Are you little learners working on practicing their beginning sounds? I have a fun Free Printable Santa Beginning Sounds Game they will love to play!

Many of you expressed how much fun your kids had playing our Gobble Gobble Game last month; I’ve made one to continue the fun this month, too, with a Christmas version! This game is fun to review beginning sounds and letters with your learners.

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The Setup

To play the game, all you need to do is download the printable at the bottom of the post. Cut out all of the squares and laminate so you can play the game over and over again. You will also need some kind of container to put the cards in. I used a fun Christmas container that I got at Michaels years ago. but you can use anything you have on hand.

To Play

This game can be played with one student or many. You will put all of the cards into the container and shake them up. Have a student pull out a card, look at the letter, and say the sound it makes. If playing alone, choose another card and repeat. If playing with other students, move to the next person to take a turn.

There are also some cards that say, Ho ho ho! If a student chooses a Ho ho ho! card, they say, Ho ho ho! like Santa and put all of their letters back in the container, and it’s the next players’ turn, or they can start over again if playing alone.

There are both uppercase and lowercase letters. You can choose to use them both or just one set, the game will work the same either way.

Your students will love playing this game so much and get so into saying ho, ho, ho like Santa does. They hope to pull those cards!

You can download the Santa Beginning Sounds Game below by clicking the green download box.

If you’re looking for more beginning sound activities, we share all of our favorites
 in this blog post here.

Do you have any other fun games you like to play to practice beginning sounds?

Thanks for stopping by!

jenette

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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from September 15th to October 15th. It’s such a wonderful opportunity to celebrate diversity and introduce young children to different cultures. Today I have a fun read-aloud that will be perfect to go along with the celebration. We’ll be reading Literacy Snack Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez.

Clever Federico outsmarts el lobo in this fresh and funny Mexican-American take on Little Red Riding Hood.

With his red hoodie on and his bicycle basket full of food, Federico is ready to visit Abuelo. But on the way, he meets a hungry wolf. And now his grandfather bears a striking resemblance to el lobo…

Fortunately, Federico is quick and clever—and just happens to be carrying a spicy surprise! Federico drives the wolf away, and he and Abuelo celebrate with a special salsa. 

For our snack today, we’ll be making the perfect pico de gillo!

Snack Idea

For our snack, we’re making pico de gallo. It is a type of fresh salsa made with roma tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos.

You’ll need the following ingredients to make a bowl of the pico. If you have a larger class you may want to double it.

• 1/2 small onion diced
• 1 small jalapeno seeded and diced
• 4 roma tomatoes
• 1 garlic clove minced
• a pinch of salt
• 1 tsp of lime juice
• 2 tbsps of chopped cilantro

Add all of the ingredients to a bowl and mix together. Let chill for 15 minutes or more before serving. You’ll also want to grab a bag or two of your favorite tortilla chips. To share the snack with the class, you can use small bowls and scoop a spoonful of the pico de gallo into their bowl and add some chips for them.

Free Printable

I made a printable to go along with the book for your students to work on while they are enjoying their snacks. They will get to work on sequencing and retelling. They can color and number the boxes in the order of how the events took place in the book.

You can download the Literacy Snack Federico and the Wolf free printable from my TpT store by clicking the green box below.

I hope you students enjoy this fun fractured fairy tale highlighting the Hispanic heritage!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Who doesn’t love a fun hat? You know that I am obsessed with them. They make learning about different topics more fun! I LOVE making activities to go along with books, so today I have a fun Bear Hunt Printable Hat for you that you can print off for FREE to go along with the book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!

Last week I shared a snack idea and a printable to go along with the book. And this week I thought it would be fun to add a hat for them to wear during the story! This is a great book that you can really get into it with your students by either singing the book, and or doing hand motions. This hat will just take it to the next level for you kiddos!

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Here’s a fun video of the author going through the motions of the book. There are a bunch of different takes on the book and the motions, just make your own and have fun!

Bear Hunt Hat

The bear hunt printable hat is two pages. The front of the hat has a bear and binoculars to color. And on the back of the hat, there is the different obstacles that the family comes across on their bear hunt. This will help them recall and retell the story. You can have your students color the hat either before or after you read the story.

Lasty, they’ll need to cut out the hat and will need help stapling the back back onto the front of the hat. I also included an extra blank back strap incase you need to make the hat larger.

Click the green box below to download the Free Printable Bear Hunt Hat.

This hat would be great for the classroom, summer camp, library activities, or even Girl Scout or Boy Scout meetings!

If you’re looking for more fun hats to go with stories, you’ll want to check out our caterpillar hat, and our mouse hat!

Do you have any other favorite books or stories that you’d like to see a hat for? Let us know in the comments below! See you next time!

Jenette

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Playing games is my favorite way to reinforce what we are learning. Today I’m sharing Free Printable CVC Short E Puzzles to help the kiddos review. It’s always great when your students are getting practice but don’t even realize it since they are playing a game.

CVC words are words that are made up of a consonant, short vowel, and consonant sound, such as cat, bed, tip, hot, and rug. The goal is for students to use their knowledge of the individual sounds of each letter and ‘blend’ these letter sounds together, so they are saying the whole word and not three individual sounds.

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Today I am sharing the Free Printable CVC Short E Puzzles. I have shared the CVC Short A puzzles here.

