Printable sequencing puzzle strips are handy, fast, low prep, and effective for keeping the children engaged while reinforcing various sequencing skills. Pattern strips help kids learn numbers, letters, CVC words, and even build simple sentences. These puzzles are great for occupational therapy classrooms, centers, and morning work! Puzzle strips will help kids learn to order […]
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Sorting and classifying activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners are my favorite resources to create and post on TPT! I am sure that many educators are also fond of printable kindergarten sorts. Do you know that children start developing sorting skills in infancy? At first, children identify and compare objects around them. Then, they shift to
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Most educators usually use Rainbow Arc Mats for special education, early intervention, and occupational therapy classrooms. Undoubtedly, Rainbow Arc Mats are great for alphabet sequencing activities for dyslexic students. As I have said, it is a powerful hands-on tool for kids with special educational needs. How does rainbow arc work? Basically, a student gets a
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What are Red Words? Orton-Gillingham Red Words are certain words that are phonetically irregular or non-decodable. Students have to memorize these words by heart. There are around 500 red words in English. In K-2 texts, students can find up to 200 non-decodable words. Some educators and curriculum creators call these words ‘unfair’. As these words
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The history of Fry words Fry’s Words is a list of 1,000 high-frequency words collected by Dr. Edward Fry back in 1957. However, this list was a version of the Dolch Words list created in the 1930s and published in 1936 for the first time. Even now, English-speaking schools around the world still use both
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Everyone’s journey in life and career is different. Once I worked at a university where I taught the Finnish language. My students were fresh school graduates, a bit younger than me at that time! Finnish is a very difficult language with massively complicated grammar (especially on advanced levels when students study complex syntax, participles, and
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