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15+ (Mostly) FREE Hands-On Alphabet Letter Building Ideas!

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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 share more than 15 hands-on ways for kids to build a letter!  Building alphabet letters is a great way to help children remember its shape and form.  My class added this to our weekly Letter of the Week routine this year, and I am SO glad that we did!  It seems to be making a HUGE difference especially to my lower students- those that have come with little prior exposure to the alphabet and/or no presch...
   

Practicing More & Less with the Cup Game!

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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’m going to tell you about a fun , easy , NO PREP , and FREE game to help kids practice the concepts of more and less, reinforces number recognition, and also teaches them some problem solving skills as well!  It’s called The Cup Game, and I’ve been using this little gem of a game since I started teaching Kindergarten in 1992.  Any game that has endured that long HAS to be good, so read on- I think you’re going to love this ...
   

Sight Word Spaceship Hunt 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! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello, everyone!  Today I am going to tell you about a fun and easy literacy center for practicing sight words AND early reading comprehension skills!  I did this as a "Make and Take" activity in my Literacy Centers session last week at the I Teach First Conference in Las Vegas, and the teachers seemed really excited about it!  Hope you like it! Here's How to Play: You get 8-10 empty toy capsules (spaces...