tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71164253137709990942024-02-19T02:15:48.325-08:00Kindergarten CelebrationA blog for all who view the kindergarten year as a reason to celebrate!!Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-48562278395274964672016-07-31T16:47:00.001-07:002016-07-31T16:56:35.198-07:00Beginning of the Year Math PagesEvery year, we try to find a way to "ease" our kindergarten students into our Math paper routine. Our math series begins with writing numbers on the 2nd day of school, and MANY of our students simply don't have the fine motor control to begin with these tasks so quickly. So, last year, I created these pages to begin a "math paper" routine, while learning about shapes and beginning numbers. I will share them with you here... please let me know what you think :)<br />
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Follow <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9rIsdk6mdg_UzdmMGFCaWd0NkE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this link</a> to download the pages... there are 10 pages...2 for each of the following sheets: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, and hexagon.<br />
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<br />Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-9913867027386637052016-07-30T08:26:00.000-07:002016-07-30T08:27:29.406-07:00Stinky Cheese.... Letters, Sounds, and Numbers ~ Inspired by Dr. Jean I have been watching Dr. Jean's series of July PD... if you haven't checked it out, you should NOW!! Anyway, there are lots of great ideas for quick, low-prep games to use in your classroom. I especially loved "Stinky Cheese!!" Here is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFAODvNihng" target="_blank">video link</a>... you have to see how the kids are supposed to respond if they get "Stinky Cheese!!"<br />
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I really wanted to use this idea in my classroom, so I made letter cards and number cards with this adorable mouse and cheese clip art from <a href="http://www.scrappindoodles.com/" target="_blank">Scrappin Doodles</a>. I emailed Dr. Jean to ask permission to share with other teachers, and she agreed!! How cool is that... an actual email from the Dr. Jean!! I might have shrieked just a little!!<br />
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So, here is <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stinky-Cheese-Game-Cards-for-Letters-Numbers-and-More-Dr-Jean-inspired-2687793" target="_blank">the game</a> to use in your classroom... I also included blank cards so you could add sight words, addition problems, shapes, whatever fits the needs of your kiddos!! If you have any questions, just let me know.! Thanks for looking and happy teaching!!<br />
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<br />Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-84806677251039059412015-07-24T10:24:00.001-07:002015-07-24T10:24:41.110-07:00Fun Friday: Alphabet Fun!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today is FUN Friday... I am going to share some Alphabet Fun with you today!!</div>
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First, here is a FUN way to track student's alphabet knowledge... it is available for FREE to download at my TpT store... click on the picture to download!</div>
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Next, here are some fun alphabet center activities to use in your preschool or kindergarten classroom. These would be great as a Literacy Center/Station or during Working with Words in Daily 5.</div>
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Alphabet Q-Tip Painting</div>
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Alphabet Hole-Punch</div>
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Students will love using a hole punch to identify the uppercase and lowercase letters; plus, they will build their fine motor muscles!!</div>
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Students use clothespins to clip on the focus letter.. another way to practice letter identification while building fine motor skills!!</div>
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Today, on Throwback Thursday, we are looking back at an old favorite post... I am throwing back to my "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" Play Dough Mats!! Enjoy!</div>
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What kindergartener (and kindergarten teacher) doesn't LOVE Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Play Dough??<br />
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Here is a set of Counting Play Dough Mats with a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom theme! Print , laminate, and add a couple of cans of play dough and you have a ready-to-go Math Station!! Students can roll small balls of play dough to fill in the correct area in the tens frame and practice counting; they could also roll the play dough to make the numerals.<br />
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We are always looking for ways to increase student engagement and get feedback on student understanding, right??? Here is a super simple tool to enable each student to answer a question and show their answer to the teacher quickly. It is a VERY LOW-TECH version of a clicker system :) Each child is given a Multiple Choice Answer Card and a clothespin- in my kindergarten class, the kiddos call them a "clip strip". Then I ask multiple choice questions (I use PowerPoint slides to project the questions) and students show their answer by moving the clip to the correct answer. Students then hold the "clip strip" up in the air and I have a quick assessment of student understanding! My kiddos love them, and I love the information that this simple tool gives me :)<br />
