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240+ Word Work Activities… And Growing!

by Filed Under: ABC Games, Alphabet Writing, Blending Phonemes, Blends, Breaking Words Into Syllables, Consonant Blends, Digraphs, First Grade Reading, Fluency, Isolate Sounds, Kindergarten Print Concepts, Kindergarten Reading, Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Long vs. Short Vowels, Magic E, Motivating Reluctant Readers, Name Games, Plato's Blog, Preschool Print Concepts, Preschool Reading, Rhyming, Shop, Sorting, Sound Out Words, Sounds in Words, Spelling Patterns for Vowels, Swapping Middle Sound, Syllables with Vowel Sounds, Teaching Tips, Word Family Activities 4 Comments

For ages 3 to 7. Do you spend countless hours hunting down “good fit” word work activities for each of your reading groups? Word work is an amazing way to take students’ reading to the next level because it gives kids a chance to play with words – breaking them apart, putting them back together, reading and writing […]

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Malia is a National Board Certified teacher who inspires educators with playful approaches to early childhood education. She earned her Master’s from Stanford University and has taught in Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Malia shares her motivating learning activities on her two popular teaching blogs Playdough to Plato and The STEM Laboratory.
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Self-Checking Syllable Clip Cards

by Filed Under: Breaking Words Into Syllables, First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Preschool Reading, Sounds in Words, Syllables with Vowel Sounds Leave a Comment

Activity for ages 4 to 5. Working with syllables is a great way to encourage kids to listen closely to the sounds in words. And the ability to differentiate and break down words into smaller units of sound is super helpful for learning to read and write well in the early years. Help beginning readers […]

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Malia is a National Board Certified teacher who inspires educators with playful approaches to early childhood education. She earned her Master’s from Stanford University and has taught in Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Malia shares her motivating learning activities on her two popular teaching blogs Playdough to Plato and The STEM Laboratory.
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Syllable Cookie Jar Sort

by Filed Under: Breaking Words Into Syllables, First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Isolate Sounds, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Preschool Reading, Sorting, Sound Out Words, Sounds in Words, Syllables with Vowel Sounds 14 Comments

When kids learn how to break words into syllables, they take a big step toward reading.  Your kids are sure to love learning syllables with these cookie jar picture sorts! What are Syllables? Put simply, syllables are parts of words that have a vowel sound. Cat has one syllable: /cat/. Elephant has three: /el/  /e/  /phant/. And […]

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Malia is a National Board Certified teacher who inspires educators with playful approaches to early childhood education. She earned her Master’s from Stanford University and has taught in Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Malia shares her motivating learning activities on her two popular teaching blogs Playdough to Plato and The STEM Laboratory.
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Compound Word Puzzles

by Filed Under: Breaking Words Into Syllables, First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Kindergarten Reading, Parts of Speech, Plato's Blog, Sound Out Words, Sounds in Words 7 Comments

Looking for a fun way to teach kids about compound words?! These picture-only word puzzles are a memorable tool for showing how two words can be combined to make a brand new word. They’re great to use as a whole class lesson, guided reading activity, literacy center or homeschool game. What Are Compound Words? At this stage, kids already […]

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Malia is a National Board Certified teacher who inspires educators with playful approaches to early childhood education. She earned her Master’s from Stanford University and has taught in Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Malia shares her motivating learning activities on her two popular teaching blogs Playdough to Plato and The STEM Laboratory.
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Endless Word Work Bundle

by Filed Under: ABC Games, Alphabet Writing, Blending Phonemes, Blends, Breaking Words Into Syllables, Consonant Blends, Digraphs, First Grade Reading, Fluency, Isolate Sounds, Kindergarten Reading, Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Letter Writing, Long vs. Short Vowels, Magic E, Name Games, Plato's Blog, Preschool Reading, Rhyming, Shop, Sight Word Games, Sound Out Words, Sounds in Words, Spelling Patterns for Vowels, Swapping Middle Sound, Syllables with Vowel Sounds, Teaching Tips, Word Family Activities 8 Comments

Absolutely everything you need to teach kids how to read in one spot. So easy for grown ups and motivating for kids!

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Malia is a National Board Certified teacher who inspires educators with playful approaches to early childhood education. She earned her Master’s from Stanford University and has taught in Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Malia shares her motivating learning activities on her two popular teaching blogs Playdough to Plato and The STEM Laboratory.
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Beats on the Body Game

by Filed Under: Breaking Words Into Syllables, First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Preschool Reading, Sorting, Sounds in Words, Syllables with Vowel Sounds 6 Comments

Looking for a fun, hands-on way to teach kids how to break words into syllables?! In this activity, children tap their hand, then elbow and shoulder as they break a word into parts – an important skill that helps them get ready for reading later. The game is particularly effective because children are using different parts of […]

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Malia is a National Board Certified teacher who inspires educators with playful approaches to early childhood education. She earned her Master’s from Stanford University and has taught in Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Malia shares her motivating learning activities on her two popular teaching blogs Playdough to Plato and The STEM Laboratory.
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