Superfriend Vowels Sometimes when I am teaching, ideas come to me at the last minute or as I am speaking to my students. This happened the other day when I was talking to my kids about consonants and vowels. … Continue reading
Vowels and Consonants: A Graphing Activity and Game Knowing the difference between a vowel and a consonant is important for reading and writing. This week in my first grade classroom, we spent a lot time learning about the differences between … Continue reading
Teaching Vowels and Consonants to Children with the Vowel and Consonant Spin (or grab) Game Knowing the difference between a vowel and a consonant is an important part of learning to read and write. As a reminder vowels are a, e, … Continue reading
A Beginning with Short Vowels So I am sure you have all read our post, Teacher Mama: A Phonics Primer, and are eady for some concrete, hands-on activities that you can do with your child at home. So here we … Continue reading
Create and Play Short Vowel Game I am always looking for new and different ways to teach, reteach and solidify short vowels sounds in my students. Recently, I created these short vowel friends and introduced them to my class. They … Continue reading
FREE Rainbow Slide Letter Sorting Game Was in the mood to create a new St. Patrick’s Day Springy game for you all. Here is what I came up with. This is a fun game that asks students to practice sorting … Continue reading
Mixed Short Vowel Games These games are created to help students practice their short vowel sounds. The first game practices just short o, a and i and the second game adds in short u. Both games work well with Words … Continue reading
Short and Long Vowel Printable Games Short vowel sounds are so important for young readers and writers to know. As a first grade teacher, I am always looking for new ways to teach and reinforce the short vowels sounds. At … Continue reading
Short Vowel Sort and Bingo Game I had an opportunity to work strictly with our first grade students who struggle with basic phonics for a short stretch of time. I wanted to do some activities that really drove home short vowel … Continue reading
Best FREE Printables of 2014 Who doesn’t love freebies? I certainly do so when the wonderful hosts of the After School Linky decided to once again do our BEST OF series, I jumped at the chance to share a whole bunch … Continue reading
Superfriend Vowel Consonant Game In a previous post, I shared our classroom Superfriend Vowels. The idea has taken off ! We are having a blast with it AND learning a lot. We graphed the Superfriend Letters in our names and … Continue reading
Big A Little a Alphabet Book For years I have been meaning to do this again. I first did this alphabet book years ago (over 20 yikes!) with my preschoolers, but then everything was done by hand and hard to … Continue reading
