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Beginning Sound Match Cards
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Beginning Sound Match Cards

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Perfect for children learning their beginning letter sounds! These Science of Reading aligned initial sound cards help students master identifying beginning sounds. With 70 easy to prep cards ready to print, this pack will give your students the practice they need isolating sounds and master letter-sound correspondence. Children will gain confidence in their beginning sound knowledge as they work to isolate and then match the beginning sound of easily identifiable photos of real life objects. Perfect for build phonological awareness in preschool and kindergarten. It’s the ideal resource for early readers/writers as individual sounds are being introduced and is simple enough for students to work on independently in literacy centers or your Daily 5 rotations. Just print and either laminate to write the letter to match the beginning sound or simply add magnetic letters to learn! Here’s what’s included - 38 beginning sound mats sorting into 4 smaller sequential groups of sounds (SATPIN/CKEHRMD/GOULFB/JZWVYQ) - 2 mats per A4 page 32 beginning sounds mats featuring the whole alphabet mixed - 2 mats per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.
Alphabet Car Park Mats
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Alphabet Car Park Mats

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Our printable alphabet car park mats are a fun hands on way for young children to practice their letter recognition. Simply print and add some small cars with either lower case letters to match or for differentiation, add some upper case letters to your cards to match to the lower case letters on our mats.
LEGO Sight Word Mats
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LEGO Sight Word Mats

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Are you looking for an interactive way for students to practice sight words? Make learning to spell high frequency sight words hands-on fun with these mats made to use with LEGO bricks! With two different styles to choose from, prepping for your literacy centres or Word Work stations is easy! Just choose the set of sight words you need, print and add some LEGO to build the words from. Use the larger sight word mats which allow for children to directly ‘build’ the sight word from LEGO blocks then trace and write the sight word. The smaller sight word cards provide some context to the word by placing the sight word in an easy to read sentence and asks children to build the sight word using the picture as their guide - perfect for building fine motor skills, visual discrimination and spatial awareness skills as they position their LEGO blocks to make the word. Covers have also been included to easily make the smaller cards into a handy flip book. Ideal for practicing at home or in the classroom! **Here’s what’s included - ** 220 sight word mats ( LEGO block word + sight word to trace and write) - 1 per A4 page 220 sight word cards (LEGO block sight word + short sentence with sight word to read) - 3 per A4 page LEGO-themed covers for smaller sight word cards - 3 per A4 page **220 high frequency words included: ** the to and he a I you it of in was said his that she for on they but had at him with up all look is her there some out as be have go we am then little down do can could when did what so see not were get them like one this my would me will yes big went are come if now long no came ask very an over your its ride into just blue red from good any about around want don’t how know right put too got take where every pretty jump green four away old by their here saw call after well think ran let help make going sleep brown yellow five six walk two or before eat again play who been may stop off never seven eight cold today fly myself round tell much keep give work first try new must start black white ten does bring goes write always drink once soon made run gave open has find only us three our better hold buy funny warm ate full those done use fast say light pick hurt pull cut kind both sit which fall carry small under read why own wash show hot because far live draw clean grow best upon these sing together please thank wish many shall laugh
CCVC Word Cards + Puzzles
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CCVC Word Cards + Puzzles

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Consonant blends can be tricky for young children to master. These CCVC Word Cards allow children to practice blending them into simple words through hands-on play! This activity is ideal for Daily 5 work work or literacy centers, focusing on the blends - sl, tr, pl, dr, st, cr, fl, pr, sp, tw, fr, sw, cl and sk. With 22 focus words included, choose from 3 different types of CCVC Word Cards. Here’s what’s included - 22 CCVC Word Cards divided into four equal parts (puzzle cards) - 2 per A4 page 22 CCVC Word Cards with word to trace - 2 per A4 page 22 CCVC Word Cards with blank space to build/write the word - 2 per page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.
CVCe Final Silent 'e' Word BINGO Game
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CVCe Final Silent 'e' Word BINGO Game

