Letter recognition is a fundamental aspect of literacy. Whether you have a struggling reader or are teaching your child how to read, letter recognition is an important part of reading …
Letter Sounds Activity
When kids learn letter sounds, they should practice with a variety of sounds. For example, if the child is learning s, m, t, a, be sure to include each of these sounds in the letter sounds activity. …
Teaching Alphabet Sounds
Reading Elephant started a YouTube channel. Please check out our first video on teaching alphabet sounds. Here's the link: There are a few principles you should follow when teaching alphabet …
Kindergarten Letter Tracing- Winter Theme
In this blog, Reading Elephant offers a free printable kindergarten letter tracing worksheet (see below). Kindergartners learn how to write letters by tracing them and spelling words on k-1 lined …
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Sounding Out Words and Why Kids Struggle
Your student is in Kindergarten. He knows letter sounds. Yet, when he tries to string letters together to form a word, he forgets the first or middle sound. “H-aaaa-t… um does that say hit?” he says. …
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