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Uppercase and Lowercase Apple Letter Matching Puzzles

August 2, 2022 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

It’s back to school season!

It always amazes me how fast summer goes by. But once school starts, it’s time to break out one of my very favorite early childhood education themes: apples!

So if you’re working with early learners who are practicing letter recognition, here’s a set of fun apple letter matching puzzles that can help!

Fun Apple Letter Matching Puzzles

These are fantastic for early literacy centers.

They’d also make good morning tub activities!

Apple Puzzles for Building Literacy

Keep reading to see how to get your copy of these literacy skill builders.

And, for more apple early learning fun, check out my Apple Counting One to Ten Puzzles too!

These apple letter matching puzzles are so fun for helping early learners build literacy skills!

Printable Apple Letter Matching Puzzles

To use these apple letter matching puzzles, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are listed below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper or cardstock
  • Laminator (optional)
  • Colored pencils (optional)
  • Scissors
Printable Apple Themed Letter Puzzles

This set of letter matching activities includes 26 apple puzzles.

Each features an uppercase and lowercase version of the same letter.

Apple Themed Literacy Center Puzzles

After you’ve printed the puzzles, cut them apart for students to practice matching the letters to their partners.

Printable Apple Letter Puzzles for Kids

A full blackline version is also included!

How to Use Letter Puzzles to Build Literacy

These are perfect for centers or small groups. You can cut them out as one piece if you are teaching letter recognition.

As students look at each apple, they can learn to recognize the uppercase and lowercase version of each letter.

Apple Letter Matching Puzzles for Kindergarten

Once they’re ready, it’s time to practice!

Cut the puzzles apart and students can match up the letters they just learned.

Apple Themed Letter Puzzles for Kindergarten

To make sure the puzzles last, you may want to either laminate them or print them on white cardstock.

Or both!

Using Letter Matching Puzzles at Centers

If you’re working with very young learners, print an extra set of the puzzles and leave them whole. Then put them on a ring as an answer key.

Students can check their work as they go!

Apple Letter Matching Puzzles Coloring Activity

If you use the blackline version, you can let your class color in the puzzles before matching them up.

How to Teach Uppercase and Lowercase Letters

Scroll down to get your set of these Apple Alphabet! Letter Matching Puzzles!

Need more apple-themed resources? Take a look at these!

This apple counting to ten math center for kindergarten is an excellent way to welcome students back to school with fun counting practice!
These apple shape tracing worksheets are so fun for helping students learn to build plane shapes!
This fun apple shape tracing activity is perfect for teaching shape recognition to early learners!
Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters with Kids

To get your set of these Apple Alphabet Matching Puzzles, pick them up in my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Teaching Printables Tagged With: kindergarten, literacy, printables

Snowflake Spanish Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching Activity

November 16, 2021 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

I’m not winter’s biggest fan. Not by a long shot.

But I do love snowflakes. They are incredibly intricate and, even though they’re fragile, each one is unique.

Each one!

That always blows my mind.

So I thought snowflakes would be a fun theme for a brand new English and Spanish letter matching activity!

Fun Snowflake Spanish Alphabet Matching Activity

This early literacy resource is a perfect addition to winter literacy centers!

And what’s even better is that it offers hands-on uppercase and lowercase alphabet recognition practice in two languages.

Awesome for ELL learners!

Spanish A to Z Letter Matching Activity

Read on to see how to get your copy.

And, for more winter early learning inspiration, take a look at our list of 15 fun books for kids about snow!

Learn to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters in two languages with this fun snowflake English and Spanish letter matching activity!

Snowflake English & Spanish Letter Matching Activity

To use this snowflake English and Spanish letter matching activity, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are listed below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Laminator (optional)
  • Hook and loop adhesive coins (optional)
  • Dry erase markers (optional)
English Alphabet Matching Activity

This resource includes 29 Spanish snowflake uppercase letter cards and 29 Spanish lowercase letter circles for matching.

Spanish Letter Matching Activity for Kids

The English version features 26 uppercase cards and 26 lowercase circles.