Getting Ready

These puzzles are super simple to prep. You’ll just need to download the file at the bottom of this post. Cut out the puzzles and I suggest laminating them for durability and they can be played with over and over again. Now you’re ready to play!

To Play

To play, mix up all of the puzzle pieces. Have the student choose a picture.

They will then search through the puzzle pieces to find the matching word to complete the puzzle. Continue this until all of the puzzles have been put together. This can be played individually, or with a friend during centers or even in a small group.

I’ve also included a recording sheet for the students to write the short e words using the puzzles they’ve put together.

To store the puzzles, we use a small plastic photo box. It makes it easy for the students to grab the box to play and then they can easily clean them back up.

You can download the Free Printable CVC Short E Puzzles by clicking the big green box below.

If you’re looking for some additional activities for your students to review CVC words we have a bunch of fun options for you.!

Here’s a fun FREE CVC board game for your students to play! You can check it out and download it for free here.

Our CVC bingo is a fantastic and fun way to practice short vowel words. This is a great option for small groups or as a whole class.

Are some of your kiddos ready for a bit more of a challenge? They love the challenge and the satisfaction of solving the puzzles! These CVC Crossword Puzzles are very engaging!

And for those little learners that love to color, these Color by CVC Word pages are perfect! They will look at the picture next to each color and then find the matching word throughout the picture and color.

What are some of your favorite ways to reinforce CVC words that your students have been learning?

Jenette

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Are your students working on CVC words? I have a super fun Free Printable CVC Board Game for you today!

It’s no secret that I LOVE playing games. They are such a great way for your little learners to practice and review concepts in an interactive way without even realizing they are learning.

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The Setup

To get started, download and print the 2 pages for the game. Cut out the spinner and the kid game pieces. To make the game pieces, fold on the dotted lines and tape them together. You’ll need a pencil and a large paperclip if you’ll be using the spinner to play. Laminating the game board is suggested if you’re going to be using it several times.

To Play

To play, you can use a die or the spinner that is included. The game can be played with 1 to 4 players. The first person will roll the die or spin the spinner and move their game piece that many spaces. Have them read the CVC word that they have landed on. It is then the next player’s turn. Continue till all players reach the finish.

This game is great for centers, fast finishers, small groups, or even send home for the students to play with their families.

You can download the Free Printable CVC Board Game by clicking on the green box below.

If your students love playing this game, I have a whole set of 10 more board games that you can find here. I have a bunch of additional sets for each holiday/season too!

And if you want to try out a math board game, I have a free skip counting board game that you can grab here.

Let me know if your students enjoy these board games!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Do you teach your students the alphabet in sign language? Here are some great ASL Alphabet Videos to help your class!

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ASL Alphabet Videos

ASL ABC Lesson and Song – Learn Sign Language Alphabet by Laura Berg Life

This is a great video of a girl showing her mom how to make each letter of the alphabet. In the end, she sings the ABC song using the signs.

EASIEST way to learn your ASL ABCs | Slowest alphabet lesson by Laura Berg Life

This is another great video that shows very slowly and clearly how to make each letter shape.

Learn How to Sign The Alphabet (ABCs) in ASL by Learn How To Sign

This is another great video that clearly shows your little learners how to make each letter. She has some great tips in the video too. In the end, she helps explain finger spelling and encourages them to fingerspell their names.

Phonics Song for Children | Alphabet Song by Patty Shukla

I love Patty Shukla’s videos not only for the ASL factor, but she has an individual one for each letter of the alphabet to help with beginning sounds. Definitely on the top of my list. In this particular video, she goes through the letters signing them and giving examples of a word that begins with the letter, and then signs that word too.

See It, Say It, Sign It | Letter Sounds | ASL Alphabet by Jack Hartmann

Jack Hartmann is another one of my favorites. He has several different ASl alphabet videos so make sure to check out his channel here. In this particular video, you see the letter, say it, and use different words with the beginning sound and sign it.

Learn ASL w/ Josh & Blue | Sign Language for Kids by Blue’s Clues & You!

This is a great video that your class can sing and sign along with the alphabet after they have learned it. The video continues on to teach some additional words in sign language as well.

I also made a Free ASL Alphabet Poster so your students can easily review the hand signs. You can grab it for free here.

What other kinds of ways do you incorporate ASL into your classroom? Share with us below in the comments!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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Are your little learners working on learning their sight words? They’ll have a fun time practicing with this Sunshine Sight Word Memory Game!

Sight words are those words that our students will see over and over in print. They are sometimes called high-frequency words, service words, or even snap words. Because you should know them in a snap!

This Sunshine Sight Word Memory Game uses Dolch Pre-primer words.

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Getting Ready

To get the game ready to play, you’ll first want to download and print the game. You can download it near the bottom of the post by clicking the large green button. After printing, I glued each page onto a piece of yellow cardstock. The cardstock is optional, but this will help the game be more durable and will last longer. You can also laminate them to help last even longer. Last, cut out each of the sight word cards and you’re ready to play.

To Play

To play the memory game, start by choosing which words you want the students to review. Maybe they’re just starting to learn a few words so you start with 6 words. Place all 6 of those word cards plus their matches face down randomly./mixed up.

