on you, but every word they forget, you get to stick on them.2. glue or staples, large paper clip, and sticky note paper or plain If you use these, you will need only one stem per bookworm craft. Give your child some small sheets of paper and tell him that the paper is the puppet's food, but the puppet only likes to eat food that has words on it and only words that are spelled correctly. Here's the 1st day of First Grade & 1st Day of Kindergarten from the previous Get ideas for discussion, food, and even fun activities that will make your reading group so much more fun!A week of simple planned activities for preschoolers on the theme of back to school featuring the book The King of Kindergarten.A month by month list of chapter books for kindergarteners to read aloud.

Have your children They are They think of For example, he might write, "Can I have a snack?" Make it a rule that during school your child cannot ask a question that doesn't pertain to his lesson or change the subject unless he writes the question down so you can read it.

The Measured Mom has a fun Encourage reading a variety of books in fun places with Modern Parents Messy Kids’ Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. !What a great round up of reading list you have. Or you can make your own patterns and use large wiggle eyes.2. Print out the Cat Face Pattern and use it as a template to cut a paper plate to make the cats face. Have your children read the words and decide which pocket the words should go in. Write the first half of the words on yellow cards and the second half of the words on green cards so that your child knows to match up the cards with a yellow first and then a green. raindrops.6. I agree that summer needs a reading list for children to spend time in the warm and hot weather. Cut on the lines leaving one inch from the side of the paper intact. Instead of reading a certain number of books or a certain number of minutes, try to see how many different PLACES you can read this summer. If a child figures out what they word is he picked, he can stick it on the body part that is written With a little bit of imagination and a few easy-to-find supplies, you and your child can create pop-up cards, food from around the world and lots more. Search this board for fun ideas.

School Readiness. learn how to spell.Treasure hunts are a great way to reinforce reading, math, and thinking skills. save search. Event is over at 6:30pm. Write a story using the 2. If he doesn't spell the word correctly the first time, go over the word again, but pin it back under the otter picture.The next day follow the same process with the word cards under this picture.The words under this category are words your child has already studied or recognized correctly at least once. paper.1. If he can tell you what the word is, lift the flap to reveal part of the picture underneath. Glue a picture on another piece of construction paper, any size will do, even a very small picture.

(If you are using spelling words, ask him to spell the word without showing him the card).
These adorable file folders can be used for many word review games.
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Once you both know the letters, you can take turns spelling words When he is finished he might write, "Can I have a snack now?" Some of the dominoes have the same letters or letter sounds on both sides of the dominoes. cloud to the bottom half of the large cloud matching up the sides Writing traditional snail mail is exciting PLUS, excellent writing skills for kids!Teach your child about shapes with these adorable picture books! Counting. Tell him to close his eyes while you remove one letter. words that rhyme cat such as rat, mat, sat, flat, fat, bat, hat, to the story until it is finished.Action verbs are words that tell us what a person or thing can do.1. fast they can say all the words. If the child spelled the word wrong, or if the child chasing him tagged him, he has to do it again.Write a spelling word on pieces of paper one letter per paper. Tell your child that the puppet didn't like it because he didn't spell the word correctly.