And there’s a full answer key in both languages!

Spanish Alphabet Matching Activity for Early Grades

Plus, there’s a blackline version of both snowflake card and circle sets.

How to Use the English and Spanish Letter Matching Activity with Students

So – how can you use this with your early readers?

Snowflake Spanish Letter Matching for Kids

My personal favorite is to set it up as a reusable center activity.

Matching Spanish Alphabet Activity

Add hook and loop adhesive coins to the back of the lowercase letter circles. And then add them to the center of each snowflake card.

Snowflake Spanish Alphabet Matching Activity

Students can match up the lowercase letters to the uppercase letters over and over again.

If you cut out the answer key cards and place them on an O ring, you can keep the answer key at the center for self-checking!

 Spanish Alphabet Cut and Paste Activity

You can also use this as a one-time cut and paste activity.

Students can use child-safe scissors to cut out the lowercase circles and glue them onto the correct snowflake uppercase letter cards.

Spanish Alphabet Matching Activity

If you decide to use the blackline set, students can color the cards in for themselves!

Spanish Letter Matching Activity

Another option is to laminate the uppercase snowflake cards.

Then students can practice writing the matching lowercase letters with dry erase markers.

Spanish Alphabet Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching

This is a good option if you have students who have already learned their lowercase letters and you need to differentiate the activity.

English Alphabet Matching Activity for Kids

You can also print the resource at half-size.

The smaller page size makes it an ideal size to place in morning tubs!

Snowflake Letter Cut and Paste Activity

Get a look at this resource in action below!

Scroll down to get your copy of this Snowflake English and Spanish Letter Matching Activity!

Try some of these other winter learning ideas for early grades!

Share some of these fun snow books for kids with little ones this winter!
Use these fun snowman shape tracing worksheets to help early learners practice forming plane shapes!
This simple snowball themed emotions game for kids is a great social skills activity! Use it during winter for a indoor play activity!
Uppercase and Lowercase Spanish Alphabet Matching

To get your copy of this Snowflake English and Spanish letter matching activity, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check it out below!

Filed Under: Spanish, Teaching Printables Tagged With: literacy, spanish

10 Hands On Literacy Ideas for Kindergarten

June 15, 2021 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Kindergarten is an almost magical grade to teach.

The change between what students can do on the first day and what they can do on the last day is remarkable.

And that’s because we teach so many concepts during kindergarten that form the foundation of what our students will learn for years afterward – from reading to counting to working well with others.

Early literacy, in particular, is one of my passions. When we help our students learn to read, we help them learn how to learn.

And, if we can make it fun, they’re even more likely to stick with it. Which is why I’m sharing this list of 10 hands on literacy ideas for kindergarten!

Hands On Literacy Ideas for Kindergarten

Turning literacy into an interactive lesson is the best way to make sure our early learners stay engaged.

After all, we want them to learn to love reading, right?

These resources are excellent for building literacy skills and having fun at the same time!

Read on to see the full list and how to get a free early literacy resource too.

Need ideas for teaching math in kindergarten? Take a look at this list of fun counting books to read with kids!

Help early learners love learning to read with this list of 10 hands on literacy ideas for kindergarten!

10 Hands On Literacy Ideas for Kindergarten

Apple Themed CVC Word Activity

Apple CVC Word Building Activity

Help your kindergartners practice phonics and spelling with this fun apple-themed word building activity!

Use the word cards at centers and let students practice threading the CVC words for themselves. Check out this resource.

Literacy ideas for kindergarten with highlighters

Use highlighters for phonics practice.

When you’re working with printed worksheets, add a little fun by letting students use highlighters!

They can write a new word and then highlight isolated letter sounds, such as the beginning sound, the vowel sound, the ending sound, and more.

Cupcake Letter Matching Activity for Kids

Cupcake Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching

Working on recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters?

This hands-on cupcake letter matching activity is a perfect activity for early centers! Check out this resource.

