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STEPS TO NAME WRITING FOR LITTLE LEARNERS

Elissa Jones — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Teaching little learners to write their own name is one of the basic skills parents, preschool and kindergarten teachers alike are always looking for ways to practice. There are so many name activities out there to help little ones learn their own name. But name tracing is one of the easiest ways to get learners […]

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A CAMPING SCAVENGER HUNT FOR LITTLE LEARNERS

Elissa Jones — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:35:00 +0000

Camping is a great family activity that you can do any time of the year. Our favorite time to camp is the fall and spring season where the weather is perfect-not too hot or too cold! We get away from all the stress of every day life and just enjoy everything around us. We have […]

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TRIPOD PENCIL GRIP HANDWRITING PRACTICE

Elissa Jones — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:30:54 +0000

Teaching little ones to write isn’t as easy as giving them a pencil and saying, “Okay, write your name.” There are steps to prepare your learners to get to the writing stage. And each stage is critical to your writers’ success. This tool is perfect for a pencil grip handwriting practice with young writers. Learning to […]

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WRITING PRACTICE WITH TRACING ACTIVITIES

Elissa Jones — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:30:07 +0000

Literacy is MY thing. If you’re a regular follower of my blog, you probably already know that. If you’re new to the blog, you will notice my love for literacy in so many of my posts. So it makes my heart happy when I get to pull out any tracing activity. If you’re not familiar […]

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EDITABLE SIGHT WORD MAGNETIC LETTER CENTER

Elissa Jones — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:30:15 +0000

I was a junior in college and observing a kindergarten classroom for the first time. The room was filled with children scattered about working at their literacy stations. Through the noise my attention turned toward the sight word center where the teacher was performing sight word assessments during her reading group. She must have saw […]

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FISHING FOR THE ALPHABET GAME

Elissa Jones — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:30:50 +0000

Learning games that focus on the alphabet are perfect to use all year long. This fishbowl alphabet game is so easy to differentiate between learners who are being introduced to the alphabet or those with more alphabet knowledge. Learning the Alphabet This simple and fun game helps learners make a connection between the capital and lowercase […]

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WRITING LETTERS WITH SENSORY SNOW

Elissa Jones — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:30:45 +0000

Letter formation is a skill that needs a lot of practice. Sometimes, holding a pencil to paper is not always the best way to go. There are many fun ways to teach writing letters! Just have fun with it! We recently made snow using our Insta-snow kit. I didn’t want to throw it out. It […]

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