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Icky Sticky Inchworm

For Teachers K - 1st
Use the meaningful example "Icky Sticky Inchworm" to demonstrate the /i/ sound. Then have learners take out letter boxes and spell simple words like six, lip, him, pin, slim, grin, etc. 
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Amazing As

For Teachers K - 1st
Help young readers recognize the short vowel /a/ in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Learners associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Say Aaaah

For Teachers K - 1st
Using letter boxes and a series of activities, young learners will identify the /o/ sound. Give them the fun tongue twister before having them manipulate letters in the letter box, and then read In the Big Top. Can your learners...
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Open Up And Say Ahh

For Teachers K - 1st
Who has a word that has an /o/? Teach kids this fun song (sung to the tune of "Skip to My Lou") to remember the /o/ sound and words that contain the target sound. Then have learners identify the sound in various words before...
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Henry Howls

For Teachers K - 1st
Let's learn the letter h! Elementary learners will hear the sound, learn a catchy tongue twister, and identify the sound in different words the teacher says. After some writing practice, read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle,...
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Yep, I'm Ready to Learn!

For Teachers K - 1st
Tongue twisters give young learners an easy phrase to refer back to when learning letter sounds. Use the phrase "Eddy put red bells on everyone's bed" to identify the /e/ sound. Then read Red Gets Fed aloud, having learners nod...
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The Everyday Red

For Teachers K - 1st
Pair a hand motion with the /e/ sound so young learners remember it better! This plan has the class open their "creaky door" whenever they hear the /e/ sound. They'll learn a tongue twister and read the short story Red Gets Fed,...
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Itchy Ritchy

For Teachers K - 1st
Itchy Ritchy can help your learners remember the /i/ sound! First teach young learners the fun tongue twister illustrating the target sound, and have them identify the target sound in other words. Use the reading Tim and the Top to...
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Ehhhh?

For Teachers K - 1st
Are your kindergarten learners working with the letter e and the sounds that is makes? They'll practice writing a capital e, hear the /e/ sound in a funny tongue twister, and then identify when the teacher is saying a word that uses...
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Astonishing "A"

For Teachers K - 1st
  Young learners gain phonemic awareness with this quick activity. First, point out what sound you’re focusing on today: /a/. Then spell basic words that use this sound, like fat, bat, cat, etc. As a culminating activity, the whole...
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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
The unicorn uses Uncle's underwear! Practice saying this tongue twister with your young learners to illustrated the /u/ sound. After comparing pairs of similar words (like cut and cat) and their sounds, learners will read Fuzz and...
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Letter Uu

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition activity worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase U and lowercase u.
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Letter Tt

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition activity learning exercise, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase T and lowercase t.
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Letter R Coloring Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase R and lowercase r.
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Letter Oo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring learning exercise, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase O and lowercase o.
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Letter N Coloring Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase N and lowercase n.
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Letter Ll Coloring Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase L and lowercase l.
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Letter Z Coloring Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase Z and lowercase z.
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Letter G Coloring Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase G and lowercase g.
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Letter Ff

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase F and lowercase f.
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Letter Jj

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this large J activity, learners see the uppercase letter J and lowercase letter j, recognize them as the same letter and then color both of the letters.
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Letter Dd

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition activity worksheet, learners use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase D and lowercase d.
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Letter Aa

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this letter recognition coloring worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the uppercase A and lowercase letter a.
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Find the Letter E

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood letter recognition worksheet, students identify the uppercase and lowercase Es on the sheet. Students record the number of uppercase and lowercase Es as well.