Letter manipulatives for word building in kindergarten

Use magnetic or foam letters at centers.

Letting students move letters around is a fun way to show them how word sounds change, depending on the position of each letter.

Hand out individual magnet boards and let the kids spell out words for themselves. Here is a great magnetic letters kit for early readers. (affiliate link)

Sidewalk chalk as a literacy idea for kindergarten

Use sidewalk chalk for outdoor literacy practice.

When the weather’s nice, take the class outside for the day’s reading lesson!

Draw a few vowels on the pavement and let the kids run to the vowel sound you say. You can also write a few CVC words on the concrete and let them find each one, based on how it sounds.

Sign Language Alphabet Printable Cards

Sign Language Alphabet Learning Cards

Help your early readers practice recognizing written letters while learning sign language! And they make a fantastic addition to your collection of hands on literacy ideas for kindergarten.

These printable sign language alphabet learning cards are excellent for building hand-eye coordination and learning to spell in ASL! Check out this resource.

Hands On Short Vowel Sounds Activity for Kids

Vowel Houses Short Vowel Sound Activity

If you take a few minutes to prep a reusable activity, you can set up a center lesson that kids will use again and again.

This Vowel Houses CVC Word Activity is fantastic for centers! Students can practice placing the pictures in the correct houses by reading the words and listening for the vowel sound. Check out this resource.

Printable Rhyming Word Puzzles

Rhyming Word Puzzles

Kindergarten is the grade for learning about rhyming words. These printable rhyming word puzzles are awesome for centers and morning tubs!

Plus, they come with a non-labeled set, so students can practice listening for the rhyming sound and reading it. Check out this resource.

Using a dry erase board as a hands on literacy idea for kindergarten

Use a whiteboard to introduce early ELA skills.

As your students build reading fluency, you’ll start introducing them to what sentences should look like – capitalizing first letters, ending with the right punctuation, and so on.

I like to use a whiteboard to write sentences incorrectly and then ask my students what I need to change. They love pointing out my mistakes!

Cookie Alphabet Activities for Kids

Cookie and Cupcake Themed Alphabet Practice

If you need a quick take-home activity for students, this cookie and cupcake themed alphabet practice set is perfect!

These alphabet worksheets feature five literacy activities for early readers that help them practice recognizing and using letters – with a fun dessert theme.

Printable Cookie Alphabet Worksheets

To get your copy of these printable Sweet Treats! Literacy Worksheets, click the image or the link below to have them sent directly to your inbox – free!

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Click here to get your free printable!

>>> Cookie and Cupcake Alphabet Worksheets <<<

Did you like this list of hands on literacy ideas for kindergarten? Try some of these other ideas for building early literacy skills!

Help early learners to recognize letters and letter sounds with these Alphabet Animal Flashcards!
Use this printable Space Color by Sight Word Activity to help early readers practice literacy skills and have an art activity too!
Practice helping early learners memorize the letters of the alphabet with these printable finish the alphabet worksheets for kids! Great for learning alphabetical order!

Filed Under: Kindergarten, Literacy Tagged With: kindergarten, literacy

Apple CVC Word Literacy Activity for Early Readers

August 11, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Have you had enough apple early learning resources yet?

Of course not! The more apples, the better!

So I’m excited to share this fun (and hands-on!) apple-themed CVC word literacy activity!

It’s a perfect lesson for strengthening phonics, fine motor skills, and following directions – all in one fall-themed activity for early readers.

Apple CVC Word Literacy Activity

Read on to see how to use this early literacy skill builder with your students!

And, for more fun with apples this fall, take a look at our Apple Orchard! Digital Comparing Numbers Activity too!

Work on early literacy skills with this fun fall apple CVC word literacy activity!

Apple CVC Word Literacy Activity for Early Readers

To use this apple CVC word literacy activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scissors
  • Lacing alphabet letters
  • Pipe cleaners
  • A copy of our Apple CVC Word Cards (link at the bottom of post)
Apple Themed Literacy Activity

It only takes a few minutes to set up this literacy activity.

