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Online Learning: An Essential Guide for Learners
15 Jul 2020

Online Learning: An Essential Guide for Learners

by Hannah | posted in: Learning Tips | 0

A quick essential guide on how to help your child get the most out of online learning. There is a lot that can be done to help prepare students to be ready and focused. Click through to find out more.

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1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Grade, elementary, fundamentals, kindergarten, tips
TCH Stamp! Spelling Activity
30 Apr 2020

TCH Stamp! Spelling Activity

by Hannah | posted in: Letter Sounds, Trigraphs | 0

In this tactile and fun game, students practice spelling words with ‘tch’ in them. It’s a tricky spelling, but once the rule is learned, lots of new words can be read and spelled.

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1st grade, 2nd grade, alphabet, alternative spellings, flashcards, spelling games, trigraph tch, year one, year two
B and D Reversal? Try this activity.
28 Feb 2020

B and D Reversal? Try this activity.

by Hannah | posted in: letter formation | 0

In this quick 10 minute activity, children use a memory hook to remember the formation of b and d. Plenty of reading and letter formation practice develop confidence and muscle memory needed to write these letters successfully.

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1st grade, 2nd grade, alphabet, dyslexia, elementary, handwriting, kindergarten, letter recognition
Magic E Snakes and Ladders
20 Dec 2019

Magic E Snakes and Ladders

by Hannah | posted in: Digraphs, Letter Sounds | 0

In this adaptation of a classic children’s game, the squares are replaced by words using the magic e spelling. As you move around the board, you read the words, hoping to avoid the snakes, but land on the ladders.

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1st grade, 2nd grade, CVCe, long vowel sounds, magic e, playbased learning, split digraphs, word families, word lists, year one, year two
Compound Words with a Bouncing Ball
31 Jan 2019

Compound Words with a Bouncing Ball

by Hannah | posted in: Syllables | 0

This ‘Compound words with a bouncing ball is a simple but very effective phonics game. All you need is a ball, and some flashcards. Here we are using this game to teach compound words, but it can be adapted to … Continued

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1st grade, 2nd grade, compound words, early childhood, reading

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