I love this Sight Word Literacy Center that I bought from Lakeshore Learning. I will admit, it was a little spendy. It was $80. It’s a lot of money for an activity center that helps practice simple sight words. We bought this set several years ago, when my son was in first grade. I had a
My daughter and I have been practicing her sight words. Sight words make up about 90% of our reading vocabulary. To be a fluent reader, it’s extremely important that kids know these words quickly. One of my favorite ways to practice sight words is with the Memory Game. Finding sight word lists is very easy.
One of the best things about teaching young kids is teaching literacy. I absolutely love teaching reading and writing. It’s amazing to watch a child grow into a reader right before your eyes. Right now, in kindergarten, we are working our way through a genre study of wordless books. Wordless books present us with a
My daughter is going into first grade. First graders and the Junie B. Jones series go hand in hand. I have to say, as we read these books together I’m usually cracking up laughing! The books are hilarious! (Probably because I really think my daughter IS Junie B.) I was at a local bookstore a
They’re here! Those lazy days of summer have arrived. I plan on spending some time sitting on the deck with a good book. My daughter loves to read. My son? Not so much. We signed up for the Barnes and Noble Summer reading program. After logging the books we have read over the summer, Barnes