Have the student choose a card to turn over, and then read the card. If they can read the sight word, have can choose another card to flip over to see if they have a match. If they don’t read the word correctly, review the word with them and have them turn it back over and it’s the next player’s turn.

If they do get a match, have them set the cards in front of them and they get to go again. Continue this until all of the cards have been turned over and matched. The player with the most matches at the end is the winner.

To store the game away for next time, we use clear photo 4×6 boxes. It keeps everything nice and in one spot ready to just grab and play for next time.

You can download the memory game by clicking the green box below.

Are you looking for another fun way to review sight words with your little learners? We have our color-by-code sight word sets. They’re a favorite for the kids! Check out our ocean-themed set here.

And we have a free one for your students o try out here.

What are some other ways you like to practice sight words with your students?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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Read Across America Week is quickly approaching so I thought I’d share some fun Read Across America Week Ideas that you can use!

Read Across America Week is an annual event that is an initiative on reading creative by the National Education Association. … This motivational and awareness day calls all children and youth in every community across the United States to celebrate reading.  Read Across America week is usually the first week in March.

At some schools, the whole school participates in this week and has a whole fun literacy week or you can celebrate it in your own classroom or at home.

Read Across America Week Ideas

Take your reading outdoors.

• Take your class outside and find a nice shady area and have storytime outside. You can do the same at home. Find somewhere nice to sit outside, or maybe take a book to a park.

Book Scavenger Hunt

• This one can be done in the classroom or at home. Set out some books that you know have the items on the list and have your little learners look through the books for them. You can print off a picture of the hunt below or you can find the actual printable version of the book scavenger hunt here. We also have an extension page that the kids can fill in all of the items they found in the books that you can grab for free here.

Reading Buddies

• Get in touch with an older grade, 5th, and 6th work well for this, and have their class become reading buddies with yours. They can come and read to the younger kids and vice versa, the younger kids can read to the older kids. You can do the same at home, and put an older sibling together with a younger one and have them take turns reading to each other.

Reading Bingo

• Send this fun reading bingo home with your little learners to make reading even more fun! Have them bring it back completed to you for a small prize. You can grab the reading bingo for free here.

Have Guest Readers or Mystery Readers

• You could invite a local author in to read to the students. Have the principal stop in to read a book to the class or even invite a police officer! Tons of different options you could go with here. You could also invite mystery readers in. Give the class 3 clues to see if they can guess who the reader will be!

Do An Author Study

• Does your class have a favorite author? Some of our favorites to do author studies on are Eric Carle, Laura Numeroff, and James Dean. We have a bunch of activities that you could do along with the author study.

• Eric Carle:
  • Free Printable Caterpillar Hat
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Literacy Snack
  • The Grouchy Ladybug Literacy Snack
  • A Very Busy Spider Literacy Snack
  • The Tiny See Literacy Snack
  • Pancakes! Pancakes! Literacy Snack
• Laura Numeroff
  • Cookie Counting Puzzles
  • Cookie Hat
  • If You Give A Moose A Muffin Literacy Snack
  • If You Give A Cat A Cupcake Literacy Snack
  • Donut Ten Frames
  • If You Give A Dog A Donut Literacy Snack
• James Dean
  • Cool Cat Awards
  • Pete The Cat I Love My White Shoes Literacy Snack
  • Pete The Cat Cupcake Subtraction Craftivity

Dress Up As Your Favorite Book Character Day

• Have your choose a book and dress up as one of the characters. The class can take turns guessing who everyone is dressed up as! For yourself, talk to your teammates about dressing up altogether to make it extra fun!

Host A Family Reading Campout

• Choose a night and invite the entire school out to a family reading campout. We have done this in our cafeteria. Set up several tents, make pretend campfires and have some teachers volunteer to come and read too! We also set up a reading craft area and gave out special s’more snacks!

Read With Flashlights

• Set aside some special reading time and read with flashlights! Something so small but makes it so fun! The kids love it!

Beary Good Reader Snack

• Here’s a fun snack to give to your beary good readers! You can put the crackers into a snack bag or you can find pre-packaged crackers that you can just attach the bag topper to as well! Click here to download it now.

Read Books That Promote Diversity And Inclusion.

• The Read Across America website has a fantastic calendar of book suggestions depending on that month’s theme. From foster inclusiveness exploring families and history to promoting respect. You can check out the calendar and book suggestions here.

Make A Literacy Snack

• Have you tried one of our literacy snack ideas? We take a read-aloud and create a fun snack to go along with the book. Each one has a free printable available to go with the book too! We have shared over 100 of them now. You can find them all here.

Do you have any other fun ways to celebrate Read Across America week? Share with us below!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Today I just wanted to share a Free Printable Alphabet Poster that I put together.

This alphabet poster is perfect to display in your writing center, as part of a personal writing office, or to add to your student’s folder so they can refer to it when needed. 

This is a small version of the same pictures used in my Alphabet Posters to be displayed in the classroom.

Click the green box below to download the Free Printable Alphabet Poster from my TeachersPayTeachers store.

I hope this will be a helpful resource for your little learners!

See you next time!

Jenette

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We’ve been having so much fun with all of our other scavenger hunts, we wanted to add the whole alphabet too! I’m posting a new letter each weekday until we get to Z.