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If you like this simple tool, I would love it if you would leave a comment, follow my blog, or follow <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Melissa-Williams">my TpT store</a>!<br />
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<br />Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-13977320925318112142015-07-17T16:40:00.002-07:002015-07-17T16:40:47.671-07:00First Day Picture FREEBIE :)I LOVE taking pictures of my kinder kiddos!! I take LOTS of pictures throughout the school year to make a DVD, plus I have all of the pictures printed for the kiddos to add in their memory books.<br />
So, I want to have a special picture for the first day of kindergarten.<br />
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Last year, I made these two pictures for students to hold in their first day pictures!! I actually sent this picture to Wal-Mart to print to make sure it would be bright in their pictures... I think it was less than 3 dollars to have an 8x10 picture for the kiddos to hold... and the pictures were adorable!!<br />
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Anyway, here is a copy for you to use, if you would like!! Click on the picture to go to Google Drive to download :) If you have any issues, just let me know!!<br />
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<br />Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-64169309268950510992015-07-17T16:20:00.001-07:002015-07-17T16:20:36.526-07:00Math on My Own SetHey, everyone!!<br />
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I am really excited about some new materials to use in my math instruction!! I feel like I do a decent job differentiating literacy instruction, but math... not so much!! I have really been thinking about ways to create more small group instruction, plus more individualized practice for my kinder kiddos!!<br />
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I have created two new resources to help me with this!! One is my Math Tool-Kit to help with my small group instruction. I will talk about it another day, but if you just can't wait, here is the link!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.0030002593994px;">In this packet, there are over 250 practice pages based on Common Core Standards for Kindergarten. You simply print the pages and make booklets for each student at his/her individual level. The pages are designed to be INDEPENDENT practice for each child. If you are doing some version of Daily Math, these packets would make an excellent rotation in your daily routine.</span><br />
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<br />Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-32072965296603419122014-08-13T13:57:00.001-07:002014-08-13T19:11:02.723-07:00Book Talk Tuesday: Two Kindergarten Favorites with FREEBIES!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so excited to be a part of Book Talk Tuesday... I have really enjoyed reading all of the awesome posts for the last several weeks, but this week, I decided to join in the fun :)</div>
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Today, I am going to stick to two Kindergarten favorite books for the start of school: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bear-What-You-Friends-ebook/dp/B005CRQ3UC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407962854&sr=1-1&keywords=brown+bear+brown+bear+what+do+you+see" target="_blank">Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Bill-Martin-Jr-ebook/dp/B0066U1SJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407962875&sr=1-1&keywords=chicka+chicka+boom+boom" target="_blank">Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</a>. These books are great to build excitement about books, while also learning colors and letters. Plus, they are simply a lot of fun!!</div>
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These books are great to read in the classroom over and over, plus there are great YouTube videos for these books.</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHCYgO9zh8" target="_blank">Click here for Brown Bear</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtB5iGHgNVY" target="_blank">Click here for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</a></div>
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These books are also a lot of fun to use for lots of classroom activities:</div>
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<b>Here is a <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9rIsdk6mdg_U0pNa08xTUdNYlE/edit" target="_blank">pocket chart activity</a> that I have for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom:</b></div>
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The 'poem" says:</div>
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</div>
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All the letters are at the bottom and students choose 2 letters each time that they read the poem. </div>
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If you would like the materials for this pocket chart activity, <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9rIsdk6mdg_U0pNa08xTUdNYlE/edit" target="_blank">please click here.</a></div>
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<b>I have also created Chicka Chicka Boom Boom play dough mats to practice numbers from 1 to 10</b>.</div>
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<b>I also have a fun, cut-and-paste counting activity to accompany Brown Bear.</b></div>
