Reading

I love teaching reading and those light bulb moments when they first put their letter sound knowledge, their blending skills and their heart word knowledge all together to successfully decode sentences on their own for the very first time!

So here you will find some of my favourite reading related ideas and activities, from phonics skills like learning letter names and sounds, CVC, digraph and VCe words to reading comprehension activities!

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10+ Anytime Alphabet Centres (2 Freebies!)

Digraphs Lesson + Centre Ideas for Kindergarten (FREE Google Slides Lessons + Digraph Charts!)

10+ Fun & Engaging CVC Centres (with a FREE CVC Puzzle!)

VCe Lessons for Kindergarten + 10 Centre Ideas! (FREE Google Slides Lessons + A VCe Mini Reader)

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Check out these blog posts for my favourite reading related ideas, activities and freebies!

  • CVC Centres for Kindergarten

    15+ Fun & Engaging CVC Centres for Kindergarten (with a FREE CVC Puzzle!)

    Save on Pinterest Jump to Freebie Shop the Resource Looking for fresh, low-prep CVC centres for Kindergarten classrooms? I’ve gathered 16 fun and engaging…

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  • FREE UFLI Aligned Heart Word Flash Cards

    Heart Words: What They Are, Resources to Practice Them + 2 Freebies!

    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…

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  • VCe

    Free VCe Lessons for Kindergarten (+ 10 Centre Ideas!)

     Hi there! I have an old blog post about how I teach CVCe or VCe words in Kindergarten (you can see that post if…

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  • Digraphs in Kindergarten

    FREE Lessons for Teaching Digraphs in Kindergarten (+ 6 Follow-Up Centre Ideas!)

     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…

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  • Recap: January 2024 (Scroll to the Bottom for a sorting FREEBIE!)

    Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday and are getting back into the swing of things at school! We had a…

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  • Recap: August/September 2023

    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…

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reading resources

Start with my most popular reading resources, or browse by topic below.

Kindergarten Read Aloud Lesson Plans Year-Long Bundle

Kindergarten Read Aloud Lesson Plans Year-Long Bundle

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Magnetic Letter Alphabet Matching Mats

Magnetic Letter Alphabet Matching Mats

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Alphabet Play Dough Mats & Loose Parts Letter Formation Mats

Alphabet Play Dough & Letter Formation Mats

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Kindergarten Alphabet Centres Bundle #1

Kindergarten Alphabet Centres Bundle #1

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Alphabet Pattern Block Mats

Alphabet Pattern Block Mats

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Kindergarten Heart Word & High Frequency Word Flash Cards

Heart Word Flash Cards

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Alphabet Letter Tracing & Printing Books

Alphabet Tracing & Printing Books

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Heart Word Practice Sheets for Kindergarten

Heart Word Practice Sheets

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