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10 Simple Memory Tricks to Help Kids Learn the Alphabet

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Sky-Grass-Dirt Alphabet Formation Practice Sheets and Rhymes!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Today I am excited to tell you about these "Sky Grass Dirt" Alphabet formation practice sheets and cards!  It is only the best resources that come out every single week in my classroom- and this is one of them!  I can't BELIEVE what a difference this made to my students in learning to write their letters correctly.  I've used it for two years now, and in both years, my students made OUTSTANDING progress on printing, even though...
   

Cookie Sheet Activities for Letters and Sounds!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ These Cookie Sheet Activities are a fun, hands-on way for young children in Pre-K, Transitional Kindergarten (TK), Kindergarten or 1st Grade to identify the beginning sounds, fill in the missing letter in the alphabet sequence, match capital and lowercase letters, and match letters of the alphabet to the same letters printed in different fonts! Check out these four different packets! 1.  Cookie Sheet Alphabet ABC Order with Magneti...
   

Teaching the Alphabet: "The Alpha Mat"

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello everyone! I am excited to share with you the winning idea from our Idea Contest from years back!  It's called "The Alpha Mat," and it is used to teach the letters and sounds .  I hope you enjoy this great idea. You can find out how to make the Alpha Mat by watching Diane's great video below, which explains it very well!  Here are links to where you can purchase the supplies for the Alpha Mat: 1. Clear vinyl envel...
   

Mini Bubble Bottle Beginning Sounds Center!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Here's an idea for a literacy center I shared a few years ago that is easy and inexpensive to put together, and fun for kids, too!  I decided to call it the "Mini Bubble Bottle Beginning Sounds Center," but you could really adapt this idea to be used for middle or ending sounds as well!  All the children have to do is stretch the rubber band with the correct beginning sound picture on it around the neck of the (empty) mini...
   

Letter Sounds & Lids Learning Center Freebie

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Here's a nice learning center freebie that you can make out of old milk or juice carton lids!  "Beginning Sounds and Twist On Lids" is a great manipulative tool for those students of yours who might be struggling with matching beginning sounds to letters. Screwing the lids on is also great for fine motor skill development! I adapted this idea from something I saw on Pinterest. This blogger had created a math activity using re...