Beginning to Read
Helping Children Learn to Read
Mrs. Wishy Washy and The Big Bad Pig are inviting all beginning readers to join them in the adventure of learning to read. Learn how to make Word Walls, Literacy Bags, activities for Center Time and lots, lots, more. You will find suggested beginning reading books, games, and activities to promote beginning reading skills. Word Walls, Write the Room activities, ABC games and lots more to help beginning readers develop the skills necessary to become fluent readers. Get your Beginning Reader o...

Word Walls and Pointers
Walls of Words for Beginning Readers
Word walls are a collection of words for beginning readers to use to promote learning in reading and writing. Word Walls are most effective when the children help to generate them. This lens will point out various types of Word Walls used in classrooms, how they can be used to promote reading and writing and suggest ways they can be used in homes or for homeschoolers. Photo Credit: Word Wall Words Available on Amazon

Eating Alpha-Bits Letters
Alpha-Bits: Time to Eat the Alphabet
Alpha-Bits Have been teaching Kids to read for years. I remember the first time I heard of them in the early 1960's and how much fun it was to make words in my cereal. Then the other day my 13 year old asked for cereal with letters. Oh, you mean, Alpha-bits? We had so much fun spelling out her vocabulary words with the Alpha-Bits cereal that I just had to share some ideas for teaching letters, spelling, phonics and word attack skills. These Alpha-Bits letter activities can be set up in lear...

Spooky Halloween Words
Learning the Spooky Words of Halloween!
As Halloween approaches powerful words that can frighten, scare and delight beginning readers pop up all around them. Watch for the word "Boo!" as you read magazines, walk through a grocery store or watch TV. How often do you notice the word "Halloween"? As children begin to notice these words they begin to recognize more and more words. This article contains dozens of fun, hands-on and printable activities for helping children increase their Halloween vocabulary. They will be learning words...

Short Vowel Games
Short Vowel Word Activities for Beginning Readers
Word games are wonderful for getting children to practice their word attack skills. Once they know all their letters, it's time for children to begin putting the letters together. The simplest word constructions are the ones with a consonant, short vowel, consonant, also known as cvc words. This includes words like "cap" or "mat" but not words like "cape" or "mate". This lens is all about word games that help children learn these beginning three letter words. The games and activities encoura...