Here is another great activity to do with your child who is learning to blend words! Most dollar stores sell a set of cheap letter fridge magnets, so this is a cheap and easy game for parents to play with their kids if they don't already have the magnets.
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Showing posts with label phonics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phonics. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Phonics Blending Game - Pre through K
If you're teaching your child to read, then you will be teaching them how to blend phonics. If they already know the sounds that each of the letters make individually, then this game will be a great way to start teaching them how to blend sounds together. Just ran across it on YouTube today.
Do you know of any other great phonics games or activities for kids? Let us know in a comment below, and don't forget to subscribe!
Do you know of any other great phonics games or activities for kids? Let us know in a comment below, and don't forget to subscribe!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Reading With Ruby
Check out some of the new reading videos we've made here at CBSB! Let us know what you think!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Literactive - Teaching Kids To Read Online
In teaching my two and a half year old daughter to read, I stumbled upon literactive, a free online service with games and e-books.
Literactive is sort of like starfall.com (mentioned in an earlier post) with some differences. Literactive has many free online books for your child to read along with, and if there is a word your child doesn't understand, you can click on the word and it will sound it out in a number of different ways.
While the animations and site design of literactive may not be as visually appealing as starfall.com, Literactive is still definitely a site you want to keep in your online arsenal for teaching children to read.
The site does require that you register before you can view any of their game or online e-books, but registration is free, and information is kept confidential.
Visit Literactive today and watch as your child giggles his or her way through the books and games. http://www.literactive.com/Download/stories.asp?cat=31
Blessings!
Know of other free reading resources? Post them in a comment below!
Literactive is sort of like starfall.com (mentioned in an earlier post) with some differences. Literactive has many free online books for your child to read along with, and if there is a word your child doesn't understand, you can click on the word and it will sound it out in a number of different ways.
While the animations and site design of literactive may not be as visually appealing as starfall.com, Literactive is still definitely a site you want to keep in your online arsenal for teaching children to read.
The site does require that you register before you can view any of their game or online e-books, but registration is free, and information is kept confidential.
Visit Literactive today and watch as your child giggles his or her way through the books and games. http://www.literactive.com/Download/stories.asp?cat=31
Blessings!
Know of other free reading resources? Post them in a comment below!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Word World
These little cartoons by PBS are a fun and wonderful way to teach your children some basic phonics. Children at this age may not want to sit and watch video after video of one cartoon, but these are all Word World cartoons on this playlist. For a wider variety of cartoons in one playlist, please see the Pre-K page.
Note: This list just contains a few cartoons. You can go onto Youtube and search for more Word World videos if you want more.
Word World
Blessings!
Note: This list just contains a few cartoons. You can go onto Youtube and search for more Word World videos if you want more.
Word World
Blessings!
Pre-K Videos
The following five players are playlists on Youtube. These videos cover concepts taught to children from ages 2-5, including:
ABC's
Counting
Shapes
Colors
Feelings (Ex. Frustrated, scared, happy, sad).
Spatial Concepts (Ex. in, over, under)
Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Basic Math (Ex. 1 gumball minus 1 gumball equals no gumballs)
Animals
Phonics
Reading Basic words (Ex. Book, bed, truck, tent).
Eating Healthy
Being Healthy (Ex. Brushing teeth)
Other concepts
Note: Instead of separating these concepts out into individual playlists, they have been arranged into random 'episodes' that are about 1 hour long each. This is because children ages 2-5 generally have a short attention span and will not want to watch video after video of one subject, so they are intermixed.
You can of course create your own YouTube account and add these and other videos into your own personalized play lists for your children based on their individual needs.
My two year old loves each of these videos, but during my student teaching at a Christian school, I also saw similar videos and all of these concepts being shown and taught to children from 3 year old pre-school all the way up to age 6 in Kindergarten.
Also: It is possibly to connect most computers to a TV and use the TV as a secondary monitor. When viewed directly from the you-tube website, these videos can be put full screen (great for switching over to the TV). Best of all is that the kids will think they're getting a break from studying in order to watch cartoons, but in reality they'll be learning while having fun during their little 'breaks'. Thanks to these videos my 2 year old can count to 12, say her ABC's, knows her colors and shapes, and tells me every morning that we can't skip breakfast because 'it's the most important meal of the day', among other concepts that she recites to me.
To get started, simply click play on one of the lists below. It will automatically continue on to the next video in the list each time.
Learning Playlist 1
(Note, clicking this link will take you directly to this playlist on youtube where you can watch each video fullscreen or add videos to your own account playlists by creating an account.
Learning Playlist 2
Learning Playlist 3
Learning Playlist 4
Learning Playlist 5
Note: Check back in the future for more playlists. I am constantly searching out and creating new playlists of learning videos for my daughter to watch, and they will be added here as they are made.
-Blessings!
ABC's
Counting
Shapes
Colors
Feelings (Ex. Frustrated, scared, happy, sad).
Spatial Concepts (Ex. in, over, under)
Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Basic Math (Ex. 1 gumball minus 1 gumball equals no gumballs)
Animals
Phonics
Reading Basic words (Ex. Book, bed, truck, tent).
Eating Healthy
Being Healthy (Ex. Brushing teeth)
Other concepts
Note: Instead of separating these concepts out into individual playlists, they have been arranged into random 'episodes' that are about 1 hour long each. This is because children ages 2-5 generally have a short attention span and will not want to watch video after video of one subject, so they are intermixed.
You can of course create your own YouTube account and add these and other videos into your own personalized play lists for your children based on their individual needs.
My two year old loves each of these videos, but during my student teaching at a Christian school, I also saw similar videos and all of these concepts being shown and taught to children from 3 year old pre-school all the way up to age 6 in Kindergarten.
Also: It is possibly to connect most computers to a TV and use the TV as a secondary monitor. When viewed directly from the you-tube website, these videos can be put full screen (great for switching over to the TV). Best of all is that the kids will think they're getting a break from studying in order to watch cartoons, but in reality they'll be learning while having fun during their little 'breaks'. Thanks to these videos my 2 year old can count to 12, say her ABC's, knows her colors and shapes, and tells me every morning that we can't skip breakfast because 'it's the most important meal of the day', among other concepts that she recites to me.
To get started, simply click play on one of the lists below. It will automatically continue on to the next video in the list each time.
Learning Playlist 1
(Note, clicking this link will take you directly to this playlist on youtube where you can watch each video fullscreen or add videos to your own account playlists by creating an account.
Learning Playlist 2
Learning Playlist 3
Learning Playlist 4
Learning Playlist 5
Note: Check back in the future for more playlists. I am constantly searching out and creating new playlists of learning videos for my daughter to watch, and they will be added here as they are made.
-Blessings!
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