If you would like them in a printable form, they are available on Primary Playground here and TeachersPayTeachers here. All of the letters are available inside all ready for you to use! If you already own it, they’ve all been added to the files for you! They come 2 to a page or as a single page now too.

Letter A Scavenger Hunt

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Letter B Scavenger Hunt

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Letter C Scavenger Hunt

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Letter D Scavenger Hunt

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Letter E Scavenger Hunt

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Letter F Scavenger Hunt

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Letter G Scavenger Hunt

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Letter H Scavenger Hunt

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Letter I Scavenger Hunt

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Letter J Scavenger Hunt

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Letter K Scavenger Hunt

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Letter L Scavenger Hunt

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Letter M Scavenger Hunt

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Letter N Scavenger Hunt

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Letter O Scavenger Hunt

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Letter P Scavenger Hunt

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Letter Q Scavenger Hunt

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Letter R Scavenger Hunt

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Letter S Scavenger Hunt

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Letter T Scavenger Hunt

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Letter U Scavenger Hunt

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Letter V Scavenger Hunt

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Letter W Scavenger Hunt

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Letter X Scavenger Hunt

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Letter Y Scavenger Hunt

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Letter Z Scavenger Hunt

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Let us know your favorite way to use these Alphabet Scavenger Hunts below!

Jenette

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Earth Day is quickly approaching and I wanted to make something fun for the kids to work on this week to celebrate it. So today I’m sharing these Free Printable Earth Day Color By Code sight word pages.

These color by codes are always such a fun way to reinforce those sight words with your little learners. This Free Printable Earth Day Color By Code is an activity that can be used in a variety of ways. Color by code sight words works well for morning work, early finishers,  literacy centers or homework. It’s a great way to reinforce the sight words they’ve learned at school and for them to practice them at home again easily.

The first time the students do this activity, encourage them to color the crayons first so they can easily see which color the sight word needs to be.

To do the color by code sight words, the students will carefully color the picture one area at a time using the matching color for the sight words. The students will continue coloring the sight words until the entire picture has been completed. They will then be able to see their hidden picture!

I made 2 different pages for them to do, one with the Earth and one with a tree.

You can download them by clicking the green box below.

If you’re looking for more Earth day ideas, we have our Earth Day Activities pack full of math, literacy and science activities

Or we have our favorite, Earth Day bingo! A great way to review Earth Day vocabulary.

And don’t forget about our fun Earth Day Scavenger Hunt! You can find all of our other scavenger hunts here too.

I hope these add a little fun to Earth Day for your kiddos! Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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I’m always looking for new ways for students to practice their sight words. As you know, games are my thing and are my favorite way of having students practice different things they are learning. My favorite part is that when they play a game, they don’t even realize they are learning and practicing things that they have been taught.

So today, I’m sharing a Honey Bee Sight Word Game to help your students practice their pre-primer sight words.

The Setup

To play the game, all you need to do is download the printable at the bottom of the post. Cut out all of the squares and laminate so you can play the game over and over again. You will also need some kind of container to put the cards in. I used a tin bucket I had on hand, but anything you have will work.

To Play

This game can be played with one student or many. You will put all of the cards into the container and shake them up. Have a student pull out a card, look at it, and read the sight word. If they cannot read the word help tell them what the word is and put the card back into the container. If they got the word correct and if they are playing alone, choose another card and repeat. And if you are playing with other students, move to the next person to take a turn.

There are some cards that have a pot of honey on them. If that card gets pulled, the player gets to take another turn.

There are also some cards that say BZZZ! If a student chooses a BZZZ! card, they say BZZZ! and put all of their sight word cards back in the container and it’s the next players’ turn or they can start over again if playing alone. Keep playing until all of the words have been read.

Click the green box below to download the Honey Bee Sight Word Game.

If you’re looking for more fun ways to practice sight words. you may like our color by sight word packs.

And if you’re looking for more sight words games, we have our FREE pancake stack game. You can check that out here.

Do you have any other fun games you like to play to practice sight words?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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With everyone staying at home and e-learning happening everywhere, I thought it would be fun to make different scavenger hunts to share with you each day for the kiddos to do.

They are listed in the order that I am posting them on Facebook. So you can choose whichever one you’d like to do.

I’ve gotten sooo many requests to have them be printable as well, so I put them all together in this resource. It currently has over 122 scavenger hunts. As I continue to make more, I will be adding to this as well.

You can grab the printable scavenger hunts directly from Primary Playground here or from my TeachersPayTeachers store here.

