We know that exposure to letters, words, sentences, and books (both read alouds and independent reading) significantly impacts a student’s future successes in school and life. We also know that students learn better when they are engaged, which is why teachers (and parents) are continually seeking to find tools and teaching methods that will draw […]
Silly Sentences Reading Game With Jenga Blocks
This DIY reading game is a great resource for beginning or struggling readers. In fact, my 5 year old early reader has been having lots of fun with our set since I made it a few weeks ago. It has been great for developing her recognition of high frequency words, decoding skills and reading fluency. […]
Beginning Reader Games: Silly Sentence Chatterbox
Chatterboxes (or fortune tellers or cootie catchers) are one of those classic toys that epitomise childhood…I remember lots of laughter playing with them with my cousins on summer holidays. This beginning reader game is a bit of a twist on the traditional chatterbox, perfect for sneaking in a little revision of high frequency sight words […]
Making a Beginning Reader Lift-the-Flap Book
In this post Jodie of Growing Book by Book shares a clever tutorial for making a fun lift-the-flap book tailored to your beginning readers level of reading ability. Beginning readers need lots of practice with “just right” reading materials to learn and grow. Perfect leveled books can be challenging to find for these new readers. […]
5 Tips for Helping Beginning Readers Learn to Read
Practical strategies for supporting early readers as they learn to read. Do you have a new or budding reader in your life? Watching a child learn to read is a magical time. But, it can also be a cause for concern for parents – how do I help my child when he or she comes […]
Silly Sentence Chatterboxes for Beginning Readers
Do you remember having fun with chatterboxes (or fortune tellers) as a kid? I certainly do! With Immy currently learning to read I thought a chatterbox might provide another way to sneak in a little further sight word and reading practise…whilst also having a laugh! Silly Sentence Chatterboxes To make: You will need a square […]
50 Playful Sight Words Activity Ideas
Immy is well and truly on the road to learning to read, arriving home from school with her very first levelled reader last week! As I have shared previously, learning to automatically recognise high frequency sight words is an important part of learning to read as automatic recall positively influences reading fluency, which in turn […]
Supporting Beginning Readers: Creating with CVC and Sight Words
Immy is enjoying the beginning stages of learning to read and I recently made some simple reading and drawing prompts to provide her with the opportunity to practise reading simple sentences. At school Immy has learnt all of the most commons single sounds (consonants and vowels) and is learning to blend the sounds of one […]
Learning to Read: Sight Word Activities
With school back in session in Australia, I know that many children are beginning the process of learning to read. One common strategy that forms the process of learning to read in many classrooms is the process of learning to read sight words. Sight Word Learning Sight words are high frequency words that we use […]
Learning to Read Part 2: Letter Sound Relationships
The following video blog is the second in this series discussing important components of early reading programs – letter-sound relationships. If you missed it, the first installment can be found here. For parents looking for ways to support the learning of letter sound relationships happening in the classroom, try the suggestions in these posts; Learning […]