Start by cutting apart the Apple CVC word cards.

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Hands On CVC Word Literacy Activity

Afterwards, pull out a few pipe cleaners and let students find the matching lacing letters for each word.

They can pull a CVC word card and then lace the letters onto pipe cleaners to spell out each word.

Apple CVC Literacy Skill Activity

After students are comfortable spelling out the words, use different color lacing letters to highlight separate phonetic sounds.

Isolate the vowel sound by using a certain color for the middle vowel letters.

Then practice identifying beginning and ending sounds with different color letters too!

Apple Themed CVC Word Activity

This is a fantastic way to incorporate fine motor skills along with literacy in a fun fall theme!

Scroll down to get your set of apple CVC word cards for use with this literacy activity!

Try some of these other apple learning ideas for early grades!

This printable apple same and different lesson is a fun way to help early learners practice visual discrimination skills!
Learn how to compare numbers up to ten with this fun digital apple picking activity!
These 20 apple preschool books make wonderful read aloud selections for fall in early learning classrooms!

To get your set of Apple CVC Word cards for this Apple CVC Word Literacy Activity, click the image or the link below to download them directly to your computer!

Apple CVC Word Reading Activity for Kids

>>> Printable Apple CVC Word Cards <<<

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Teaching Printables Tagged With: apple activities, literacy

Space Sight Words! Color by Sight Word Activity

March 26, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning to read sight words is one of the first reading fluency skills young children master.

It’s so fun to watch them learn to recognize one word, then two, then a full sentence!

And if you can add a hands-on element, it’s even better.

So I thought this fun space-themed color by sight word activity would be a cool resource to add to early literacy lessons!

Fun Space Color by Sight Word Activity

This is a true no-prep activity. Simply print the pages and you’re finished.

Perfect for teaching small groups, working at literacy centers, or learning at home!

Read on to see how to get your copy. And, if you’re looking for more early literacy ideas, don’t miss our Rhyming Word Puzzles!

Use this printable Space Color by Sight Word Activity to help early readers practice literacy skills and have an art activity too!

Space Sight Words! Color by Sight Word Activity

Sight word reading can be a very helpful step toward literacy.

When young readers can remember important and commonly used words, it builds their confidence – which is critical to building a love for reading.

Which is why learning sight words is definitely worth the time, even at young ages.

This literacy and art activity can help!

To use this sight word color activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Crayons or colored pencils
Color by Sight Word Worksheets for Kids

Each coloring page features six sight words and color codes for each picture.

Printable Color by Sight Word Worksheets for Kids

Students simply color the picture according to the color for each sight word.

There are five different pictures in all.

Color by Sight Word Activity for Kids

Since students will be reading and rereading the words again and again, this is an excellent retention lesson.

Printable Color by Sight Word Activity for Kids

Plus, they’ll get a fun art activity in the meantime!

Printable Color by Sight Word Literacy Activity

Scroll down to get your copy of this Space Sight Word Color Activity!

Don’t miss these other early literacy activities!

This hands on short vowel sounds activity is so fun for building early phonics skills! Add it to your literacy centers for engaging phonics practice!
These Spanish color playdough mats are a wonderful hands on resource for early learners, Spanish language learners, and ESL students!
Help early readers learn to rhyme with these fun rhyming word puzzles!
Space Color by Sight Word Activity for Kids

To get your copy of these Space Sight Word Reading Color Worksheets, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

Practice early literacy skills and get some fun art practice with this Space Color by Sight Word Activity! Great for learning at home or in small literacy groups!

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Teaching Printables Tagged With: literacy, sight words

Water the Flowers! Find the Letter Worksheets

March 11, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We have had more rain in the past month than I ever recall at any point since I’ve been living in Georgia.

For perspective, I’ve been living in Georgia since I was 18 months old.

Naturally, the plants in our neighborhood are growing like crazy. And, so, I thought it was a great time to introduce these fun “Water the Flowers” find the letter worksheets!

