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What comes after CVC words?

Has your child had plenty of practice with CVC words and is ready to move on? The next step after CVC words is to add another consonant. Some words have two or more consonants at the beginning: CCVC (e.g., flat).…

Step-by-step hebrew readers (+ free downloads)

Finding short, easy, illustrated Hebrew readers for true beginners — the kind that introduce one vowel at a time — is surprisingly difficult if you don’t want to spend a lot of money. Basically, I was looking for the Hebrew…

Resources for practicing CVC words for beginning Readers

Beginning readers need plenty of practice with CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant, such as hat). After practicing blending with ‘short a’ words, one can move on to words with other vowels. Looking for resources to do so can take a LOT of…

Math skills: Chanukah activities

Chanukah is an 8-day holiday. Every night, one more candle is lit, using a helper candle (shamash). So, by observing it, children can practice counting to 9. But that’s not the only way one can practice math skills. Here are…

Resources for Practicing Short a Words for Beginning Readers

Short “a” words are often used towards the beginning of teaching a child to read. It’s easy to spend hours looking for practice resources. And often, I was disappointed because a supposedly phonics-based resource or decodable reader contained so many…

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