A Rhyme Per Week? Oh, Yes!

Looking for a way to teach rhymes and have fun too?  Try these free printables, filled with valuable phonological awareness and language/literacy development strategies!  We use them in "The Reading Room."  The site has an entire year of weekly lessons: 

http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm

Say YES to Rhymes!

If you mistakenly thought that rhyming books were meant for little kids, think again!

http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/11/how-rhyming-teaches-kids-literacy-skills/

Excellent Instruction

From the Minnesota Public Schools, recommendations and examples of instruction that "beats the odds" while creating learning success for youngsters.   Movies include lessons on phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, oral comprehension & vocabulary development, writing, and resources.

http://rea.mpls.k12.mn.us/uploads/teachers_who_beat_the_odds.pdf

TOOLBOX: Visit "Reading Resource"

Heads-up!  ReadingResource.net contains information, strategies, explanations, guidance and support for both families as well as professionals.  

http://www.readingresource.net/

"Let's Go" is an Early Learning Connection from Parkside

Games, activities, flashcards and lots of "news-you-can-use" for Preschool and Kindergarten learners.  Early Literacy is our focus and we gladly share ideas everyone can access and use to benefit the youngsters we love! 

http://rwest-letsgo.blogspot.com/

Reading Games & More!

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

GAME	DIFFICULTY	SKILL	NOTES
“The Quiet Machine”	Matching letters to pictures	*beginning sounds	Phonemic awareness
Leona’s Coloring Pages	Reading and writing	*beginning reader activity	Printable book
“The Messy Attic”	Picture identification	*listen, then follow directions	Pre- reading skill
“Arty’s Smarty Doors”	Rhymes	*rhyming words	Pre-reading skill
“Dub Cubs”	Rhyming words	*word families	Reading skill
“Hopposites”	Opposites	*words with opposite meanings	Reading skill
“Sky Writing”	Letter recognition	*varying styles of the same letter	Reading skill
“Monkey Match”	Match	*letters, sounds, rhymes	Reading skill
“Theo’s Puzzles”	Letter recognition	*consonant puzzles	Puzzles & a video
“Trampolini Game”	Word meanings	*inflectional endings ‘er, ‘est	Reading skill
“Blending Bowl”	Match blends with endings	*-ack, -an, -ap, -ar, -est, -ick, -ig, -ip, -it, -ock, -op, -up, -uck matched up with beginning blends	good for partners
“Synonym Sam’s Lab”	Choose synonyms	*this game is self-checking	good for partners
“ABCD Watermelon”	identify missing letters	*alphabet recognition	Pre-reading skill
“Alphabet Soup”	unscramble letters	*reader uses given letters to find a solution	101 riddles
“Chicken Stacker”	phonemic awareness	*listen and read words with the same short vowel sound	Five sets words
“Flood”	categories	*listen and read book titles	Hints given
“Fuzzy Lion Ears”	phonemic awareness	*letter sounds beginning/middle/ending	Six rounds
“Word Play”	good for partners	*read words and then  “click” to see the action	25 words: three sets
“Talking Gizmo”	recognize parts of a sentence	*readers experiment with sentences and word order	good for partners
“Pounce”	word matching	*listen, then choose a word	Reading skill
More Literature	Pre-K through fifth graders	http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/	Kids can listen and read along with stories.

Songs and videos:  http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/