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).…
Resources for Jewish (Home) Educators
Resources for Jewish (Home) Educators
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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…
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…
Which Popular Character Phonics Readers are decodable for beginners?
I sought decodable readers to practice the “short a” sound. What kind of free resources are there? One resource is the library. Our library has a collection of phonics boxes. I noticed that many had characters popular in secular culture.…
80+ concept cartoons to support learning
People, even small ones, form their own ideas about things based on language, things they observe, etc. While some of these ideas can provide good anchors for new information, others can hinder learning. Study after study has found that materials…
18+ Types of interactive books for toddlers and preschoolers
Research has shown that reading to your child is super important for his/her development. But it’s not just hearing the words (like in an audiobook); it’s the interaction time, being held and talking with a loving caregiver, that’s crucial.1 As…