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<br />Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-74355624145777743932014-08-13T09:30:00.000-07:002014-08-13T09:53:31.988-07:00Classroom TourI LOVE looking at pictures of other kindergarten classrooms... I have my classroom almost ready, so I am going to share a few pictures.<br />
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On a sad note, our school has a new fire marshall who will only allow us to cover 20% of the walls. So, after Back to School Night tomorrow, LOTS of my decorations and teaching supplies are coming down :(<br />
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I am trying to decide how I can post student work, with such a limit on classroom and hallway displays. Here is my first thought... let me know what you think! As we make art projects/craftivities for each holiday/season, I will take a picture of each child with his/her project. Then I can print 4 pictures of the kiddos and their work on the same piece of paper. I can then post all 25+ kiddos' work on 7 pieces of paper. What do you think? If anyone has other suggestions, please let me know. I hate thinking of barren classroom walls :(<br />
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Anyway, here are a few pictures of my classroom (before I remove so many of my displays)...<br />
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Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-9174929083651302742013-07-05T11:57:00.003-07:002013-07-05T11:57:23.904-07:00Beginning Sorts for Beginning Readers!!I have been reading lots of posts in the Guided Reading Book Study Linky Party and I have gotten lots of great ideas!! I love the Finger Trace Alphabet Book offered by Kindergarten Lifestyle; I can't wait to add this tool to my early reading groups!!<br />
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After reading the posts, I tried to think of another idea that I use for my first reading groups... I thought about how important sorts are for beginning readers. Our brains look for patterns and sorts are a great way to help students see the patterns in letters and sounds. <br />
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This packet is a sampler of my Cut and Paste Word Work for kindergarteners; it begins with letter identification and some phonemic awareness, and then moves in phonics and word families. I hope you find these activities useful in your classroom :)<br />
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1. My first math book features one of my FAVORITE characters: Pete the Cat!! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062110586/ref=s9_ps_bw_d99_g14_ir02?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&pf_rd_r=1A5B8002EB4F48A2847B&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1404751342&pf_rd_i=4">Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons</a> is a great way to introduce subtraction.
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2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doorbell-Rang-Pat-Hutchins/dp/B009CPSC3G/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372627175&sr=1-3&keywords=the+doorbell+rang">The Doorbell Rang</a> is an old favorite that is a great way to introduce the idea of division, while also talking about sharing :)
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3. I LOVE <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Count-Ellen-Stoll-Walsh/dp/0152002235/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z">Mouse Count</a>. This is a great book to practice counting and the kiddos always enjoying acting this one out!!
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4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Black-Dots-Donald-Crews/dp/0688135749/ref=pd_sim_b_18">Ten Black Dots</a> is a great counting book; it is also a great book to use as a springboard to an art/writing project where you give each child 10 black dots to make their own picture.
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5. One more book with a fun art connection: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shape-Things-Julie-Lacome-Illustrator/dp/1564026981/ref=pd_sim_b_47">The Shape of Things</a>!! This is a great way to review shapes... then give your students a variety of shapes in lots of colors and see what they can make!! This is always a class favorite!!
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Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-12699129640502216282013-06-30T11:44:00.001-07:002013-06-30T11:44:48.983-07:00I Can Emergent Reader :)I am always looking for emergent reader little books to use in my classroom; it is so important to give readers books that they can read and it is hard to find books that are easy enough for the very first readers!! I hope you find this book useful for your classroom :)
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Click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9rIsdk6mdg_aHlrT0RhSVl0WTA/edit" target="_blank">here </a>for this "I Can" little book.<br />
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If you like this booklet, you might enjoy my set of <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emergent-Readers-Throughout-the-Year-A-Book-for-Each-Week-Kindergarten-721806">Emergent Readers</a> posted on TpT... this set has 36 emergent reader little books, which a book a week for the school year!! Many of them are related to holidays or themes.
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Hop on over to <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Melissa-Williams">my store</a> to check out the savings!
