This alphabet uppercase letter matching activity has preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children match 26 letter cards to a game board. A practice page and answer key are included for easy letter recognition fun.
This rhyming words matching activity lets PreK to 1st grade children match picture cards that rhyme, like cat and hat. A practice page and answer key included.
In this position words activity, preschool to 1st grade children match butterfly pictures to above, below, next to, in front of, and behind. Answer key included.
This noun bingo activity has 24 picture cards and 4 boards for Preschool to 2nd Grade, plus a practice page with an answer key included, so kids learn nouns while they play.
UsingGuess Who Matching Game Activity, students take turns asking questions to figure out their partner's mystery person.
This pictures and words context clues activity lets PreK to 1st grade children hold up a sign to show whether a fact came from the picture or the words. Answer key included.
Practice beginning sounds with this consonant sounds activity for Preschool through 1st Grade. Kids stack picture scoops on letter cones, then finish a practice page. Answer key included.
Using The Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity, students use context clues to figure out unknown words in a text to build their reading comprehension.
Kids build short-vowel words with pumpkin tiles in this Fall CVC Mat Activity for preschool to 1st grade. Answer key included, so checking each word mat is fast.
This CVC word mats activity helps preschool to 2nd grade students build and spell short vowel words with letter tiles, with a practice page and an answer key included.
Using Color Word Activity, students match color pictures, words, and objects to build their recognition of colors, then create a color word book.
In this roll a turkey thanksgiving activity, Preschool to 1st Grade children roll a die, count the dots and color the matching turkey part to win. Answer key included.
This apple cvc mat activity lets PreK-1st grade students build short-vowel words with apple letter tiles on 12 picture mats. Practice worksheet and answer key included.
Match rhyming pictures like star and car in this rhyming words Christmas activity for preschool to 1st grade, with ornament picture cards and a practice page. An answer key is included.
Play a blank bingo board activity with any skill you teach. Preschool to 5th grade students fill in the boards, listen for each answer, and cover five in a row to win.
Using Lucky Charms Before and After Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying before and after.
Using Same and Different Snowflakes Opposites Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying same and different opposite pairs.
This rainforest vocabulary matching activity helps Preschool to 1st grade children match eight rainforest pictures to their words, with helper cards, a practice page and an answer key included.
This Let's Read emergent readers activity is a cut-and-tape mini book for PreK to 1st grade that builds sight word fluency. Answer key included for the practice page.
Songs, stories and first words
Preschool English is all about talking, listening and loving words. Little ones learn new words for colors, numbers, action words and everyday things, and they practice using them in short sentences. They sing songs, hear rhymes and start to notice that cat and hat sound alike. They begin to recognize letters, especially the ones in their own name, and learn that letters make sounds. They also learn to listen to a story, answer simple questions and take turns talking. The magic moment is when a child "reads" a favorite book from memory and turns every page!
Preschoolers learn language through songs, play and lots of talking. These moves use all three.
Pick one letter each week and play its song during circle time. Kids clap the sound, find things that start with it and draw it in the air. A song gives little ones a fun, repeatable way to learn letter names and sounds together.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withLetter B Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Hang a colors word wall and play "point and name" every morning. Kids touch a color and say its name, then find something in the room that matches. Pairing a word with a picture builds vocabulary fast.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withColors Word WallFlash CardsOpen it →Flash an action word card like "hop," "stretch" or "clap" and let the kids do it. Then ask them to say the whole sentence: "I can hop!" Moving with words helps little bodies and brains learn together.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withAction Verbs Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Preschool language learning should be busy, musical and full of giggles.
VideosDance along to the Letter C song and freeze whenever you hear a word that starts with /c/.
Open Letter C Song (Animated Music Video) →
Flash CardsKids match number words to pictures on the word wall and count out loud together.
Open Numbers Word Wall →
SongsSing about plants, animals and weather and pick up a bunch of brand new words along the way.
Open Science Songs (MP3 Album) →Teacher favorites right now: Alphabet Uppercase Letter Matching Activity, Rhyming Words Matching Activity and Position Words Activity.
Preschoolers build vocabulary, learn colors and numbers, sing songs and rhymes, start recognizing letters and practice listening and speaking in full sentences.
Most preschoolers are not reading yet, and that is okay. The goal is to love books, hear sounds in words and recognize some letters. Those skills set them up for reading in kindergarten.
Talk with your child all day, read together every day and name things around you. Sing songs and ask open questions like "What do you think will happen next?"
It varies a lot. Many preschoolers know the letters in their own name and a handful of others. By the start of kindergarten, many children recognize most uppercase letters.
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