by David | Alphabet, Games, Phonics
Recently, I experimented with making words/letters out of spaghetti with a Starter class (although there’s no reason you couldn’t do this with a Kindergarten level class). It worked really well. All you need is an inexpensive packet of spaghetti....
by David | Phonics, Video
Here’s a hidden gem that I happened across one day, whilst looking for break time videos. Cartoonito created a 39-episode series called ‘Sounds Like Fun’ based on the Jolly Phonics approach to phonics used for assisting children to learn to read and...
by David | Phonics, Tips, Tools
A free font that many teachers use when designing their alphabet letter flash cards is called Comic Sans MS. It is actually quite popular in mainstream teaching, too. I use this font in some PowerPoint presentations, as well as for producing letters or words on mini...
by David | Games, Phonics
Here’s a fun activity for teaching phonics to your higher level kindergarten English classes: Twister. You set it up much like the classic game of Twister (illustrated above) by drawing a 3×3 or 4×4 grid on the floor with an erasable whiteboard marker....
by David | Phonics, Songs
Over the last few days I’ve looked at some of the different types of phonics songs available on YouTube. If there’s one song that is a perennial favourite with teachers, it’s Phonics Song 2. There are many things to like about it. First, and most important, all of the...
by David | Phonics, Songs
Yesterday, I discussed some of the reasons many phonics songs you might find online aren’t so great for learning phonics. One of the series of songs that I prefer comes from none other than Super Simple Songs. I’m pretty sure, almost every Kindergarten English teacher...