Short “a” words are often used towards the beginning of teaching a child to read. Here are some examples of easy “short a” words. I include -and because “and” is such a frequent word.1 -at -an -am -ab -ag -ap –ad -ax -as -and other words at an am cab bag map Dad ax as […]
I sought decodable readers to practice the “short a” sound. Our library has a collection of phonic boxes, many with popular characters. Unfortunately, many of them are not, in fact, decodable for beginning readers because they contain so many words that beginners cannot yet sound out. So, which ones are ok for beginners? For this
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A 0-100 (or sometimes 1-100) chart is one of several representations that are often used in early math education. There are lots of activities you can do with a 100 chart – and many people offering 100-chart printables. If you’re looking for a free 0-100 chart, make sure that you use one where the numbers
Matching activities are popular for toddlers. For instance, the Lovevery play kit for months 19-21 has a match pictures activity (e.g. matching the image of a butterfly to another image of a butterfly). The kit for months 22-24 has an activity to match animal figures to pictures of animals (e.g., a cow figure to a
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