Feb
19

All About Spelling Giveaway!

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Hi everyone! I know I just released my 2012 Curriculum Update and in it I mentioned that we were still loving All About Learning. It’s been a consistent favorite of mine for almost 2 years now! I know you all love it too, so I have a special treat for you today!   In honor of last week and Valentine’s day, I wanted to share a little love with you all! So….drum roll please…I’m hosting a very SPECIAL giveaway for All About Learning today! But before we move on, I wanted to clear a few things up! In my curriculum post I noted that I was using All About Spelling, All About Reading, and Abeka worksheets. I’ve since received several emails asking if I thought I needed to supplement. Just for the record, NO! I do not think AAS & AAR need any type of supplement! I simply have Tinkerbell working on the Abeka worksheets because I had them already and I just have a thing about wasting curriculum! Plus I figure it can’t do any harm to do a little extra work … [Read more...]

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Jan
08

@Ed_Insights Phonics Bean Bags Giveaway

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Looking for a fun way to practice phonics with your preschooler? You’ll love the Phonics Bean Bags by Educational Insights!     What are Phonics Bean Bags? They’re really fun double sided bean bags. One side has short vowels and the other has long, the set also includes c and g to show hard and soft sounds. There are 26 bean bags total and the feature cute embroidered images on each bag. They come with a draw-string storage bag and the best part in my opinion…they’re washable! Hooray!     I busted out some of plastic disks that I had and used them as ‘goals’. Then I let her pull a bag out, tell me if it used the long or short vowel, and what the beginning letter was. Then if she got it right she got to toss it into a hoop. The blue one was for short vowels an the red one was long vowels.   Some other ways to use the Phonics Bean Bags: Download my LOTW large floor Letters, then lay out the vowels on the … [Read more...]

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Jan
08

Pop For Letters Winner

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Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a great weekend! As promised I have my “Pop for Letters” winner.     And the prize goes to commenter #420: Katie Brock. I’m sending you an email now to claim your prize!   Thanks to all who entered to win! If you didn’t win and would like to get your own game, visit Learning Resources Pop for Letters! Stay tuned tomorrow for great phonics game from Educational Insights! … [Read more...]

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Jan
01

Pop For Letters by Learning Resources

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Hi everyone! I have a fun giveaway for you all today, it’s a new product from Learning Resources called “Pop for Letters”.       This game is strickingly fun! I wasn’t sure since it looks so simple, but Tinkerbell absolutely LOVES it! Must be something with those sweet little popcorn letter tiles. The game is simple, you draw out a letter tile then say the letter and the sound it makes. If you’re correct you get to keep your piece of popcorn. If you’re wrong it goes back in the pile. Whoever has the most tiles at the end of the game wins! There is one trick though…if you pull out the piece with the word “POP” on it, you have to put all your pieces back!   As you can see Tinkerbell is deep in thought trying to pick the perfect tile.   They currently have 2 versions of this game, the Pop for Letters and Pop for Sight Words which I think would be super fun as well!     Pop for Letters is a … [Read more...]

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Aug
28

All About Spelling Giveaway!

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Oh my goodness! If you haven’t tried All About Spelling yet you are soooo missing out! We started using this product last year and absolutely love love love it! I personally think they should have named it All About Phonics because it really is a phonics, spelling and reading program in my opinion. I wrote a review of it awhile back you can read my All About Spelling Review here. I was previously using a different spelling program and my daughter was getting 100% on all her tests. I thought she was doing great until I realized that she was actually just memorizing her list for the week, but then later when asked to recall a word she should have learned it was long gone. With All About Spelling, kids learn why words are spelled as they are. They drill the phonics rules until they are mastered and that is what has made the difference for us. I noticed a marked improvement in both the reading and writing skills of my children after starting this program. Now when they go to … [Read more...]