St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt

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Backyard Scavenger Hunt

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5 Senses Scavenger Hunt

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Spring Scavenger Hunt

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Rainbow Scavenger Hunt

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Book Scavenger Hunt

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Math Scavenger Hunt

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Inventor Scavenger Hunt

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Indoor Scavenger Hunt

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Nature Scavenger Hunt

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Letters Scavenger Hunt

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Black and White Scavenger Hunt

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Shapes Scavenger Hunt

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Rhyming Scavenger Hunt

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Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

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Numbers Scavenger Hunt

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Easter Scavenger Hunt

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Rainy Day Scavenger Hunt

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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

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Desert Scavenger Hunt

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Sight Word Scavenger Hunt

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Park Scavenger Hunt

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Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

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Community Scavenger Hunt

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Snow Day Scavenger Hunt

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Living and Non-Living Scavenger Hunt

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Urban Scavenger Hunt

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Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

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Autumn Scavenger Hunt

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Q & U Scavenger Hunt

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Apartment Scavenger Hunt

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Night Time Scavenger Hunt

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2D Shape Scavenger Hunt

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Mother’s Day Scavenger Hunt

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3D Shapes Scavenger Hunt

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Home Scavenger Hunt

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Colors Scavenger Hunt

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Garden Scavenger Hunt

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Sunshine Scavenger Hunt

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Transportation Scavenger Hunt

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Caribbean Scavenger Hunt

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Birthday Scavenger Hunt

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Bigger or Smaller Scavenger Hunt

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Digraphs Scavenger Hunt

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Blends Scavenger Hunt

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Patriotic Scavenger Hunt

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Father’s Day Scavenger Hunt

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Zoo Scavenger Hunt

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Double OO Scavenger Hunt

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Controlled R Scavenger Hunt

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Camping Scavenger Hunt

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Taller or Shorter Scavenger Hunt

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Animal Scavenger Hunt

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Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt

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Lighter or Heavier Scavenger Hunt

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Beach Day Scavenger Hunt

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Canada Day Scavenger Hunt

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Nursery Rhyme Scavenger Hunt

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Farm Scavenger Hunt

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Insect Scavenger Hunt

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Back To School Scavenger Hunt

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Virtual Back To School Scavenger Hunt

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All About Me Scavenger Hunt

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The Night Before The First Day Of School Scavenger Hunt

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Computer Scavenger Hunt

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iPad Scavenger Hunt

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Chromebook Scavenger Hunt

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Google Classroom Scavenger Hunt

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Apple Orchard Scavenger Hunt

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Pirate Scavenger Hunt

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Fall Scavenger Hunt

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Pumpkin Patch Scavenger Hunt

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School Supply Scavenger Hunt

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Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Decoration Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Scavenger Hunt

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Creepy Scavenger Hunt

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Halloween Candy Scavenger Hunt

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Thankful Scavenger Hunt

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Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

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Thanksgiving Day Parade Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Lights #2 Scavenger Hunt

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Christmas Eve Scavenger Hunt

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Chanukah Scavenger Hunt

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Winter Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short A Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short E Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short I Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short O Scavenger Hunt

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CVC Short U Scavenger Hunt

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Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt

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Weather Scavenger Hunt

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Opposite Scavenger Hunt

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Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt

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Pet Store Scavenger Hunt

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Mardi Gras Scavenger Hunt

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Purim Scavenger Hunt

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Passover Scavenger Hunt

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Cinco de Mayo Scavenger Hunt

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OI and OY Scavenger Hunt

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Double EE Words Scavenger Hunt

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End Of The School Year Scavenger Hunt

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Long A Scavenger Hunt

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Long E Scavenger Hunt

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Long I Scavenger Hunt

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Do you have any other scavenger hunts that you’d like to see? Let me know and I’ll see about adding it!

Long O Scavenger Hunt

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Long U Scavenger Hunt

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Summer Scavenger Hunt

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Wild West Scavenger Hunt

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Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

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New Year’s Scavenger Hunt

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100th Day Scavenger Hunt

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2’s Day Scavenger Hunt

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Food Pairs Scavenger Hunt

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Lunar New Year Scavenger Hunt

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Around The School Scavenger Hunt

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Kwanzaa Scavenger Hunt

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Jenette

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It’s important to have your students practice sight words every, single day.  Repetition is one of the keys when tackling all of the words children are expected to know.  Practicing words they are learning will keep them fresh in their mind and practicing words they have already mastered will help to build confidence!  One of our favorite things to do is play games to practice sight words so today I’m sharing a fun Pancake Sight Word Stack Game.

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To Prep

The prep for this game is simple. You’ll need to download the game at the bottom of the post and print it out. Cut out each of the pancake pieces and a page or 2 of the plates. Laminating the pieces will make it so the game can be used over and over again.

To Play

There are 2 different ways you can play this Pancake Sight Word Stack Game. All of the words in the game ar3e Dolch pre-primer words.

For 1 or more players – as a small group or as a center

• Each player will need a plate. Place all of the pancake pieces into a bowl. Player one will pull out a pancake piece and read the sight word. If they can read the word, they place it on their plate. If playing by themself, they will go again and if playing with other friends, it is the next players’ turn. If they do not know the word, they will put it back into the bowl. If a player pulls out a pancake with butter on it they will put all of their pancakes that are on their plate back into the bowl. Continue reading and stacking the pancakes until all of them have been read.

• The second version you can play just has a small variation. Give each student a few plates instead of just one. Play the game the same as above, except when a buttered pancake is pulled have them place it on top of a pancake stack. And have them start a new one on another plate and continue to play until all of the pancakes have been read.

The kids have so much fun practicing their sight words this way and you can’t beat getting to play a game with pancakes!

You can download the Pancake Sight Word Stack Game. below.

Here are some of our other favorite activities we like to do with pancakes.

Your students will have so much fun learning how to make pancakes with this fun resource. Cooking class is a fun way to incorporate many different learning standards. In this pack, the students are learning writing, sequencing, retelling, life skills, and much more. It’s a great hands-on activity to get the students excited to learn. 

