We’re doing an animal unit in our co-op, so I thought I’d share an example of how you can incorporate a book and craft activity into the unit. Preschool and kindergarten kids love doing crafts,Continue reading
Tag: Kindergarten
Questions Help Your Young Child Develop Comprehension Skills
There is a big difference between being able to read individual words and being able to comprehend what you read, and this is one of the common issues older readers struggle with. One of theContinue reading
Weaving Literacy Into Learning Numbers
Here’s a fun way to help your child expand their vocabulary when you aren’t even “working” on reading. Chick Pea is working on a weekly art project that is geared towards helping her learn theContinue reading
Word Group Hunt
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
Animal Letter Crafts
Chick Pea has really been enjoying a weekly craft day that allows us to work on letters and sounds. It’s a great way to not only teach kids the letters and their sounds, but alsoContinue reading
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
Straight or Curvy?
This is game you can play with early learners to expose them to some concepts of print…in this case letter shapes (even if they don’t know their letters yet). You’ll need some letter magnets orContinue 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
Oral Blending (Onsets & Rhyme) – Lesson Idea #40
This is a phonmeic awareness activity that will help your child blend words together using word families. You’ll need a list of word families and a puppet to make it extra fun. Explain to 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
