Practice rhyming often with whole and small groups. Lead the class in brief rhyming activities every day. Make up nonsense words and have kids think of another word that rhymes, like "zake" and "yake." Five-year-olds enjoy being silly. Use similar games to work with small groups of stude...
Storytelling and reading aloud are timeless techniques that can be adapted to teach onset and rime. Choose books that have a good amount ofrhyming words. As you read, pause and emphasize the rhyming words, asking children to identify the onset and rime.You can also create stories together in ...
We teach the different beginning sounds, ending sounds, middle sounds, rhyming patterns, blends, etc using phoinics. Mastering phonological awareness means children are able to blend sounds together, decode them and manipulate them. (phoenemic awareness activities kindergarten) Read to Kids Make ...
How do you teach sight words? Helping our children learn sight words requires two things: First of all, it is important to introduce sight words in a manageable and sequential order, just like we do in both our Grade One and Grade Two Literacy Curriculum. Each week, we focus on 3-5 ne...
One of the finest phonics-based reading programs I’ve ever used isSuperBooks. Of course, there are others, but not all incorporate precisely what is needed to teach kids to read, while simultaneously teaching spelling and fluency. SuperBooks helps teach kids to read in under two weeks, and...
Teaching Kids to Read: Wonderful Word-Blending Activities Thefree guideyou downloaded at the beginning of this post shares with you how to teach children their letter sounds. Once a child knows the sounds letters make, they can start “sounding out words” letter by letter. Slowly but surely,...
Speed Round (Optional):For extra fun, add a timer and see how many words the group can sort in one minute. Challenge the kids to beat their own score in the next round! Celebrate Success:After sorting all the flashcards, check each basket together and discuss any tricky words. You can...
Learn to teach this numbers song for kids; “The Bees Go Buzzing” from Super Simple Songs! Join Caitie as she shares some fun activity ideas that you can use to teach kids how to count from one to ten. Try some of these ideas in the classroom or at home! This is a great finger...
10 Teaching strategies: How to improve reading skills in the classroom To help develop strong readers, educators should focus on the following teaching reading strategies to explore how to teach kids to read with the help ofNearpod. New to Nearpod?Teachers can sign up for free below to access...
Nursery Rhyme Activity Stations for Kids One of my favorite things to teach preschoolers and Kindergarten students is Nursery Rhymes. Many of them already have memorized them from their childhood but at this age they begin to understand how text is and they now think they can read the whole nu...