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At the moment I am a Stay -at-Home mom with two beautiful children aged 2 and 5. I am passionate about teaching and creating resources to make learning fun! I am a qualified Remedial teacher and taught year 7 - 9 for 6 years. My resources are a mixture of what I did with my students in the main stream classroom, in the Remedial classroom as well as with my daughter at home. Happy Teaching!

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At the moment I am a Stay -at-Home mom with two beautiful children aged 2 and 5. I am passionate about teaching and creating resources to make learning fun! I am a qualified Remedial teacher and taught year 7 - 9 for 6 years. My resources are a mixture of what I did with my students in the main stream classroom, in the Remedial classroom as well as with my daughter at home. Happy Teaching!
Alphabetical Order Puzzles
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Alphabetical Order Puzzles

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Alphabetical Order can be tricky at first. Give your students the opportunity to practice Alphabetical Order with these Alphabetical Order Puzzles. Five different puzzles have been included in this product, each starting at a different place in the alphabet. Puzzles have 10 pieces which fit together to form a picture. Each puzzle is offered with Upper and Lower Case letters as well as in full colour and black line. Print, laminate and cut colour puzzles to use as centre activities or print black line versions as handouts for students to cut and paste in the correct order. A puzzle template page has been included to paste or arrange the pieces on. Should you have any suggestions or queries, you are welcome to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Margaux Created By: Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
Compound Words Task Cards
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Compound Words Task Cards

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Use these Compound Word Task Cards to practise the formation and spelling of Compound Words. There are 15 cards in this set. They require the student to form a Compound Word using the two pictures presented. The set is offered with or without QR codes and in color or black and white. When using the QR code version, students can scan the code to reveal the answer. A record sheet and memorandum has also been included. I trust your students will find this activity useful and interactive. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching Margaux {Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles}
Long Vowel Posters
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Long Vowel Posters

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These Long Vowel Posters will make the perfect reference for students while learning about the long vowel combinations. The pack has been color coded according to the vowel sound the combination make. Each vowel pair has it’s own page, where a list of the words using the vowel pair is listed as well as a picture to represent the vowel pair. A poster for the following combinations has been included: Long A: -ay, -ai, a_e Long E: -ea, -ee, -ey, -y, e_e Long I: -y, -igh, -ie, i_e Long O: -oe, -ou, -ow, -oa, o_e Long U: -eu, -ew, u_e Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux {Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles}
Long Vowel Word Searches
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Long Vowel Word Searches

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This set of Long Vowel Sound Word Searches aims to create a situation where students are ‘tested’ on what they know. Students need to search for words which contain the required long vowel sound. They need to find as many words as they can in the word search. Each word search has it’s own memorandum showing where the words are in the word search as well as a list of words which can be found. The following vowel pairs as well as magic e combinations are included in this packet: Long a: -ay, -ai and a_e Long e: -ee, -ea and -ey Long i: -y (that sounds like I), -igh and i_e Long o: -ow, -oa and o_e Long u: -ue and –ew Each vowel pair has it's own word search. You may be interested in my other Long Vowel games and activities. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux (Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles)
CVC Short U Bingo
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CVC Short U Bingo

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This Bingo game focuses on CVC words with a short U sound. There are two versions of the game boards and three versions of the ‘question cards’. This will allow your the opportunity to adapt the game to suit your class situation. The first version of the game boards has pictures while the second has words. You can then pair your chosen game board up with either picture question cards, word question cards or word and picture question cards. There are 10 game boards and this game would work well as a center activity, group activity and pair activity. Be sure to check out my other CVC Bingo games. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
CVC Short O Bingo
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CVC Short O Bingo

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This Bingo game focuses on CVC words with a short O sound. There are two versions of the game boards and three versions of the ‘question cards’. This will allow your the opportunity to adapt the game to suit your class situation. The first version of the game boards has pictures while the second has words. You can then pair your chosen game board up with either picture question cards, word question cards or word and picture question cards. There are 10 game boards and this game would work well as a center activity, group activity and pair activity. Be sure to check out my other CVC Bingo games. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
CVC Short I Bingo
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CVC Short I Bingo

