Looking for fresh, low-prep CVC centres for Kindergarten classrooms? I’ve gathered 16 fun and engaging activities that my students (and my own kids!) absolutely love—perfect for helping little readers build confidence with CVC words in a playful, hands-on way. Use these ideas in your literacy centres or small groups, especially for students who need a…
Hi friends! Have you recently come across the term heart words and wondering what they are? Or maybe you’re an early SoR adopter and have been teaching irregular high frequency words this way for a few years now! I first learned about heart words when I started my SoR learning journey a few years ago….
Hi there! I have an old blog post about how I teach CVCe or VCe words in Kindergarten (you can see that post if you are interested here: https://apinchofkinder.com/2016/04/super-e-activities-for-cvce-words.html) but I thought I’d write an updated post since I recently updated my VCe Centres resource and added a ton of new activities! First, I always start…
Hi there! Have your students mastered CVC words and some CVCC/CCVC words? It may be time to move on digraphs! Here is how I teach digraphs in Kindergarten! What is a Digraph? A digraph is when 2 letters make one sound. There are consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs, but in Kindergarten typically only the consonant…
Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday and are getting back into the swing of things at school! We had a great holiday 🙂 Both kids didn’t want to go back to school but they have been rotating being sick so one or the other has been home most of the month…
Hi friends! I’m going to try to do a monthly recap of new things I’m sharing over on Instagram and TPT, since I know links can be hard to keep track of over on Instagram. So here are some things I shared in August/September! 1. FIRST WEEK FORMS + INITIAL ASSESSMENTS This has been requested…
1. Updated New Year FREEBIES This year I updated my new year freebies! I updated the pages with new fonts/clip art and also added a new q-tip painting activity. This one is the trace and build activity that is included: The current version has up to 2026 included! There is also a craft idea/writing template,…
Hi friends! As many of you know, I had taken a break from sharing things on the blog when I found out I was pregnant with our second baby. Now that baby #2 is almost 5 months old, I am playing catch up and will share some of the new things that I posted to…
Every year in August I get lots of questions asking which resources I recommend the most from my TeachersPayTeachers store. So I’ve compiled them in this blog post! Hope this is helpful to those who are browsing! You can click on the title above each image (e.g. #10: Fill in the Blank: Sight Word Poems for…
Hi friends! Since it’s summer I’ve been sharing activities I have been doing with my toddler over on my Instagram. I’ll be adding them here too so that it’s easy to find out where I sourced my items and also to share any printables I make along the way! 1. GREEN RICE + BUGS SENSORY…
I love sharing lessons and activities that have worked well in my Kindergarten classroom to provide you with engaging ideas and to help you cut down your planning time!
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