We started school officially today, and Ana charged me with doing a technology session for Pea. I had this grand idea of having her come up with a 6 paneled comic strip that she couldContinue reading
Tag: vocabulary
Sight Word Shuttle Runs…In Reverse!
A while back, Ana made up a fun game we call Sight Word Shuttle Runs that not only helps the kids with learning new sight words, but also lets them burn up some energy. WeContinue reading
Chin Bop Syllable Count
Here’s a quick and easy game you can play in the car or around the house. Learning to count the number of syllables in words they hear and say can help your child learn toContinue 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
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
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
Idea Prompts
This can be a fresh change to the usual vocabulary activity of “Write a sentence using the word…”. It’s important for your child to practice using newly learned words in addition to talking about them. Continue reading
Build-a-Word – Lesson Idea #28
This hands-on activity helps to reinforce the use of affixes (suffixes and prefixes) to help build and add to your child’s vocabulary. You’ll need some index cards or sentence strips, markers, some baggies, and aContinue reading
Readers and Golfers
I love to play golf, but I’m not a golfer…yet. That raises the obvious question–what are the differences between a golfer and someone who plays golf? Well, they’re basically the same differences between someone whoContinue reading
Twist a Word – Lesson Idea #27
This take on the classic game of Twister is a really fun way to get your kids moving while learning to read and spell words! You’ll need some sidewalk chalk and a large writable surfaceContinue reading
Synonym Memory – Lesson Idea # 26
Synonyms have been shown to be an excellent way to build our vocabularies because it’s really easy to learn and attach a new word to a concept/meaning that we already know. Kids can have funContinue reading
Vocab Riddles – Lesson Idea #25
This fun game will help your child learn the meanings of words from a story or book that you are working on. It also gives your kids a great chance for fluency practice if theyContinue reading
I Spy – Lesson Idea # 20
An oldie but a goodie. You can play this with the focus being on sounds or letters. This helps develop their ability to match sounds and/or letters with objects and reinforce their knowledge of wordContinue reading
On My Way… Lesson Idea #18
A fun and educational way to spend some time… Tell your child that you will pretend to go somewhere (park, beach, store, etc.) and see lots of things that start with the letter /(target sound)/Continue reading
