Curated OER
Wide Mouthed Frog Memory or Wide Mouthed Frog Sight Word Game
How appropriate is playing a game of memory to help children memorize their sight words! Offering fun frog-themed flash cards and instructions for playing two different sight word games, this would make a great addition to the resource...
Education.com
Sight Words Bingo
Engage emergent readers in learning their basic sight words with this fun game of bingo. With four simple 3x3 game boards including a total of 32 different sight words, this resource is a must-have for any primary grade teacher.
Helping Dyslexia
Chain Words
Kindergartners and first graders create a chain of word cards with this fun activity. Participants read the word on the right side of a card, and match the word to the corresponding picture on the left side of another card. They...
Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education
Sight Word Lists and Activities
Scholars examine newspaper articles and highlight two sight words to discover which appears more frequently. They then glue sight words onto paper to make flashcards before composing, writing, and creating picture representations of...
ESL Kid Stuff
Christmas Lesson 1
Little ones sing Christmas carols, complete craft projects, and play word games while learning new vocabulary in part one of two-part ESL lesson series.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: High-Frequency Words, Word Fishing
To practice reading high-frequency words fluently, learners play a fishing game at a learning center. They take turns fishing; each fish contains a single high-frequency word. To keep the fish they caught, they must be able to read the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Let’s Count!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)
Counting is the theme of this compilation of ESL lessons. Through listening, speaking, and moving, your young learners take part in a variety of activities to enhance their English proficiency such as making menus and books,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Down on the Farm: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 8)
Down on the Farm is the theme of this series of ESL lessons designed to support reading, speaking, and listening skills. Over three weeks, your learners will have the opportunity to sing songs, play guessing games, create masks, role...
Kiz Club
Alphabet Floor Game
Hop from one letter to the next with this alphabet practice game! Each foot-shaped piece includes one letter of the alphabet inside of it. Kids can step along the alphabet or use their feet to spell simple words.
Scholastic
The -ad Family
You'll be so glad to have had this rad worksheet for your youngsters to practice identifying what words belong to the -ad family!
Curriculum Corner
Suffix Match
Knowing the meanings of common suffixes is a powerful tool for expanding the vocabulary of young learners. This set of word cards focuses on the suffixes -or, -ly, -ful, and -able, providing two words that include each suffix as well as...
Helping Dyslexia
Picture Pairs Blends
Challenge your pupils to match words to images with these 29 pairs. Each word includes a consonant blend, either initial or final, and should be matched with its corresponding image either by simply putting two correct cards together or...
Helping Dyslexia
Picture Pairs Final Blends
Engage your pupils in learning final blends with a game of memory! Provided here are 44 word and image pairs to print and cut out in order to put together the game. Each word includes a final blend.
Scholastic
Dr. Seuss Extension Activities
Extend the exhilarating learning experience of Dr. Seuss with five activities designed to reinforce literacy skills—site word reading, dialogue writing, story mapping, and more! Featured stories include The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, The...
Pre-k Pages
Fire Engine Alphabet Clothespin Activity
Weeoou weeoou! What's that sound? It's the alphabet fire truck! Cover the letters of the alphabet and fire engines with a fun letter-matching game.
Education.com
Alphabet and Number Derby!
Young children roll and shout their way to victory in this simple number and letter recognition game. Using the included game board students roll a die, move the number of squares indicated, and call out the name of the number or letter...
August House
The Ogre Bully
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this lesson has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and have a grand conversation...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, Phoneme Hopscotch
Your class will love playing phoneme hopscotch! Scholars choose a card, say the name of the object on the card, break the word into phonemes, count the phonemes, then hop that many spaces on the hopscotch mat. Super fun!
Really Good Stuff
Sequencing Pocket Chart
Cut it out! Beginning readers practice sequencing skills at home or at school with a variety of activities that require cutting out multiple sets of picture cards and putting them in the correct order.
Free Reading
Letter Cards
Turn spelling practice into a game with this letter card template. Including domino-sized cards for all of the upper- and lower-case letters, as well as common digraphs, this resource can be used in a variety of ways and is a perfect...
Barbara Kowal
Winter Memory
Give vocabulary instruction a boost with a memory game in which scholars match winter-related terms to its corresponding picture. Vocabulary words include snowflake, mittens, icicles, and more!
ESL Kid Stuff
Christmas Lesson 2
Wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, writing Christmas cards and learning holiday vocabulary are all wrapped into this one exciting ESL lesson.
Lakeshore Learning
Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs
A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items.
Literacy Connects
Activities to Build Phonological Awareness
Begin your reading program each day with a mini lesson on phonological awareness using these engaging activities listed in the resource. Young ones will enjoy word families, clapping and counting syllables, identifying single sounds and...