game to help her with her word groups. Right now we’re working with the “-at” words (cat, hat, mat, rat, etc.).Continue reading
Tag: 1st grade
Rhyming Down the Alphabet
Last weekend, a friend was telling me how much her three year old loves playing the Good Night Rhymes game. We talked about it as a bedtime game, but they play in the car. SheContinue reading
Guess Who I Am
This engaging activity can be adapted for different ages easily and it can be a great way to get your kids to do some character analyzation (which really helps comprehension). Choose a character from aContinue reading
Letter Charades
This is a really fun game that lets your kids practice matching objects to letters and sounds. You’ll need some picture cards of various objects (and/or magazine pictures) and a bit of creative imagination. YouContinue reading
Good Night Rhymes
Here’s a quick and simple game you can play during your bedtime routine with your child that will help them learn to make words rhyme. Think of a word and tell your child that theContinue reading
Puppet Sound Review
This is a great way to help your child review their letter sounds. You’ll need an alphabet chart (or letter cards) and a puppet – and make sure he’s wearing his “dunce cap”! Tell yourContinue reading
Vocabulary Retells
This simple activity will do wonders for your child’s oral vocabulary (which is important to build so that their reading vocabularies can grow) while working on their comprehension at the same time! You can doContinue reading
Sounds In Nature – Lesson Idea #39
This is a great phonics activity for a hike as an alternative to Digital ABCs, or ABC Nature Hike. All you need for this activity are pencils or crayons, a clipboard, and the great outdoors.Continue reading
Odd One Out – Lesson Idea # 38
This simple activity is great for helping your child develop discriminating skills as well as working on rhyming to improve phonemic awareness. You’ll need some picture cards or pictures cut out from a magazine. PutContinue reading
ABC Nature Hike – Lesson Idea #37
This is a great way to get your kids to reinforce their letter recognition while playing outside in the wonderful summer weather! You’ll need some letters (either paper, foam, magnetic, or other plastic letters) andContinue reading
The Beginning of the End–Lesson Idea #36
This is another fun game you can play in a group or as a family in the car. Even mom and dad will be challenged with this phonemic awareness excercise. The rules of the gameContinue reading
I Say, You Say… Lesson Idea # 35
Here’s an entertaining way to get your kids thinking about and using synonyms. Synonyms are a great way to build your child’s vocabulary because it’s easy for them to learn new words that match aContinue reading
Oral Story Blending – Lesson Idea # 33
This activity helps your child work on his/her phonemic awareness (oral blending skill) and their listening comprehension all at once! You can use a sample of any story you like to play this game. TheContinue reading
What’s That Sound? – Lesson Idea #32
This is a phonemic awareness activity that focuses on having your child identify and isolate the initial sounds of words. Playing this word game with a puppet can make it a whole lot of fun!Continue reading
Change That Sound – Lesson Idea #31
This is a phonemic awareness activity that focuses on kids’ ability to segment (separate) and substitute initial sounds. Play it as a riddle game and they’ll have plenty of fun with it! Ask your childContinue reading
