A few FREE resources that I’m using this week for practicing letter and word recognition!!
Teaghan loves a word search and there’s still some sight words that she is not getting as fast as the others.. or I’m seeing her confuse with other words while reading (example occasionally saying “three” for “there”). So, I decided to make her her very own word search using them! I used Discovery Education. Very simple to use. Plug in the words you want in the word search and it generates it for you! Also.. something about using a highlighter is just so “cool” per Teaghan. 🤣😅Last week I “pretested” her to see where we needed to focus. We put her sight words in a pile and she sorted them as she attempted each one! It creates her own personal goal to get all the words in the “yes!” pile. She self-corrected a few that are in the “still learning” pile, but together, we decided they should be focused on a little more. With sight words, the child should be calling them out fast when drilling with flash cards. Then, they should start to make connections when they see the same words in a text while reading.
Do-a-Dot Letter Search
Rowan would have been working on letters U and V for the next two weeks at school. So I found these FREE Find and Dot pages on Pinterest. Which are the same idea.. Letter Search! We use do a dot markers a lot in preschool, they are great for hand-eye coordination, following directions and self-control. However, I don’t own them at home. They are kinda pricey in my opinion so I grabbed a single Bingo marker at the dollar store for her to use for activities like this here and there! FYI— I’ve learned these “dot dot markers” are not as washable as your typical washable markers!
Color-by-Number!
U is for Unicorn! Does your little one love to color as much as mine?! There’s these fun color-by-number pages that are great for both my girls. Thanks Google. Activities like this continue to expose Rowan to number identification. And continue to expose Teaghan to the color words. There’s all kinds of difficulty levels available online. These also help hand-eye coordination and dexterity! I simply Googled “unicorn color by number”. If your child is working on addition, subtraction, multiplication..I saw some with those too! Make anything you can more engaging and fun! This particular sheet can be found HERE!
Hi!!! I’m Karrah. A preschool teacher in Norfolk. I have a Master’s in Elem. Education and certified PreK-6. I have two daughters, Teaghan and Rowan. I love to come up with fun, hands-on learning that will hopefully instill a love of learning for young children!
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