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Sound Discrimination: What to Do When Children Cannot "Hear" Beginning 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! __________________________________________________________________________ Every year in Kindergarten, there are always a few children in my class that struggle with sound discrimination, or the ability to "hear" and distinguish between the beginning sounds in words.  The task that we give the children seems simple:  just tell me the beginning sound of the word that I say.  If I say dog, they should give me the sound of the letter "d," (which we write down as "d/".)  If I say the word "pig," the...
   

Fun and Easy Reading Comprehension Games

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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 going to share with you some fun and easy reading (and listening!) comprehension games!  These are just a few ideas that I have used in the past to help children focus on the meaning of the text and help them identify the parts of the story.  I hope you find them helpful! This activities could be done as either listening comprehension games after students finish listening to a story, OR could be done after childr...