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Thanks for looking and happy teaching :)Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-80795387088069121522013-06-26T12:19:00.000-07:002013-06-26T13:44:18.909-07:00Awesome Play-Doh Activities!!So for the last several days, I have spent a lot of time looking for ideas on Pinterest, hopping from one blog to another, and watching my wishlist on TpT grow and grow!! A typical June day for a kindergarten teacher, right???
Anyway, today I came across a Pin that led me to <a href="http://www.primarypossibilities.blogspot.com/2013/06/play-doh-fun.html">Primary Possibilities</a>. On this blog, I found awesome Play-doh activities to teach just about anything you can imagine!! My wishlist on TpT continues to grow :) Be sure to hop on over to <a href="http://www.primarypossibilities.blogspot.com/2013/06/play-doh-fun.html">Primary Possibilities</a> to see all of the Play-Doh Possibilities!!
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Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-32809165955121694042013-06-25T11:33:00.000-07:002013-06-30T14:06:45.181-07:00Just Add Clothespins!!We are always looking for ways to increase student engagement and get feedback on student understanding, right??? Here is a super simple tool to enable each student to answer a question and show their answer to the teacher quickly. It is a VERY LOW-TECH version of a clicker system :)
Each child is given a Multiple Choice Answer Card and a clothespin- in my kindergarten class, the kiddos call them a "clip strip". Then I ask multiple choice questions (I use PowerPoint slides to project the questions) and students show their answer by moving the clip to the correct answer. Students then hold the "clip strip" up in the air and I have a quick assessment of student understanding! My kiddos love them, and I love the information that this simple tool gives me :)
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Click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Multiple-Choice-Answer-Cards-Student-Response-Tool-743583">here</a> to download your FREE copy from TpT. <br />
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You can click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9rIsdk6mdg_OGtWRkFnamx0SFU/edit">here</a> to download it from Google Docs :) <br />
If you like this simple tool, I would love it if you would leave a comment, follow my blog, or follow <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Melissa-Williams">my TpT store</a>!
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Thanks for stopping by and happy teaching!! Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-86181036188923847562013-06-23T19:03:00.000-07:002013-07-03T09:49:46.394-07:00Picture Book Linky PartyI was jumping from one blog post to another tonight, when I found an awesome linky party!! It is about favorite picture books :) I can't wait to read everyone's list of books, although I know that means my shopping cart at Amazon will be filling up soon!!
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There are soooo many great books for the beginning of the school year, but this year, my favorite (and my class's favorite) was definitely Pete the Cat!! If you have not discovered the Pete the Cat books, you have to!! And, there are new ones coming out, such as Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus!
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<br />What kindergartener (and kindergarten teacher) doesn't LOVE Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Play Dough?? <br />
<br />Here is a set of Counting Play Dough Mats with a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom theme! Print , laminate, and add a couple of cans of play dough and you have a ready-to-go Math Station!! Students can roll small balls of play dough to fill in the correct area in the tens frame and practice counting; they could also roll the play dough to make the numerals.<br />
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Click on any picture to download this FREEBIE!!<br />
Have fun and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom :)<br />
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Here is the BIG news... The Learning Station is having a GIVEAWAY!! You can win 12 of their awesome CDs... follow the <a href="http://www.learningstationmusic.com/blog/2013/06/22/giveaway-one-lucky-person-will-win-12-of-our-award-winning-cds-with-tiny-boo-boos/">link </a> for your chance to win!
Melissa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16048704564290364081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116425313770999094.post-44489822527191705342013-06-21T08:39:00.002-07:002013-06-21T08:41:20.714-07:00Awesome Video Clips for Kindergarten #6Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Batman!! Who doesn't love that?? Vowel Bat by Shari Sloane uses that song to teach the short vowel sounds!! Your kiddos will love Vowel Bat and will learn their vowels and vowel sounds with Super hero speed!!
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Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43EfOXvpG8">here </a>for the video clip!!
Share your favorite ideas for teaching short vowels below :)
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