I have never done anything like this before, but I thought I would give it a try. I asked over 50 of my fellow bloggers to share their favorite activities for teaching sight words to their children/students. I read through … Continue reading
My son has about 10 sight words to work on each week. And, each week, we write them out on colored paper, cut them out and hang them on the wall by his bedside. We read the words each night … Continue reading
Bottle Caps ABCs Many thanks to my local Starbucks for collecting all these caps for me. If you are interested in trying these activities or Bottle Cap Math, ask your local coffee shop to save some for you! Bottle Caps … Continue reading
I love finding something in an office supply store, taking it home, giving it to my boys and then watching what they do with it. I gave my youngest a few pads of sticky notes the other day and he … Continue reading
A Game Board for all Occasions I created this blank game board a while back when I first started working on sight words with my son. At that time, this board was big enough for our practice, but now his … Continue reading
I just did a super fun and very spontaneous activity with my son which he loved! I was sitting on the couch working on my computer and my son was trying to read what I was writing. Without saying a … Continue reading
Real World Word Search I did something today with my son that I have been wanting to do for a while. Today, we went on a Real World Word Search. You may now be wondering–What is a Real World Word Search? … Continue reading
Creating Sight Word Books One of the best ways to teach children to read is, of course, to have them read. When they are in the very early stages of reading, there are not that many books out there that … Continue reading
Sight Word Practice Made Fun My son is in Kindergarten and is learning to read. One of the tasks asked of parents is to practice a list of sight words (provided by the teacher) at home. I wanted to find … Continue reading
Creating Your Own Dice for Learning In a previous post I introduced some math games involving the use of dice. As I stated then, the possibilities for learning with dice are endless, but not everyone wants to go out and … Continue reading
