92_Discover the magic of our multisensory letter table, where students see, hear, and touch to learn each letter! 🌈✍️ This immersive experience invites preschoolers to engage with the alp....
Explore the magic of the letter 'W' at our multisensory letter table. This video highlights engaging activities that involve seeing, hearing, and touching, emphasizing the importance of a...
Discover the Joy of Learning 'B'! 🐻🎈 Join me as I showcase our multisensory letter table for the letter 'B'. See how we engage little learners with hands-on activities that make learning this letter...
I've been busy prepping all things fine motor with these letter and number mats. These fine motor mats are great for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten or even first grade for a fun way to learn and review letter recognition, number recognition, letter sound identification, number sense, and letter and number formation.
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🔠✨ New Letter Table Activity: iSpy Letter B! ✨🔠 Check out our latest addition to the letter table activities! Watch as my son demonstrates how to master the lowercase 'B' using magnetic bingo chips....
Literacy activity ideas for the Kindergarten classroom
LOTS AND LOTS of resources for teaching Montessori phonics for preschoolers and kindergartners at home or in the classroom.
Let’s face it, bubbles are fun for kids of all ages! Who doesn’t love the changing iridescent colors of bubbles floating in the air, or watching them fuse together when they collide? Bubbles are an excellent tool for multisensory learning. Aside from their scientific properties, their very name coincides nicely with learning consonant-le (c-le) endings. What is a Consonant-Le ending? To put it simply, consonant-le endings are syllables with a consonant before the “le.” -ble, -cle, -dle, -fle, -gle, -kle, -ple, -tle, -zle C-le in closed syllable words (short vowel sounds) These words have first syllables that end with a different consonant sound than the c-le endings. Examples include words such as bundle, simple, twinkle, rumble, rectangle, example. C-le in open syllable words (long vowel sounds) These words contain first syllables that end in a vowel. Examples include words such as noble, rifle, table, bugle, cradle, title. C-le with double letter words (short vowel sounds) These words have first syllables that end with the same sound that the c-le syllable starts with. Examples include words such as middle, cripple, frazzle, juggle, battle, huddle. Make it Multisensory Did you know that there is a lot of science to bubbles? They are made up of a thin film of soap with a pocket of air, but this film has water molecules trapped between two layers of soap molecules. Bubbles pop when the water in them evaporates or they touch a dry surface. Bubble Activities Blow Bubbles for Words Ending in C-le Prepare a list of words, some with c-le endings and some without. Exp: table, blanket, book, frazzle, watch, sunshine, staple, etc… Dictate a word, have the child repeat the word and then blow a bubble only when hearing and saying words with c-le endings. Bubble Pop Follow the same process as the previous activity but Instruct students to “pop” bubbles when hearing spoken words that do not follow the c-le pattern. You could have a team of bubble blowers and bubble poppers or use a bubble machine. Catching Bubbles Use a bubble machine and have children catch bubbles when hearing words with c-le endings. Once all c-le syllable types have been taught, have them catch only open syllable words, such as “table”. Double Bubble Riddles Have students answer riddles and try to catch a double bubble on their bubble wand. For example, “I end with the syllable /ble/ and am the noise a turkey makes. What am I?” Gobble “I end with the syllable /gle/ and am another word for laughter. What am I?” Giggle Glowing Bubbles Make your own bubbles with children and create three different colors to coincide with c-le syllable types. They can even paint with these bubbles and spell their c-le words on the paper once it dries. Bubbles can also be placed between two sheets of paper to create some interesting effects. Recipe: 1 cup of water 1 tsp of dish soap 1 squirt of glow-in-the dark or fluorescent paint You will also need: bowls, spoons, paper Written by Julie Palermo, Julie is a tutor at our Clarkston Learning Center and former Kindergarten teacher. Brainspring has proudly supported the educational community for more than 25 years. Our Educator Academy provides educators in grades K-12 with comprehensive MSL Professional Development courses. Learn more about our in-person and online professional development. The Learning Centers support students through one-on-one, multisensory tutoring sessions. Learn more about our in-person (available in Southeast Michigan) and nationwide online tutoring.
Discover the engaging setup of our multisensory letter table this week in our new video, where I highlight the letter 'Z'! I'll show you our water doodle mat, where students can practice writing 'Z'...
In this enchanting activity, these letter dots help students master one of the most crucial steps to pre-writing - letter identification.
Have you ever used a Ziploc to try to make a gel bag? This works in a pinch, but you may find they are thin, floppy, and break easily. If it's hard to find bags that don't have writing on the side, or your students are tempted to try to open the Ziploc, you might want to give these a try! Three minute video. To see more posts like this, make sure to follow my blog! Here are a few resources that use Gel Bags. 15 Preschool Literacy Centers Lowercase Letter Formation Posters Handwriting Without Tears - style font Writing Numbers Bundle: Differentiated Developmental Instruction Posters: Letters, Colors, Numbers, Shapes BUNDLE Handwriting Without Tears style An InLinkz Link-up
Students just "light up" when they get to use this word builders literacy center. Naturally, adding some letters and hands-on work makes this center a "bright" choice!
Use letter activities like alphabet collages or letter mats to help kids learn letter recognition and to reinforce letter-sound associations. Here are over 200 material ideas that you can use for your
