This product was designed for students to practise their fine motor skills and prepare them for writing. It has been created with a winter theme, where a winter character needs to reach a desired item. The student then uses their crayon to follow the path until they reach the item. For extra practice, we first use a non-writing tool to follow the path before using a crayon. This product is in colour and black line. A front cover has also been included to create a little booklet. I would suggest laminating the colour version in order to make it reusable. Students can then use a dry erase marker to follow the paths. A key ring can be used to group them together into a fun center activity. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy teaching! Margaux

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

Visual discrimination is a skill which is vitally important for the development of language and math skills. Without it, students are unable to differentiate between letters, words and numbers. Use these 15 Shadow activity cards to help aid the development of the visual discrimination skill. Two versions have been included, a colour and black and white version. Print and laminate the colour version in order to make it reusable. Students can the use a washing peg to clip the correct shadow. Alternatively, print the black and white version and use as a worksheet. Students can circle the shadow on the page. A front page has also been included should you wish to make a little booklet with the pages. Should you have any queries, suggestions or requests, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. Happy teaching! Margaux

This fun and interactive game can be used informally to develop various necessary skills in young children that are needed for future learning to take place. How does it benefit the child? Helps to develop colour awareness, including words when using the word dice. Develops hand eye co-ordination Concentration and focusing on a task is improved Short term Memory and Recall: children need to look at the dice and remember the three colours they need to find while scanning all of the flowers. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com I trust your students will enjoy this fun, fast-paced game. Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from Learning with Sunflower Smiles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This product has been designed with a Bear theme. It is the perfect addition to your phonics centers. Each L – Blend, namely bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl, has its own sound identification mat, offered in color and black and white. The mats contain many L-Blend pictures as well as pictures beginning with the same letter as the desired blend. For example, on the bl mat there are also pictures beginning with a b. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com I trust your students will enjoy this activity. Margaux

CVC Sentence Reading Cards This set of 96 task cards is the perfect activity for children who are ready to read their CVC words in sentences. Students read each of the two sentences on the card and indicate which sentence is true by placing a mark in the correct box on the right hand side of the card (use a dry wipe marker on a laminated card to make them reusable) , or by placing a peg to indicate the correct option. This set has been divided into four sections. The sections have been determined by the sight words used in each group. Below you can see which sight words are used in each section (words are : Orange: the, on, it, is, in, red, I, a, and, am. Green: like, and, to, for, has, go, see, blue, he, she. Blue: then, them, will, with , put, at, one. Yellow, my, by, come, this, look, you, up, two. I would recommend starting with the orange section and moving to the green, then blue and finally yellow as progression takes place and sight words from the orange section may be present in all the sections. I trust your children will enjoy this activity. Should you have any queries or suggestion, please contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Margaux Created by Margaux Langenhoven from "Learning with Sunflower Smiles"

L - Blend Clip Cards Use these L-Blend Clip Cards to assist students with blending sounds together. The cards are available in black and white as well as in color. Five cards have been included for each L – blend, namely bl, cl, gl, sl, pl and fl. Place a dot behind the correct blend and let students use clothes pegs to clip the sound they think the picture starts with. They then turn the card over and check if they pegged the correct sound. By laminating the cards, students can also circle the correct answer with a white board marker. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.co.za I trust your student will enjoy this activity. Margaux

This mini CVC (Short u) pack is perfect for introducing or/and consolidating CVC words with a short u. The pack includes a ‘Short u Booklet’. Students read the word and search for the image to ‘paste’ next to it. Worksheets have also been included and can be used to ‘test’ what students know. They have been grouped accordingly: words ending in –ub, -ud, -ug, -ut, -un, -um and -up. Here students choose the necessary pictures, cut and then paste them and write the word. The set of Word Wall cards can be used in two ways. Either you can keep the image attached to the word as a reference resource on your wall, or you can separate the picture and the word to create an interactive activity for students to match together. I trust you and your students will enjoy this product. If you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. Margaux

Short O Flip Booklet and Worksheets This mini CVC (Short o) pack is perfect for introducing or/and consolidating CVC words with a short o. The pack includes a ‘Short o Booklet’. Students read the word and search for the image to ‘paste’ next to it. Worksheets have also been included and can be used to ‘test’ what students know. They have been grouped accordingly: words ending in –ob, -od, -og, -ot and -op. Here students choose the necessary pictures, cut and then paste them and write the word. The set of Word Wall cards can be used in two ways. Either you can keep the image attached to the word as a reference resource on your wall, or you can separate the picture and the word to create an interactive activity for students to match together. I trust you and your students will enjoy this product. If you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. Margaux

This mini CVC (Short i) pack is perfect for introducing or/and consolidating CVC words with a short i. The pack includes a ‘Short i Booklet’. I bound these by using a ring in the top left hand corner. Use velcro with a sticky back to create a product which can be used over and over again. Place the one side of the velcro on the back of the image and then the other side of the velcro in the box next to the word. Students can now read the word and search for the image to ‘paste’ next to it. Worksheets have also been included and can be used to ‘test’ what students know. They have been grouped accordingly: words ending in –ib, -id, -ig, -in, -it and -ip. Here students choose the necessary pictures, cut and then paste them and write the word. The set of Word Wall cards can be used in two ways. Either you can keep the image attached to the word as a reference resource on your wall, or you can separate the picture and the word to create an interactive activity for students to match together. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com Happy Teaching! Margaux

Short E Flip Book and Worksheets This mini CVC (Short e) pack is perfect for introducing or/and consolidating CVC words with a short e. The pack includes a ‘Short e Booklet’. Students read the word and search for the image to ‘paste’ next to it. Worksheets have also been included and can be used to ‘test’ what students know. They have been grouped accordingly: words ending in –ed, -en, -et, -eg and -eb. Here students choose the necessary pictures, cut and then paste them and write the word. The set of Word Wall cards can be used in two ways. Either you can keep the image attached to the word as a reference resource on your wall, or you can separate the picture and the word to create an interactive activity for students to match together. I trust you and your students enjoy this product. If you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. Margaux

CVC Short A Flip Book and Worksheets This mini CVC (Short a) pack is perfect for introducing or/and consolidating CVC words with a short a. The pack includes a ‘Short a Booklet’. I bound these by using a ring in the top left hand corner. Use velcro with a sticky back to create a product which can be used over and over again. Place the one side of the velcro on the back of the image and then the other side of the velcro in the box next to the word. Students can now read the word and search for the image to ‘paste’ next to it. Worksheets have also been included and can be used to ‘assess’ what students know. They have been grouped accordingly: words ending in –ab, -ad, -ag, -at, -an, -am, -ar and -ap. Here students choose the necessary pictures, cut and then paste them and write the word. The set of Word Wall cards can be used in two ways. Either you can keep the image attached to the word as a reference resource on your wall, or you can separate the picture and the word to create an interactive activity for students to match together. I trust you and your students will enjoy this product. Should you find it useful, you may want to leave some feedback by returning to the product page. If you have any queries or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at margauxlangenhoven@gmail.com. Happy Teaching! Margaux