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This Bingo game focuses on CVC words with a short I sound. There are two versions of the game boards and three versions of the ‘question cards’. This will allow your the opportunity to adapt the game to suit your class situation. The first version of the game boards has pictures while the second has words. You can then pair your chosen game board up with either picture question cards, word question cards or word and picture question cards. There are 10 game boards and this game would work well as a center activity, group activity and pair activity. Be sure to check out my other CVC Bingo games. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
CVC Short E Bingo
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CVC Short E Bingo

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This Bingo game focuses on CVC words with a short E sound. There are two versions of the game boards and three versions of the ‘question cards’. This will allow your the opportunity to adapt the game to suit your class situation. The first version of the game boards has pictures while the second has words. You can then pair your chosen game board up with either picture question cards, word question cards or word and picture question cards. There are 10 game boards and this game would work well as a center activity, group activity and pair activity. Be sure to check out my other CVC Bingo games. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
CVC Short A Bingo
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CVC Short A Bingo

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This Bingo game focuses on CVC words with a short A sound. There are two versions of the game boards and three versions of the ‘question cards’. This will allow your the opportunity to adapt the game to suit your class situation. The first version of the game boards has pictures while the second has words. You can then pair your chosen game board up with either picture question cards, word question cards or word and picture question cards. There are 10 game boards and this game would work well as a center activity, group activity and pair activity. Be sure to check out my other CVC Bingo games. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
Beginning Digraph Posters
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Beginning Digraph Posters

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This set of half-page Beginning Digraph posters can be used as part of your word wall. There are 10 posters for ch-, sh- and th-, and 8 posters for kn-, wr-, wh- and ph-. Posters are half page size and there are two on each page. The posters are presented in color and black and white. Each beginning digraph also has a header. These posters will correspond well with my Beginning Digraph Clip Cards. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux
Beginning Digraphs Clip Cards (ch-, sh-, th-)
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Beginning Digraphs Clip Cards (ch-, sh-, th-)

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These Beginning Digraph clip cards can be used to practise words with Beginning Digraph (ch- , sh-, th-) sounds and is the perfect center activity. Place a dot behind the correct answer in order to make these cards self-correcting. Laminating the cards will make them more durable and therefore will last longer. This set is provided in color and black and white (which can be copied onto colored paper if desired). These cards can be even be used for upper elementary as spelling practise. There are also some blank cards for extra pictures. A list of the words is also included, which students can paste into their workbooks and use as a reference. Students can use a clothes peg to identify which spelling is used to create the long a sound in each picture. If clothes pegs are not available, students can write with a white board marker on the laminated cards. Holes can also be punched into the cards below each letter. Students can then thread a straw or string through the corresponding hole. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me on margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. I trust your students will benefit from this activity. Margaux
CVC Frog Leap pads
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CVC Frog Leap pads

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Use these Lily pads to practise CVC fluency. Print the lily pads onto green paper (or any color you choose). Pin the ‘-at’ to a frog stuffed toy. If you don’t have a frog stuffed toy, print the frog included at the end of this product and ‘stick’ the ‘-at’ to it. All five short vowel sounds have been included in this product. Lay the lily pads on the table and students take turns springing from one ‘–at’ lily pad to the next, reading the words as they go. They can then record the ‘-at’ words on a white board should you wish to practice their writing as well as reading. Pin a new sound combination to your frog once your students have grasped –at. Students at different tables can also be practising different sounds and then move from table to table. Visit my blog Learning with Sunflower Smiles to see how I used them. You may be interested in my other long vowel, short vowel and blends activities. Visit my store to check them out. Happy teaching! Margaux
R-Controlled Clip Cards
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R-Controlled Clip Cards

