Word Families, Decodable Words, and Phonics
How to Teach Kids to Sound Out Three Letter Words (CVC Words)
We’ve been working on sounding out CVC words recently, so I want to tell you about what’s been working when I teach this concept to my students! 1. How to…
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Eight Great Tricks for Sounding Out Three Letter Words
Three-letter words can be tricky for kids to sound out when they are first learning to read. I like to start by teaching them common word families words to get…
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Phonics Coloring Worksheets for Word Families! (Freebies!)
Phonics Coloring Worksheets for Word Families give kids practice finding and reading words with standard phonics spelling rules and a chance to color creatively, too! They also give children practice…
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Sound Discrimination: What to Do When Children Cannot “Hear” Beginning Sounds
Every year in Kindergarten, there are always a few children in my class who struggle with sound discrimination, or the ability to “hear” and distinguish between the beginning sounds in…
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Learning Phonics is Easier and Faster with Music and Movement
Learning to sound out words with phonics is a vital part of learning to read. I, (Heidi), have always thought so, but now the collection of research known as the…
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CVC Cut & Glue Puzzles Plus Word Family Songs for the WIN!
Today, we are going to tell you about using our new CVC Cut and Glue Puzzles with HeidiSongs music videos to help kids learn to read decodable words! It’s that…
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How I Got 92% of My Kids to Master Decodable CVC Words in Kindergarten
Today, I will tell you how I got 92% of my Kindergarten students to master 100% of their decodable, three-letter (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words primarily by singing our Word Family Songs! This…
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