Simple Water the Flowers Find the Letter Worksheets

Whether you live in a rainy climate or not, these alphabet worksheets are so fun for little ones to use during spring!

And they’re great for reinforcing letter recognition skills at any time of year.

Keep reading to get your set – free! And, for more ways to teach early letter recognition, pick up my A to Z Race! Finish the Alphabet Worksheets too!

Share these flower themed find the letter worksheets with early learners! Great for practicing letter recognition!

Water the Flowers! Find the Letter Worksheets for Kids

To use these flower-themed find the letter worksheets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Crayons or Dot markers
  • Laminator (optional)
  • Dry erase markers (optional)
  • Playdough (optional)
Printable Spring Find the Letter Worksheets

This product includes nine find the letter worksheets.

Each letter (uppercase and lowercase) has a row for students to read the letter on the “flower” and spot the matching letter on “raindrops”.

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Spring Find the Letter Worksheets for Kids

If you’ll use these as a one-time activity, simply print them and pass them out for use with colored pencils, crayons, or dot markers.

Water the Flowers Find the Letter Worksheets

Or turn them into a morning tub activity by laminating the pages.

Then let students “dot” the raindrops with playdough, dry erase markers, or pom poms!

Spring Water the Flowers Alphabet Worksheets

Scroll down to get your set of Water the Flowers Find the Alphabet Worksheets!

Try some of these other early literacy activities!

Pick up these spring themed early creative writing prompts to help students practice composing stories about spring!
This hands on short vowel sounds activity is so fun for building early phonics skills! Add it to your literacy centers for engaging phonics practice!
Practice helping early learners memorize the letters of the alphabet with these printable finish the alphabet worksheets for kids! Great for learning alphabetical order!
Printable Spring Themed Find the Letter Worksheets

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Practice finding uppercase and lowercase letters with these spring-themed Water the Flowers Find the Letter Worksheets! Perfect for early learners!

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Teaching Printables Tagged With: alphabet, ece, literacy

Vowel Houses! Short Vowel Sounds Activity for Kids

October 28, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning about short vowel sounds is part of a great foundation in early literacy.

After all, when we teach early readers to decode CVC words, the short vowel sound in the center is what separates the two consonants.

But early learners tend to remember concepts best when they get to incorporate movement in each lesson. 

So these interactive vowel houses make a wonderful short vowel sounds activity for increasing phonics skills!

Fun Vowel Houses Short Vowel Sounds Activity for Kids

This is a fantastic activity for literacy centers or morning tubs! You can reuse the vowel houses and let students practice matching up the correct sounds again and again.

Read on to see how to get your copy! And for more fun with short vowels, don’t miss our printable short vowel flashcards!

This hands on short vowel sounds activity is so fun for building early phonics skills! Add it to your literacy centers for engaging phonics practice!

Vowel Houses! Short Vowel Sounds Activity

To use this Vowel Houses! short vowel sounds activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Child-safe scissors
  • Colored pencils
  • Glue stick
  • Laminator (optional)
  • Hook and loop sticky dots (optional)

Printable Short Vowel Sound Houses Activity

This product includes five different vowel “houses” – one for each letter.

Hands On Short Vowel Sound Activity

Each house contains four CVC words with short vowel sounds, as well as matching pictures for each word.

Printable Short Vowel Sound Activity

Students can color the houses and pictures and then practice placing each picture above the correct CVC word.

Printable Short Vowel Sound Activity for Kids

You can use these with scissors and glue if you’ll only be using this activity once.

Printable Vowel Sound Houses Activity

Or you can laminate the houses and pictures and attach hook and loop sticky dots for a reusable phonics activity!

Hands On Short Vowel Sounds Activity for Kids

Scroll down to get your copy of this Vowel Houses! CVC Short Vowel Sounds Activity!

Stop by to see these other fun activities for ELA!

This printable apple tree life cycle is perfect for fall science and ELA practice! Add it to writing centers or science centers!

Help students write about places they have visited or want to visit with this simple vacation creative writing activity!