And our literacy snack idea and free printable to go along with Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle is a fantastic book to read with your class. This is a great book that can be incorporated into many types of lessons, from sequencing to a farm unit. 

What are some of your favorite ways to have your students practice their sight words?

See you next time!

Jenette

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Are your little learners working on their beginning sounds? I have a fun Gobble Gobble A Beginning Sounds Game for you today to help them practice those letter sounds!

I’ve been playing this game with my own kids for many years and now get to play it with my nephews on Thanksgiving. We all sit around after eating our yummy Thanksgiving dinner, some people looking at the ads and getting their Black Friday shopping lists ready, some cleaning up and I get to play this fun game with the kiddos!

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the setup

To play the game, all you need to do is download the printable at the bottom of the post. Cut out all of the squares and laminate so you can play the game over and over again. You will also need some kind of container to put the cards in. I used a basket I had in my decoration stash, but you can use anything you have on hand.

to play

This game can be played with one student or many. You will put all of the cards into the container and shake them up. Have a student pull out a card, look at the letter, and say the sound it makes. If playing alone, choose another card and repeat. If playing with other students move to the next person to take a turn.

There are also some cards that say, Gobble! Gobble! If a student chooses a Gobble Gobble! card, they gobble like a turkey and put all of their letters back in the container and it’s the next players’ turn or they can start over again if playing alone.

There are both uppercase and lowercase letters. You can choose to use them both or just one set, the game will work the same either way.

My little friends love playing this game so much and get so into saying gobble gobble like a turkey. They hope to pull those cards!

You can download the Gobble Gobble A Beginning Sounds Game below. 

If you’re looking for more beginning sound activities, we share all of our favorites in this blog post here.

Do you have any other fun games you like to play to practice beginning sounds?

Thanks for stopping by!

jenette

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I’m always trying to think of new ways for little learners to practice their beginning sounds. Since Halloween is quickly approaching, I made this Boo Beginning Sounds Game for them to have a fun new way to practice their sounds.

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I’ve been playing this game for years with my kids and it’s always a favorite, We’re just putting a Halloween spin on it today.

The Setup

To play the game, all you need to do is download the printable at the bottom of the post. Cut out all of the squares and laminate so you can play the game over and over again. You will also need some kind of container to put the cards in. I used a Halloween themed fortune cookie box I had in my stash from years ago. I believe it’s from Michaels but you can use anything you have on hand.

To Play

This game can be played with one student or many. You will put all of the cards into the container and shake them up. Have a student pull out a card, look at the letter, and say the sound it makes. If playing alone, choose another card and repeat. If playing with other students move to the next person to take a turn. There are also some cards that say BOO! If a student chooses a BOO! card, they say BOO! and put all of their letters back in the container and it’s the next player’s turn or they can start over again if playing alone.

There are both uppercase and lowercase letters. You can choose to use them both or just one set, the game will work the same either way.

My little friends just love playing this game and said, “So basically you are saying BOO! and scaring all of the letters back into the container?” YES, EXACTLY!!

You can download the BOO Beginning Sounds Game below.

If you’re looking for more beginning sound activities, we share all of our favorites in this blog post here.

Do you have any other fun games you like to play to practice beginning sounds?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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I love helping to teach little learners their letters and the sounds they make. It’s the first building block to helping them learn how to read and is so important. I’ve gathered some of my favorite Activities To Teach Beginning Sounds.

I love making things fun, hands-on and like to play a lot of games. When your students get to play games, it makes learning not such a daunting experience for them.

Alphabet Hats

These alphabet letter hats are a fun way to help introduce the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. There are 4 pictures of things that begin with the letter sound and then they get to practice writing the uppercase and lowercase of the letter on the back strip.

Alphabet-Beginning Sounds Dough Mats

These dough mats are such a fun hands-on way for your little learners to practice their letters. They will get to have fun making each letter out of dough and the pictures on each mat help reinforce the beginning sound that the letter makes. They will then again get to practice writing the uppercase and lowercase versions of the letter.

My Alphabet Book

This is a fun book to use each time you teach another letter in the alphabet. Each letter of the alphabet has its own page in the book that shows the letter and pictures of things that have that letter beginning sound. They will also get to practice writing the uppercase and lowercase of the letter as well.

Now that we’ve introduced the letters of the alphabet we can start reinforcing the beginning sounds the letters make and help your little learners identify pictures that match the sounds. There are several games that I like to play that will help with this.

Beginning Sounds Board Games

These beginning sounds board games are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning /initial sounds. They are a fun hands-on addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members.The games can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included.

Beginning Sounds Mystery Picture Puzzles

These puzzles are a fun hands-on addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to practice with family members.The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture.

Beginning Sounds I Have Who Has Games

These I Have Who Has Games are great to play as a whole class or can even be played with as little as two players. Choose a student to start and they will ask the class who has a word that has the beginning sound of the letter on their card. For example, Who has a word that has a beginning sound of the letter A.  Everyone will look at their cards at the picture to see if it starts with an A sound. The student that has the picture of an apple will raise their hand and tells the class I have apple. They will then continue to go to the bottom of their card and ask, who has a word that has the beginning sound of the letter B.? Continue the game until all letters and pictures have been matched.