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Jul
04

Letter U for Umbrella: Free Preschool Printables

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Welcome to the Letter U where we’ll be having fun with Umbrellas! Letter V Memory Verse: “Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks.” Psalm 75:1 For our verses and accompanying games/stories we use the following books: ABC Memory Verses & My ABC Bible Verses Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and put up the letter U on our Alphabet Tree! You can download my small alphabet letters here. Song time: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol 1 Hide 'Em In Your Heart Songs - Vol 2 Umbrella Cut and Paste: Letter U Handwriting Practice: Umbrella Shape Puzzles: Cut out each umbrella, then cut in half for shape matching puzzles. Umbrella Counting!This game is for counting practice. Simply cut out along the lines so you end up with squares. Have your child match up the cards by matching the number of raindrops to the card with the appropriate number on it. Umbrella Color by Number: We color this, paint it, or use markers. I found … [Read more...]

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Jun
12

All About Reading Review

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As most of you know, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE All About Spelling! So…I was totally excited when I got the honor of reviewing the All About Reading Level Pre-1! I have to say we’ve had so much fun! First off the kids all attacked me when they saw Zigzag Zebra (My kids immediately changed his name to Ziggy). I mean who doesn’t love a fluffy zebra puppet, and it is a genius way to make reading more fun! So fun in fact that my 2nd grader offered to read to my preschooler just so she could play with it! So What’s it All About? The All About Reading Level Pre-1 is a reading program for preschool and kindergarten age children. They focus on what they call the “Big Five Skills” that are important for preparing children to read. What are the “Big Five”? Letter Knowledge Phonological Awareness Print Awareness Listening Comprehension Motivation to Read For the Teacher, All About Reading Level Pre-1 includes an in-depth Teacher’s Guide much like … [Read more...]

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May
19

K4 Curriculum ~ Funny Words (CVC Words)

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Hi everyone! I’m excited to share my new CVC Funny Words maker with everyone. As part of my K4 Expansion, we’re working more on beginning reading skills. These flip cards are great for getting new readers used to putting letter sounds together. --> Click here to download Funny Words <-- To play: Cut out the letter tiles and hole punch where indicated. Using 3 key rings, bind the letters together to make a flip chart. Have your student flip the letters to make funny words. There are actual word ideas on the back cover of the booklet, but I also encourage you to let them try to blend together whatever letters they flip to. It’s more fun, and gives students great practice blending letter sounds together. These activities are part of my K4 level expansion to my Letter of the Week Curriculum, click on the images below to see more activities! Hope you enjoy! … [Read more...]

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Apr
21

K4 Expansion Pack ~ Sight Words

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Hi everyone, I’m excited to share my new Sight Words Practice Cards with you. They’re part of my K4 Expansion Pack! --> Click here to download the Sight Words <-- To play: Cut out the Sight Word tiles, then use them to build the words. Laminate then use dry-erase markers to write in spell the words. Play “Sight Word Bingo”. Have students put a pom-pom, or glass bead on each word card as it is called, 3 in a row wins! Use magnetic letters, or any other alphabet tiles you have to spell the words on a cookie sheet. Use tracing pages to practice sight word handwriting and spelling. Click here to see my other K4 Curriculum Activities! These activities are part of myK4 level expansion to my Letter of the Week Curriculum, click on the images below to see more activities! Hope you enjoy! … [Read more...]

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Apr
20

Preschool Letter T for Turtle

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I'm please to present my Letter T activities, this week we're having fun with Turtles! Enjoy! Note: As always, I print on white cardstock, laminate, cut and store in zip-lock baggies. I use sandwich and snack size to store the little pieces once they are cut, then store all the Letter T stuff in one file folder. Ready? Here we go... Letter T Memory Verse: "Thou God seest me" Genesis 16:13 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Cor 5:17 For our verses and accompanying games/stories we use the following books: ABC Memory Verses & My ABC Bible Verses Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and put up the letter T on our Alphabet Tree! You can download my small alphabet letters here. Song time: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol 1 Hide 'Em In Your Heart Songs - Vol 2 We made the letter t with our bodies: This is by far a favorite in our house, the only trouble is getting them to stop, I think they made the entire alphabet … [Read more...]

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