Learning sight words can be a very B.O.R.I.N.G task.  Boring doesn't work for me so I thought I would try to make learning sight words a bit more interesting with our Sight Word Watches.  Don't get me wrong...kids can't learn by sight words alone...but they are very important to any successful reading program.  Kids get to color their watches, ...

Summer is in full swing, but that doesn't mean that learning needs to stop.  Some of the best learning takes place when kids can play and explore. Have you tried Oobleck?  Oobleck is a great way to beat summer boredom with some fun and educational learning.  This substance acts like a liquid and a solid.  It drips when you pour it.  It ...

Kids learn best by doing and not just hearing.   One of the gifts of childhood is being able to learn though playing, interacting and experimenting.   We had so much fun with the BIGGEST bubbles EVER and we learned a lot too!  The slower you blow, the bigger the bubbles!  We experimented, we played and we giggled a lot!  Making these super ...

It's the simple things in life that are so fun for kids!  No lesson plans, no agenda...just magnets! We had a ton of FUN with magnets today and I just used some basic materials that I already had at home. Magnets are a great way for kids to explore and learn by hands-on interaction.  Children from all ages can enjoy learning how magnets ...

Sight words are such an important component to the reading journey!  When both phonics and sight words are coupled together in a reading program, students have the skills necessary to succeed. I also love to make printables that make the learning FUN!  Here is a Roll, Read and Color FREEBIE to help your students practice and review ALL of ...

Assessments play an important roll in understanding how much a child knows and where we can better meet their needs.  Assessments also helps students identify their own areas of strengths and weaknesses.  As educators, we uses assessments before, during and after learning, but they can also be fun for the kids. Today I used our whiteboard ...

I am always looking for fun and innovative ways to teach and reinforce sight words since they play such an important roll in early reading success.  I thought I would share a few sight word statistics with you: *12 Sight Words make up 25% of those we read and write *100 Sight Words make up 50% of those we read and write *About 300 ...

As educators, we all LOVE books!  We LOVE to buy books!  We LOVE to collect books!  We LOVE books in our classroom!   We LOVE talking about the latest and greatest book!  Picture books, chapter books, easy readers...they are all so WONDERFUL!!  There is nothing better than having a classroom full of wonderful books for our students to read. ...

Helping a child learn how to read can be one of the greatest experiences for teachers and/or parents!  When children begin the reading journey, it should be both FUN and EXCITING!  Our Ready2Read program does just that!  We have combined both phonics (through word families) and sight words to make learning enjoyable!  It is amazing how quickly ...