Beginning Sounds Puzzles

I share a free printable set of beginning sound puzzles here. It’s a fun hands-on way for the kids to be able to choose a picture and match it to the letter sound that it begins with. If they haven’t learned all of their letters/sounds yet, only give them the letters you’ve reviewed and continue to add more as they learn.

Color By Code Beginning Sounds

These color-by-code beginning sounds pages are always fun for your little learners. The students will look at the picture in each section and color it one of 2 colors depending on if it begins with the letter sound at the top of the page. They will continue until all of the sections are colored to reveal the letter.

Beginning Sounds Spin and Cover

This beginning sound spin and cover game is a great one to use as a center or in small groups. The students will use a paper clip and pencil and spin a letter. They will then cover a picture that has the same beginning sound as the letter.

Beginning Sounds Letter Bingo

And last but definitely not least, beginning sounds letter bingo. This is a great one to use with the whole class or in small groups. The teacher will call/show the picture and the students will have to find the correct beginning sound letter on their game board.

I hope this has given you some fun new ideas of ways to help your little learners practice and learn their sounds.

What are some of your favorite Activities To Teacher Beginning Sounds?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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Have you started teaching sight words? This Free Printable Fall Color By Code Sight Words page is always such a fun way to reinforce those sight words with your little learners.

This article works well with these Primary Playground resources

This Free Printable Fall Color By Code Sight Words is an activity that can be used in a variety of ways. Color by code sight words works well for morning work, early finishers,  literacy centers, or as homework. It’s a great way to reinforce the sight words they’ve learned at school and for them to practice them at home again easily.

The first time the students do this activity, encourage them to color the crayons first so they can easily see which color the sight word needs to be.

To do the color by code sight words, the students will carefully color the picture one area at a time using the matching color for the sight words. The students will continue coloring the sight words until the entire picture has been completed. They will then be able to see their hidden picture!

If your students enjoyed this Fall Color By Code Sight Words, they’ll love these fall-themed color by code sight words. There are 50 pages that include the pre-primer Dolch words.

Or these winter themed color by code sight word pages.

You can download the free printable below.

What are some of the other ways you like to have your students practice their sight words?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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When teaching the alphabet, we’re not just teaching the letters but the beginning sounds they make as well. These Free Printable Beginning Sound Puzzles are a fun way for your little learners to practice their letter sounds.

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The Prep

The download contains 26 different puzzles for your students to put together for each letter of the alphabet. Simply download the puzzles at the bottom of the post. Print and laminate them. Laminating is suggested so they hold up to being played over and over again. Then cut out each of the puzzles on the lines and you’re ready to go!

To Play

These Free Printable Beginning Sound Puzzles work great as a center or in a small group setting. Simply mix together all of the puzzle pieces. Have a student choose a puzzle piece with an object on it.

Have them say what the object is out loud, and then search through the puzzle pieces to find the matching letter-beginning sound. The letter X puzzle is a picture of a fox use the /x/ as the ending sound.

You can start with just a few letters to begin with and continue adding until your students have learned all of their sounds. And to continue to make it a little more challenging, after they have done all of the puzzles, have them put them into alphabetical order.

We like to store our puzzles in photo boxes from Michaels, sandwich baggies, or plastic snack containers that we find at Dollar Tree to keep them nice and organized.

You can download the puzzles below.

If you’re looking for more beginning sound activities, you might like our beginning sound letter bingo which is fun for the whole class.

Or our color by code beginning sound pages.

Do you have any other fun ways you can think of to use the Free Printable Beginning Sound Puzzles in your classroom?

See you next time!

Jenette

You might also want to check out our Free Printable Uppercase and Lowercase Puzzles.

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Games are my favorite way to teach little learners. When they don’t even realize they are learning but having fun, I’ve done my job. I’m sharing with you a fun Free Printable Rhyming Game I Have Who Has, that can be played as a whole class or with as few as 2 players.

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Before I share the game with you. I wanted to share some of our favorite rhyming videos. Rhyming can sometimes be a difficult skill for some little learners and these videos help make it fun.

Rocco The Rhyming Rhino by Jack Hartmann

In this fun song, Rocco loves rhyming words and he gives lots of examples of rhyming words. Rocco gives 2 rhyming words at the beginning of this song and in the end, Rocco will give the first rhyming word and the students fill in the other rhyming word.

Exercise, Rhyme and Freeze by Jack Hartmann

This is a fun one to get the kiddos up and moving. When they hear words that rhyme they exercise and when they don’t rhyme they freeze!

The Rhyming Words Game by Jack Harmann

And this is another fun one by Jack Harmann. He plays a rhyming game with the kids and gets them moving by sitting and standing when they hear words that rhyme.

Free Printable Rhyming I Have Who Has Game

And now onto our rhyming game! To prep the game, you’ll just need to download the cards below, and cut and laminate them for durability.

To Play

To play as a whole class – there are 30 rhyming cards in all. If you have less than 30 students, you’ll need to play the remaining cards and distribute them out so that some students will have more than one. Choose a student to start and they will ask the class who has a word that rhymes with the bottom picture on their card. For example, Who has a word that rhymes with nose? Everyone will look at their cards at the top picture to see if it rhymes with the word nose. The student that has the picture hose, will raise their hand and tells the class I have hose. They will then continue to go to the bottom of their card and ask, who has a word that rhymes with the picture on the bottom of their card. Continue the game until all rhymes have been matched.