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These R-Controlled Vowel Clip Cards can be used to practise words with R-Controlled Vowel sounds and is the perfect center activity. Place a dot behind the correct answer in order to make these cards self-correcting. Laminating the cards will make them more durable and therefore will last longer. This set is provided in color and black and white (which can be copied onto colored paper if desired). These cards can even be used for upper elementary as spelling practise. There are also some blank cards for extra pictures. A list of the words is also included, which students can paste into their workbooks and use as a reference. Students can use a clothes peg to identify which spelling is used in each word represented by a picture. If clothes pegs are not available, students can write with a white board marker on the laminated cards. Holes can also be punched into the cards below each letter. Students can then thread a straw or string through the corresponding hole. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. I trust your students will benefit from this activity. Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
R-Blend Identification Mats
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R-Blend Identification Mats

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This product has been designed with a Fish theme. It is the perfect addition to your phonics centers. Each R – Blend, namely br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr and tr, has its own sound identification mat, offered in colour and black and white. The mats contain many R-Blend pictures as well as pictures beginning with the same letter as the desired blend. For example, on the br mat there are also pictures beginning with a b. Should you have any suggestions or queries, please contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com I trust your students will enjoy this activity. Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
R-Blend Posters
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R-Blend Posters

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This set of half-page R-Blend posters can be used as part of your word wall. The R – Blend is in red to make it more visible. There are five posters for every blend, which include; br, fr, cr, gr, tr, dr and pr. The posters are presented in colour and black and white. There are two ‘header’ posters for each group, a plain one and a fish themed one. This offers you a variety depending on what would suit your classroom and students better. Should you have any suggestions or queries, please contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com These posters correspond with my R-Blend Clip cards and R-Blend Identification Mats and would work well when used together. Margaux
S-Blend Identification Mats
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S-Blend Identification Mats

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This product has been designed with a Princess and Knight theme. It is the perfect addition to your phonics centers. Each S – Blend, namely sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st and sw, has its own sound identification mat, offered in colour and black and white. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com I trust your students will enjoy this activity. Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
S-Blend Clip Cards
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S-Blend Clip Cards

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These S - Blend Clip Cards can be used to practise words with S – Blends and is the perfect center activity. Place a dot behind the correct answer in order to make these cards self-correcting. Laminating the cards will make them more durable and therefore will last longer. This set is provided in color and black and white (which can be copied onto colored paper if desired). There are five or six cards for each S – blend, namely sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st and sw. A printable page has also been included which contain all the S-blend words from the clip cards. Students can paste in their workbooks and use as a reference. Students can use a clothes peg to identify which letter is used to start the word of each picture. If clothes pegs are not available, students can write with a white board marker on the laminated cards. Holes can also be punched into the cards below each letter. Students can then thread a straw or string through the corresponding hole. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. I trust your students will benefit from this activity. Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles
S-Blend Posters
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S-Blend Posters

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This set of half-page S-Blend posters can be used as part of your word wall. The S – Blend is in red to make it more visible. There are five or six posters for every blend, which include; sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st and sw The posters are presented in colour and black and white. There are two ‘header’ posters for each group, a plain one and a fantasy themed one. This offers you a variety depending on what would suit your classroom and students better. These posters correspond with my S-Blend Clip cards and would work well when used together. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Margaux
R-Blends Clip Cards
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R-Blends Clip Cards

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These R - Blend Clip Cards can be used to practise words with R – Blends and is the perfect center activity. Place a dot behind the correct answer in order to make these cards self-correcting. Laminating the cards will make them more durable and therefore will last longer. This set is provided in colour and black and white (which can be copied onto coloured paper if desired). There are five cards for each r – blend, namely br, cr, gr, tr, dr and fr. Students can use a clothes peg to identify which letter is used to start the word of each picture. If clothes pegs are not available, students can write with a white board marker on the laminated cards. Holes can also be punched into the cards below each letter. Students can then thread a straw or string through the corresponding hole. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. I trust your students will benefit from this activity. Margaux
L-Blend Posters
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L-Blend Posters

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This set of half-page L-Blend posters can be used as part of your word wall. The L – Blend is in red to make it more visible. There are five posters for every blend, which include; bl, fl, cl, gl, sl, and pl. The posters are presented in color and black and white. There are two ‘header’ posters for each group, a plain one and a honey bear themed one. This offers you a variety depending on what would suit your classroom and students better. These posters correspond with my L-Blend Clip cards and Identification Mats and would work well when used together. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles