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Ways Parents Can Help with Spelling
This nice infographic shows how parents can help their children with spelling (Source).
Find the alien
Today’s freebie contains 3 worksheets with each two exercises. Children have to find a given shape. They can color or circle the shape – just as they like. These exercises train attention and visual perception – important skills for good reading, writing and calculating. DOWNLOAD CHECK OUT OUR FREEBIES
Robots – drawing and mirroring
Today’s freebie offers you various robots and a spacecraft. Children have to draw these into the grid, mirror them or make them smaller or bigger. Children are counting, comparing up and down and left and right. This trains attention, eye-hand-coordination and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing and calculating. DOWNLOAD Check [...]
K12 Timed Reading Practice
K12 Timed Reading Practice lets readers in levels K-4 practice fluency by reading short, timed stories. Improving fluency allows readers to read smoothly and quickly so they can focus on comprehension rather than on decoding words. Features Stories More than 250 short, engaging stories for young readers A variety of fiction and non-fiction 46 Flesch-Kincaid [...]
Tracing and pattern
Today’s freebie contains tracing and pattern exercises. Children can either trace the shapes, or they can trace the shapes and complete the pattern. Let them use different pens and colors. You can also laminate the exercises. Children can do the tracing with a dry-erase pen. This is a good alternative for children who have difficulties [...]
Understanding Dyslexia: Infographic
We found this great infographic on Understanding Dyslexia over at weareteachers.com. If you want to know more on how to help children with dyslexia, read our Apple iBook Dyslexia? Dyscalculia? Source: http://www.weareteachers.com/community/blogs/weareteachersblog/blog-wat/2013/04/03/understanding-dyslexia-infographic
More picture chaos
Monday’s freebie was quite the success on pinterest, so we decided to offer some more picture chaos. This time we used black and white graphics from Cre8tiveHands. Again, children have to order the pictures which have been mixed up. This trains attention and visual and spatial perception – important skills for reading, writing and calculating. [...]
Picture chaos
Over at openclipart.org we have seen a nice pinguin which has been waiting for an appearance in our worksheets for a while. The pinguin with all its disguises is perfect for today’s freebie Picture chaos. The pictures are mixed up and children have to put the numbers in the correct order. The pinguins are also [...]
Free Reading
FreeReading is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use [...]
10 Sites To Download Free Audio Books
If you’re looking for a place to download some free audio books, you’re in luck. Whether you want to get inspired, scared by a mystery, or simply have something to listen to on a long drive, there are loads of places to find free audio books. They may not be on the New York Times [...]