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With bright, real life images, this fun CVCe Word BINGO game is an excellent way to learn to read and spell words with long vowel sounds (CVCe or final silent ‘e’ words). Suitable for a whole class or small groups in literacy centers, this file includes 24 different BINGO playing mats. Choose from 2 sets - one with images only or one with CVCe words only, then pair them with some calling cards. Again choose from 3 different sets of calling cards - one with text only, one with text only with the vowel sounds highlighted in red and another set with text and visuals with support for beginning readers - ideal for differentiating to meet students needs. CVCe words included - bike, bite, bone, cage, cake, cape, case, code, cone, cube, dice, dime, dove, file, five, game, hose, June, kite, lice, lime, mane, mice, mime, nose, pine, pipe, rake, rice, robe, rope, rose, safe, tape, time, tube, vase, vine, vote, wave Here’s what’s included - 24 CVCe BINGO Cards with real life photos - 2 per A4 page 24 CVCe BINGO Cards with printed word only - 2 per A4 page 24 BINGO calling cards - photo + text - 6 per A4 page 24 BINGO calling cards - text only - 6 per A4 page 24 BINGO calling cards - text only (vowels in red) - 6 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.
CVC Word Clip Cards
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CVC Word Clip Cards

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A great resource to use when young children are learning to blend initial sounds together to make simple words. Ready to print for your literacy centres or Daily 5 Word Work, these CVC Word Clip Cards encourage children to sound out the word before blending it to make the word. Children can then choose the correct picture to match. Just print and add some clothes pegs/pins to use!
Short Vowel Sound Word Family Domino Cards
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Short Vowel Sound Word Family Domino Cards

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A fun hands-on way to practice word families! With just over 60 cards, this ready to print domino game will allow young children to identify and produce rhyming words helping to build their phonological awareness. Focusing on the short vowel sounds, this domino game is perfect for small groups. Children take it in turns to try and match a rhyming pair of words as they place their next card down. Just print and add to your literacy center rotations!
Digraph Sound Picture Wheels
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Digraph Sound Picture Wheels

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Made for young children who are still learning to differentiate between sounds, these digraph sound circles are a fun way to consolidate identifying graphemes while providing some handwriting practice and fine motor strengthening. 33 different sounds - consonant and vowel digraphs, dipthongs and split digraphs are included along with easy to read answer cards for each making these perfect for independent literacy centers or Daily 5 word work activities. Perfect for Early Years classroom display or speech and language students. Here’s what’s included - 33 different digraph wheels with real life photos - 1 per A4 page digraphs included - ar/ai/ay/au/aw/oa/oo(2)/ng/ui/ou/ck/sh/ch/th/wh/ph/er/ir/ur/ow(2)/ee/ea/ey/ie/ew/or/oi/oy/a_e/i_e/o_e/u_e easy to read answer cards included for children to check their answers File type – Ready to print PDF ** IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE…** All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. I also encourage you to ask questions before purchasing if you are uncertain of anything. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.
Rhyming Word Family I Spy Mats - ED/EN/ET PACK
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Rhyming Word Family I Spy Mats - ED/EN/ET PACK

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Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! Focus words included - _ ED Word Family - led, bed, fed, red, sled, wed _ EN Word Family - men, chicken, den, hen, pen, ten _ ET Word Family - set, get, jet, net, pet, vet, wet Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE
Rhyming Short Vowel Sound Word Family I Spy Mats - IG/IN/IT Pack
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Rhyming Short Vowel Sound Word Family I Spy Mats - IG/IN/IT Pack

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Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated pack (Oct 2018) includes - _ IG Word Family - rig, dig, fig, gig, pig, wig _ IN Word Family - tin, bin, fin, pin, spin, twin _ IT Word Family - kit, hit, knit, pit, sit, zit Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE
Add An Adjective Informational Writing Centre
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Add An Adjective Informational Writing Centre

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Use young children’s love of animals to teach them about adjectives! This activity is perfect for use as a whole class activity or creating a non fiction writing centre for learning to write information or informative texts. Children are asked to firstly label their animal then add adjectives to help describe them better, making their writing more interesting. 25 Different ‘Add An Adjective’ pages included in download. Pair these with our animal posters (pictured but not included) to help support beginning writers as they build their vocab. Real photos have been used throughout to create this engaging activity. US and UK English spellings of ‘coloured/colored’ included. Perfect when paired with our Animal Adjective Word Wall Cards.
Digraph Clip Cards - CH SH TH
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Digraph Clip Cards - CH SH TH

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Digraphs can be difficult for young children to identify in words. These easy-to-prep clip cards for the digraphs CH, SH and TH are the perfect addition to your literacy centers for young children learning to hear sounds into words. Students use their knowledge of phonics to produce and blend the sounds into a word. They then have to select the correct digraph to match the word pictured with a clothespin. Here’s what’s included - 85 picture+word clip cards for the digraphs CH SH TH - 4 per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.
Rhyming Short Vowel Sound Word Family I Spy Mats - OG/OP/OT Pack
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Rhyming Short Vowel Sound Word Family I Spy Mats - OG/OP/OT Pack

