Getting Kids Excited to Read: Read Everyday Jar

Summer Reading Ideas

Whether your child loves to read or avoids it...here is an easy way to encourage daily reading.

A Reading Jar.  It's full of simple ideas for making reading fun. Pull out a slip each day to find a fun place or way to read. They might read in the shade, under the table, wearing a hat, eating a snack or with mom...all kinds of little ways to excite them to read each day.

Read Everyday Jar

3 printable pages of ideas.

Reading Printables here.

Print, cut and fill up the jar.

Enjoy!

Preschool Practice: Word Family Worksheets

It feels like forever since I taught in the classroom, 

but now working with my kids at home it reminds me how much I loved it...and miss it.

My son is in preschool and loves reading.  He's just beginning; so as we are learning the basic skills of reading. 

And we are currently focusing on Word Families.

We talk about how they rhyme and how they look alike and how it is a "trick,"

 if you know the family, you can read all the words and read them fast.

So we have been playing lots of fun games, but to further practice the skills, I made some word family worksheets. 

After scribbling them on random papers for him to practice each day, I figured I should just print some up.

Printable Word Family Worksheets found: here

*TIP:  I love Plastic Worksheet Covers!  I got mine from the Target Dollar Bins last fall, but even a plastic sheet protector would work.  Then just use dry erase markers or crayons and the worksheet can be used over and over.

Additional Word Family Resources:

Here are some fun resources for Word Family Games.  

Word Family Flip Books

(Free Download at PositivelyLearning)

Word Family Egg Twist

(via NurtureCreek)

Paint Chip Word Family Strips

(found at JoyfullyWeary)

If you have any of your own fun ideas, please share!

Preschool Practice: Printable Color and Question Words

More with Sight Words: Color Words and Question Words.

To go along with my previous posts on Beginning Sight Words and Sight Word Practice

I made a few more worksheets for practice.

This set of worksheets includes two pages.

1. Color Words

2. Question Words

In the worksheets they read, trace, then write the word.  

These are a little more advanced than the Beginning Site Word Practice, but great for once they have mastered the beginning words.

(The worksheets come from this larger set seen above)

For those of you working with little ones at home or at school I uploaded the printables to share.

Use them for Preschool, Homeschool, Teaching, or Co-ops, but please don't redistribute. 

Download printable Color and Question Words Worksheets: here

The whole collection and other worksheets check my TeacherPayTeachers Shop: here.

For more posts Education Resources and Worksheet Printables check: here.

Preschool Practice: Sight Word Practice Worksheets

More with Sight Words.

So after my previous post on Sight Words, I decided to make a few more worksheet for practice.

These also focus on the non-decodeable sight words.

They included additional writing practice.

For those of you working with little ones at home or at school I uploaded two of the printables to share.

Use them for Preschool, Homeschool, Teaching, or Co-ops, but please don't redistribute. 

Download printable Sight Work Practice Worksheets: Page 1 & Page 2

Find the complete set of these worksheets and more at my TeacherPayTeachers Shop: here.

For more posts Education Resources and Worksheet Printables check: here.

Preschool Practice: Printable Dolch Site Word Worksheets

Sight Words.

An important step in early reading.

Sight words are often referred in two categories. 

1. Commonly used words (so readers should be able to recognize them by site, to speed up their reading)

2. Non-decodable words (tricky words that can't be sounded out)

My little preschooler is not a fan of sight words.  He doesn't like something he can't figure out (sound out) on his own.  So I made a bunch of worksheets to help him practice and get more familiar with them.

This set of sight words includes the most commonly used sight words and the "non-decodable" words.

Since the Dolch Sight Word lists includes many words he can sound out, I first want him practicing those that he can't.  Because to me, these are the most important for beginning readers.

This Set, comes with 2 worksheets.  Additional posts and links below for my other worksheets that include all of the Dolch Sight Words.

For those of you working with little ones at home or at school I uploaded the printables to share.

Use them for Preschool, Homeschool, Teaching, or Co-ops, but please don't redistribute. 

Download printable Basic Site Word Worksheets: here

The whole collection and other worksheets check my TeacherPayTeachers Shop: here.

For more posts Education Resources and Worksheet Printables check: here.

Preschool Resources

Looking for good Preschool-Kindergarten teaching resources?

 I was and am so excited with all I found.

The teacher in my has been itching for these years to come and now with a very interested 4 year old, we have started Preschool.  

He loves it and he loves "practicing" at home.  

So I have searched all over the internet and Pinterest to find free and quality printables for Toddlers, Preschool and Kindergarten work.

And these were some of my favorites. 

Oopsey Daisy Blog 

This Site is full of great Learning Packets.  They include printables, activities, songs, snacks, and so much more.  It plans everything for you!

1 Plus 1 Plus 1 Equals 1 

has a For Tots page, with great resources. The Totally Tots section is full of printables and units for every letter and lots of fun themes.

Confessions of a Slacker Mom 

This site has tons of great printable units full of worksheets that also integrate religion.

Preschool Printables from Owens Family-Gwyn

has creative printables from books, by season, and topic. It makes planning the year simple and fun.

Preschool Alphabet  

This site has great printables and units, as well as, a year plan, with calendars and simple lesson plans already laid out.

Living Life Intentionally 

has tons of fun free preschool packs.  All types of homeschooling ideas.  It is an excellent resource.

Confessions of a Homeschooler.  

Her title says it best.  She has all kinds of great ideas and printables, with plenty of experience.

Mine for the Making  

a great site with lots of toddler and preschool printables.

Wild About Teaching 

has fun printables, projects, book based lessons for free.

But she also offers Large Packets for purchase.

Creative Preschool Resources 

great collections of printables.  Fun units with letter practice, sorting, cutting, numbers and much more.

Super Mom Moments 

has free worksheets, fun activities and printables for everything even kid parties.

Education.com 

offers tons of worksheets & activities or all ages and subjects.  The one drawback, you must register.  Registration is free, but it is just less convenient than some other sites.  But the quality and selection of the resources, makes it worthwhile.

Kids Learning Station 

has tons of great worksheets, varying levels and subjects.

Amazing Worksheets 

This site is full of worksheets for every subject and level...not just preschool.  A wonderful resource for all of your kids.

Rockabye Butterfly 

is great for young learners, lots of hands on learning, with printables and activities to teach beginning basics and discovery.

Little Family Fun 

has great learning games, art, and projects for Toddlers and Preschoolers.

Lessonpix Blog 

is a great website with lots of resources.  Their blog has free ideas, lesson plans, activities and printables, and if you want to be a member of their website, they only have a small membership fee.

I hope these are helpful and be sure to let me know if you have any great sources you love for Preschool ideas, resources or printables!