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My Book of Why
Kids ask a lot of questions. Turn their tough questions into a Book of Why. It's a great way to start building a child's research skills at an early age and to show them that "Why?" is a great question!
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Short vowel word sort
Sounding out, or decoding, words with the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern (such as dog) is a great place for an emergent reader to start. In this printable, sorting words based on their sounds helps children pay attention to the individual sounds within words.
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A pirate's life for me
This printable activity asks children to choose between adjectives and to draw an image to match the descriptive words that they have selected.
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Signs for safety
As they become readers, children need to understand that different texts have different purposes. In this printable, children distinguish between different types of texts, such as lists, newspapers, and signs.
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Starts with …
Help your child identify letter sounds. Distinguishing between individual sounds in a word develops your child's phonemic awareness, the ability to hear individual sounds within words and manipulate them.
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Parrot parts: Word families
Print this coloring page to help your child understand word families. Children who understand word families have an easier time learning to spell and decode words.
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Secret message (I like to solve puzzles)
Kids like puzzles. Successfully decoding a secret message gives kids a great feeling of accomplishment. While having fun your child will also be working on identifying and writing the initial letter in a word, important skills for reading and spelling.
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Secret message (You make me smile!)
This fun puzzle helps build the skill of identifying and writing the initial letter in a word, a vital skill for reading and spelling.
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Letter maze (alphabetical order)
Knowing alphabetical order will help your child use a dictionary or index.
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Birthday card
Providing blanks to fill in to complete a message helps your child to become an independent writer.
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Treasure islands
Discover a trove of knowledge by labeling islands with the right name.
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Pirate planks
Unlock the secret of "silent e" with this pirate printable.
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