Help early writers practice naming colors and writing complete sentences with this donut colors sentence writing activity! Perfect for literacy centers!

See more ways to teach language arts on my Fun Language Arts Ideas for Kids Pinterest board!

To get your copy of this Vowel Houses! CVC Short Vowel Sounds Activity, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Short Vowel Sound Houses Activity

>>> Vowel Houses! CVC Short Vowel Sounds Activity <<<

Work on phonics for early grades with this fun vowel houses short vowel sounds activity! Great for literacy centers and morning tubs!

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Language Arts, Teaching Printables Tagged With: ela, literacy, short vowels

A to Z Race! Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids

July 8, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

When I was young, I remember learning how to recite the alphabet in order with the ABC song.

Actually, I think every child born before 1985 or so learned it that way.

I thought I could teach my kids the alphabet in the same way. And they did learn to recite the song. But, when it was time to actually start reading, I’d forgotten to help them match up the letters with the sounds in the song.

We had to go back to the beginning and memorize what each letter looked like and then go back and review the order from the song.

These finish the alphabet worksheets for kids make that process just a tad easier. 

Printable Alphabet Order Worksheets for Kids

These are simple to use with early learners. Plus, they’re free!

Keep reading to see how to score your copy! Want more ways to work on learning the alphabet with kids? Take a look at our Consonant and Vowel Phonics Flashcards while you’re here!

Practice helping early learners memorize the letters of the alphabet with these printable finish the alphabet worksheets for kids! Great for learning alphabetical order!

A to Z Race! Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids

To use these finish the alphabet worksheets for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper I used Astrobright paper here.
  • Pencils

Printable Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids

This product includes three different finish the alphabet worksheets.

Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids

All three have several letters of the alphabet missing, so it’s up to students to fill in the blanks!

Printable Space Alphabet Worksheet for Kids

Plus, each alphabet worksheet has a different theme, including space…

Printable Dinosaur Alphabet Worksheet for Kids

dinosaurs…

Printable Circus Alphabet Worksheet for Kids

…and the circus!

If you’re working with these themes with your class, you can use one of these worksheets with each unit!

An answer key for each worksheet is also included.

Scroll down to get your copy of our Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids free!

Take a look at these other early literacy learning ideas!

Practice reading sight words this summer with these fun summer sight word flashcards! Great for building reading fluency before the new school year!

These printable phonics flashcards are excellent for helping early readers practice sounding out vowels and consonants! Great for literacy centers too!

Help tots and preschoolers practice letter and number literacy with these spring literacy mats! These are wonderful for welcoming the warmer weather with little ones!

See more ways to teach early learners on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

These printable alphabet worksheets are perfect for helping preschoolers and kindergartners practice learning the letters of the alphabet in order! Pick them up for literacy centers!

Ready to get your hands on these Finish the Alphabet Worksheets? Click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store and get them free!

Printable Finish the Alphabet Worksheets

>>> Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids <<<

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables Tagged With: alphabet worksheets, homeschool printables, literacy

Ice Cream Printable Summer Reading Log

May 29, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Summer is here!

It’s been a very long wait. Very, very, very long. Really felt like last winter was the longest in history.

I try to keep my kids learning and reading over the summer, but even that can get a little boring if I’m not careful.

So, I thought they’d have a little more fun keeping up with their progress with a cute ice cream printable summer reading log and I’m sharing it with all of you today!

Ice Cream Printable Reading Log and Summer Reading Kit for Kids

This summer reading set is so fun for tracking books and pages read, labeling books with your kids’ names, and keeping up with where the kids left off in their reading.

Read on to see how to get your copy free! Woohoo!

And, for more ice cream-themed activities for kids, take a look at our printable Ice Pop Patterns Math Activity!

Pick up this printable ice cream reading log for kids to keep little ones reading this summer! This printable reading kits with printable bookplates, a printable summer reading log, and printable coloring bookmarks!

Ice Cream Printable Summer Reading Log

To use this ice cream printable summer reading log, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Cardstock
  • Colored pencils
  • Child-safe scissors

Printable Ice Cream Reading Log for Kids

This printable literacy kit contains four activities for little readers!

Ice Cream Themed Printable Reading Log

The printable reading log is an awesome way to track what kids read over the summer. They can fill in the date, the book they’re reading, the length of time they read, and the number of pages covered.

You can print as many of these summer reading logs as you need to keep up with all of the books your kids read.

The kit also contains eight bookplates that kids can use to label their special books. If you have several kids (like I do), this is a must. Cuts down on the “she took my book!” complaints.

Printable Coloring Bookmarks for Kids

And, if you’re a bookworm, you already know the vital importance of bookmarks.

So this literacy kit includes eight of them for kids to use as they read!

Ice Cream Printable Coloring Bookmarks for Kids

Four are color and four feature line art so kids can color the bookmarks themselves!

Ice Cream Themed Summer Reading Kit for Kids

If you’re a teacher, these printable summer reading log activities would be awesome for take-home packets too!

Scroll down to get your copy of our Ice Cream Printable Summer Reading Log!

Check out these other literacy ideas for students!

These printable phonics flashcards are excellent for helping early readers practice sounding out vowels and consonants! Great for literacy centers too!

Practice reading sight words this summer with these fun summer sight word flashcards! Great for building reading fluency before the new school year!

Help early readers learn to rhyme with these fun rhyming word puzzles!

Printable Ice Cream Literacy Kit for Kids

Keep kids reading this summer with this printable summer reading log! This fun ice cream themed printable reading log for kids is so fun for summer reading!

To get your copy of this printable Ice Cream Summer Reading Log, click the image or the link below to head over to my Teachers Pay Teachers store and score it free!

Printable Summer Reading Log for Kids

>> Ice Cream Printable Reading Kit <<<

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Reading Tagged With: homeschool printables, literacy, reading, summer reading

Phonics Fun! Printable Phonics Flashcards for Kids

April 22, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Phonics are kind of a controversial topic in education these days. Some kids learn to read without ever practicing phonics, but some benefit by learning to master common phonics skills. 

Personally, I’m for whatever helps a child learn to read. 

Some of my kids took to reading right away. Others learned beginning sounds, digraphs, and suffixes before learning to read fluently. 

So I thought these printable phonics flashcards might be useful to some of you as well!

Printable Phonics Flashcards for Early Readers

These would be excellent for literacy centers, phonics reviews, and even “I Have, Who Has?” games! Plus, you can print them once and then use them over and over again.

Find out how to get your set of phonics flashcards for kids below! And, for more fun with early literacy, check out our Rhyming Word Puzzles!

These printable phonics flashcards are excellent for helping early readers practice sounding out vowels and consonants! Great for literacy centers too!

Phonics Fun! Printable Phonics Flashcards for Kids

To use these printable phonics flashcards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
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Printable Vowel Cards for Kids

These printable phonics flashcards for kids include a complete set of vowel flashcards, featuring letters and pictures that have the correct beginning sound for each letter.

Printable Phonics Flashcards for Kids

Long and short vowel sounds are included.

So, for letter A, there are two flashcards: one featuring a picture of an acorn (for long A) and another featuring a picture of an alligator (for short A).

Consonant Flashcards for Kids

Consonant sounds are included in this set of printable phonics flashcards too!

Printable Consonant Phonics Flashcards

Letters that have more than one sound, such as G, have a flashcard for each type of sound: hard and soft.

In the example of G, one flashcard shows a picture of grapes (for hard G) and another shows a picture of a gingerbread man (for soft G).

Printable Consonant Flashcards for Kids

Even tricky letters like X are included! One flashcard shows a word that begins with X (“xylophone”) and another shows a word that ends with the X sound (“fox”).

Phonics Flashcards for Kids

Color and line art versions of all the flashcards are included as well!

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable phonics flashcards!

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Working on early reading skills with your preschooler? Try these printable phonics flashcards for some quick letter learning fun!

Phonics Flashcards Bundle

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