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Literacy

Do you teach your heart out every single day…but your kids just don't seem to be learning the letters? How do you know which skills to teach? Which activities are most effective?

Literacy Essentials

Get your ultimate, step-by-step guide for teaching essential literacy skills HERE

picture of a stop sign with words environmental print below

What is Environmental Print?

Environmental print is the print we see everyday in the world around us in the form of logos and signs. Young children learn how to recognize this type of print first, its an important part of the emergent literacy process. Environmental Print for Pre-K Recognizing this kind of print is […]

Morning Message Example

Morning Message in Preschool and Pre-K

Do you have a morning message in your preschool or pre-k classroom? This literacy best practice is one that is often misunderstood in the early childhood classroom. Here’s a simple definition and some morning message tips and tricks you can use to get started with a successful morning message in […]

Handwriting Skills

How to Teach Handwriting Skills in Preschool

Are you looking for information about how to teach handwriting to your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten students? Then you’re in the right place! There are many “great debates” in the field of early childhood and handwriting is right up there at the very top of the list. Here you’ll find […]

Unicorn Rhyming Printable

Early Literacy Rhyming Activities for Preschool and Pre-K

Fun rhyming activities for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Teach early literacy skills with these fun and engaging activities!

Going on a Letter Hunt

Letter Hunt Early Literacy Activity for Preschool

Go on a letter hunt with this super fun, hands-on early literacy activity. Perfect for your preschool or Pre-K kids to make learning fun!

Rainbow Alphabet Sensory Bottle

Alphabet Letter Sensory Bottle

An easy alphabet sensory bottle you can make for your preschool or pre-k classroom. Make learning the letters of the alphabet fun!

Name Activity Chicka Boom Tree

Name Recognition Activity for Preschool: Letter Tree

A fun name recognition activity to accompany the classic book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Your preschool kids will love making their own name tree!

Alphabet Garden Letter Activity

Letter Recognition Activity for Preschool: Alphabet Garden

A hands-on alphabet garden to practice letter recognition! Use a shoe box and craft sticks to make this super fun activity for your preschool kids!

ABC Car Parking Lot

ABC Parking Lot Preschool Letter Activity

Make learning the letters of the alphabet fun and engaging for your kids with this hands-on ABC parking lot activity for preschool pre-k and kindergarten.

Preschool Name Cards freebie

Editable Name Cards with Student Pictures

These editable name cards allow you to quickly and easily add your student’s pictures as well as type their names directly into the document!

How to teach the alphabet in preschool

The ABCs of Emergent Literacy

A list of best practices for emergent literacy in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms; beginning literacy for Pre-K

How to Teach Concepts of Print

Concepts of Print in Preschool

Concepts of print are important skills young children need before they can begin to read. But what are the concepts of print and how do you teach them?

Literacy Center Tools and Toys for Preschool

Literacy center tools for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. How to set up a literacy center with pictures and a list of must have tools.

Magnetic Letter Tree

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Magnetic Alphabet Tree

How to make a magnetic alphabet tree inspired by the classic children’s book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Perfect your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids.

Visual Discrimination Skills

Visual Discrimination Activities for Preschool

Have you ever heard the term visual discrimination before? Maybe you’ve had a student in your preschool or pre-k classroom get the letters x and y or b and d mixed up. Or maybe they are confused about the difference between letters and numbers? Some teachers and parents may panic […]

Preschool Name Activities

Name Activities for Preschool

Top 20 name activities for teaching children to recognize their names in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Fun hands-on learning activities for kids.

How to Teach the Alphabet

Alphabet Activities

Alphabet activities and ideas for letter learning in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Hands-on literacy learning activities and ideas to make learning the alphabet fun! Alphabet Activities Let’s face it, learning the letters of the alphabet is not always fun for young children. They’d much rather be swinging or […]

How to Do Literacy Centers

How to Manage Literacy Centers

Center management tips for literacy centers in Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Classrooms The following is a method of literacy center management that works for me in my classroom. We call our literacy centers “ABC Work.” Please note that different methods of center management work for different teachers, it all depends […]

How to Teach Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes Activities

Research shows that children who have memorized nursery rhymes become better readers because they develop an early sensitivity to the sounds of language. (Marie Clay) They can be used to teach many important emergent literacy skills. Why teach using Nursery Rhymes? They naturally help young children develop phonemic awareness skills, […]

How to Teach Phonological Awareness Skills

How to Teach Phonological Awareness Skills

Phonological awareness skills are the building blocks of future reading success. It’s important to help your little learners develop phonological awareness skills in Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten, because without these basic literacy skills they will struggle with reading later. What is Phonological Awareness? Phonological awareness refers to the ability to […]