To play as a small group or 2 players. You’ll play the same way as above but will need to deal out each of the cards in the deck. This makes it really fun to look through your pile to try to see if you have the word that rhymes or not.

You can download the free printable below.

If your students enjoyed this game we have several more sets of the I Have Who Has Games. Letters, Numbers, Beginning Sounds, CVC Words, 2D Shapes, 3D Shapes. Tons of options for your class!

And if you’re looking for more fun rhyming activities, your class will love playing rhyming bingo!

Or this rhyming spin and cover game, perfect for small groups or centers!

What are some other fun ways you like to review rhyming words?

See you next time!

Jenette

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One of my most favorite books ever is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It’s always been a favorite of mine but even more so once I had my son years ago and it quickly became a favorite of his as well. He had the book memorized and would read it back to me several times each night. I can still hear that cute little baby voice saying sausage in a silly way.

I still love reading this book today as it brings back so many memories and is a favorite of so many others. I wanted to make a fun activity to go along with the book, so I’m sharing with you a Free Printable Caterpillar Hat for the kids to color and wear after reading the story.

Have you seen the animated video of the story? It’s a short film but it has such a calming tone to it and is a great retelling of the story.

Free Printable Caterpillar Hat

This hat is a fun way to have your students retell the story. On the hat, it shows all of the things that the caterpillar ate through.

Simply download and print out the hat. Have your students color and cut out the hat. Help them staple it together and they can wear them proudly!

If you’re looking for more activities to go along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar you might like our caterpillar literacy snack that we did to go along with the book.

You can download the Free Printable Caterpillar Hat from my TeachersPayTeachers store below.

I hope your students have a fun time making memories with this book as we do!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Anytime that I have an excuse to break out the watercolors I’m all over it!  Today I’m sharing a fun chameleon craft project we did to go along with the story, The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle.

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We used this book as part of our color book study. I wanted to have them be able to make a craft to display in the classroom and to share what everyone’s favorite color is.

Supplies you’ll need

I piece of construction paper per student

the free printable chameleon craft page  – you can download it at the bottom of the post

scissors

glue stick

watercolor paints

paintbrush

water cup with water

paper towels

pencil or crayon

Chameleon craft

To make the chameleon craft, first print out the template. Have your students use watercolors to paint the chameleon. If watercolors are not an option for you, using crayons will also work and turn out just as pretty. Let the page dry.

After the page is dry, have your students cut out the chameleon and sentence strip.

Use a glue stick to attach the chameleon onto the construction paper. Next, glue the sentence strip onto the construction paper as well. Have the students use a pencil crayon to write in what their favorite color is on the line.

They look adorable and so colorful hanging up in the classroom!

If you’re looking for more fun activities to go along with this book, make sure to check out our Color Book Study-Book Companion.

You can download the free chameleon craft template from my TeachersPayTeachers store below.

I hope your students love making their chameleons! See you next time!

Jenette

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What are your favorite ways to reinforce CVC words that the students have learned? My kids have been loving these color by code CVC word pages!

This color by code CVC word is an activity that can be used in a variety of ways. Color by code CVC words works well for morning work, early finishers,  literacy centers, or as homework. It’s a great way to reinforce the CVC words they’ve learned at school and for them to practice them at home again easily.

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Color By Code CVC Words Printable

The first time the students do this activity, I always encourage them to color the crayons first so they can easily see which color the CVC word needs to be.

To do the color by code CVC words, the students will carefully color the picture one area at a time using the matching color for the CVC words. This one is a bit more challenging than the color by code sight words, as they will look at the picture next to the crayon and have to color in the area of the word that matches. The students will continue coloring the CVC words until the entire picture has been completed. They will then be able to see their hidden picture!

\If your students enjoyed this free printable color by code CVC words, they’ll love these spring-themed color by code CVC words. There are 5 different spring-themed pictures for the students to color in by CVC word. There are 5 pages of each middle sound, a, e, i, o, u, and another 5 pages that are mixed.

or these space-themed color by code CVC words.

Click below to download the free printable color by code CVC words page.

What are some other ways you have your students practice their CVC words?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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My kids love puzzles! Today I’m sharing a new center to help the students practice their letter fluency, a free printable uppercase and lowercase puzzle match. It’s perfect to use during small group practice or individual center time.

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To Play

Print the free printable uppercase and lowercase puzzle match below. Cut and laminate the pieces. Have the students mix up the puzzle pieces. The student will then choose a puzzle piece.

Have them find the matching letter and set the matched puzzle aside. Continue matching the uppercase and lowercase letters until all of the puzzle pieces have been matched.

I’ve also included pictures that start with the letter on the puzzle piece to help start beginning sound recognition. You can start with just a few letters and continue to build as the students learn their letters.

To store them, they fit perfectly in small photo boxes from Michael’s, or even just in a sandwich baggie.

My uppercase and lowercase spin and covers are another perfect addition to help your students master their letter recognition.

You can download the free printable puzzle match by clicking the green box below.

I hope your students enjoy these puzzles to practice matching their uppercase and lowercase letters!

See you next time!

Jenette

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