by Melinda | Aug 28, 2018 | Lesson Ideas, Products
Phonics games are a fun and engaging way to help your students revise and practice words during spelling time. A couple of fun phonics games you can try with your students are spin a word board games and cootie catchers (sometimes called chatterboxes or fortune...
by Melinda | Jul 24, 2017 | Literacy, Products
Is your phonics plan pulled together as you need new ideas and activities? When I first started my teaching journey I didn’t have a clue how to teach kids how to read and spell. I tried a bit of a mixed bag approach, mostly made up of whole language strategies. I used...
by Melinda | Aug 15, 2016 | Products
Are you excited about heading back for the first day of school? It’s always a bit chaotic, but there is definitely a buzz of excitement in the air. After the buzz dies down and the parents leave, what do you do next? There are all the usual type of activities, such as...
by Melinda | Aug 8, 2016 | Products
It’s that time of year again when many of us fearless teachers are heading back to school. It’s an exciting time for both the kids and the teachers, but it can also be a little scary and as a teacher you may feel somewhat apprehensive. I’ve found that one way you can...
by Melinda | Aug 28, 2015 | Lesson Ideas, Products
Are you teaching your kids about long vowel sounds? Do you need some new and fresh ideas to help you teach the long vowel sounds? I have a number of students I’m working with on the long vowel sounds and I wanted some more activities and games to be able to use...
by Melinda | Nov 26, 2014 | Lesson Ideas, Products
My students have been having loads of fun with my phonics board games. The games are fun and an engaging way to help your students revise and practice words during phonics time. Each set of phonics games includes 40 different board games for 5 different sets of...