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Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated pack (Oct 2018) includes - _ OG Word Family - cog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log _ OP Word Family - hop, chop, cop, lollipop, mop, stop, top _ OT Word Family - hot, cot, dot, knot, plot, pot, pot, rot Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE
Rhyming Short Vowel Sound Word Family I Spy Mats - UG/UM/UN Pack
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Rhyming Short Vowel Sound Word Family I Spy Mats - UG/UM/UN Pack

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Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated pack (Oct 2018) includes - _ UG Word Family - shrug , bug, hug, jug, mug, plug, rug, tug _ UM Word Family - yum, drum, hum, gum, plum, sum, thumb _ UN Word Family - run, bun (bread), bun (hair), gun, nun, sun Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE
Sight Word Say It Make It Write It Mats - Oxford Word List 1-100
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Sight Word Say It Make It Write It Mats - Oxford Word List 1-100

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Created from our super popular Say It Make It Write It Mats, these sight word mats include the first 100 Oxford high frequency words. Along with reading the word, children are asked to make the word and then write the work independently. To make differentiation easier, the 100 words are broken into five groups of 20 words each. Just print, laminate then add playdough, magnetic letters or wix stix to make the letters!
Word Family Short Vowel Sound Rhyming Word Mats
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Word Family Short Vowel Sound Rhyming Word Mats

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Ideal for young children who are learning to identify and produce rhyming words using their knowledge of short vowel sounds. These 18 different mats allow children hands-on practice of making rhyme. Ready to print and add to your literacy centers, just add counters and magnetic letters or playdough to locate and then build the rhyming words. Word families included - _ AG / _ AM / _ AN / _ AP / _ AT / _ ED / _ EN / _ ET / _ IG / _ IN / _ IP / _ IT / _ OG / _ OP / _ OT / _ UG / _ UM / _ UN Easy to read answer cards included along with a more print friendly version.
CVC Vowel Clip It Cards
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CVC Vowel Clip It Cards

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If your Kindergarten or First Grade students need practice identifying medial vowel sounds in CVC words, this clip card activity will make a great addition to your word work or literacy centers or as an early finisher activity. Children will look at the picture on each card and use a clothespin to clip the correct vowel sound along the edge of the card. This means students must sound out the word and focus on the medial vowel sound in order to choose correctly. You can make this resource self-checking by placing a dot or sticker on the back of the card. Clip cards are also perfect for building fine motor skills! Here’s what’s included - -80 CVC picture clip it cards cards - 4 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.
Tell Me A Story Writing Centre
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Tell Me A Story Writing Centre

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Help develop strong oral and written storytelling skills in your classroom with the help of this useful writing centre! Designed with early writers in mind, use just the three type of picture cards (where? who? what?) as visual support to prompt rich oral storytelling or combine their use with our helpful templates and writing sheets to capture their narratives as they begin writing. Here’s what’s included - 45 different setting cards (where) - picture + text 6 per A4 page 57 different character cards (who) - picture + text 6 per A4 page 54 different event cards (what) - picture + text 6 per A4 page ‘Tell Me A Story’ mats (colored boxes only) - 4 versions A4 page ‘Tell Me A Story’ mat (colored boxes and writing space) - 4 versions A4 page ‘Tell Me A Story’ writing page with space for illustration plus checklist for editing To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.
Syllable BINGO Game
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Syllable BINGO Game

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Your class is sure to love this game! And it’s an easy way to practice to hearing syllables in words and learning to count them. Designed for small group work, children take it in turns to read a picture card then have to correctly count the syllables to be able to cover a number on their BINGO board. First person to cover all their numbers WINS! Here’s what’s included - 8 Syllable BINGO mats - 2 per A4 page 170+ 1-4 syllable picture+word cards - 8 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.
Syllable Clip It Cards
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Syllable Clip It Cards

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Designed to build fine motor strength along with phonological awareness, these syllable clip cards are ready to print and add to your literacy center rotations! With over 170 different picture cards to word with, children take it in turns to read a picture card then correctly count the syllables to be able to cover a number on the card with a clothes peg. Encourage your students to touch each number circle as they say the word slowly - easier than counting claps and perfect for kindergarten. Plenty of different words included - simple CVC words, starting blends and digraphs making them ideal for testing children’s syllabification skills. Here’s what’s included - 170+ 1-4 syllable picture+word cards - 4 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.