I was looking for games and activities for my early readers and came across this great website: Lanternfish!  This activity come for there. I downloaded the cards and started coloring!  It’s very relaxing and I knew my students would enjoy them.  So now they are on construction paper and laminated and ready for...
Read More »

Reinforce the alphabet with this coloring sheet.  Have your child connect the dots with upper case letters, lower case letters and numbers 1 – 7.  
Read More »

I was thrilled to see my article for beginning readers was published in Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Beacon newsletter. My article is titled, “Ignite the Love of Reading“. Let me know what you think. I will be speaking at their annual conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, March 31 and...
Read More »

Now available for purchase! Many children enter school thinking words like: cat, me and dog are whole units, not individual sounds that make up the words. In order for your child to be able to decode words, they must be aware that each word is made up of individual sounds. They will need this...
Read More »

After your child knows her letter sounds and can identify the beginning and ending sound in words, she is ready to work with the vowel sound in the middle. Introducing word families or patterns to your daughter will help build her reading and spelling vocabulary as she begins to see the patterns found in words. Word...
Read More »

Rhyming prepares children for beginning reading by “playing” with the letter sounds. In order to rhyme, children need to be able to hear the different letter sounds in words and be able to change the beginning sound to make a new word. Poems, nursery rhymes, jump rope jingles… all help make rhyming fun when...
Read More »

Give your child an opportunity to trace letters in a variety of mediums. Not only will it help to imbed the motion in their brain, it will be fun! Here are some ideas that you can use: Similar to many of the activities you can find for practicing spelling words, your child can practicing...
Read More »

Having your child learn her ABC’s is fundamental for her to learn to read. Remember to introduce the lower case letters as well as the upper case letters. The lower case letters are really important because when your child begins to read she is going to see more lower case letters than upper case. Also explain...
Read More »