Developing Readers Academy

GONE ARE THE DAYS OF MEMORIZING HIGH FREQUENCY OR SIGHT WORDS!!! Word mapping is breaking a word apart by individual sounds and matching those sounds to letters. When a child starts taking a word apart by sounds, then counting and matching those sounds to letters, they are forming permanent connections in the brain. Each box represents a sound in the word. The child puts a heart above an unknown, unpredictable, or untaught word part. This makes reading and spelling new words seem more achievable

b and d are notoriously difficult letters for some kids!! This product is meant to make it easy to practice b and d!It progress through: moving left to rightthinking about mouth position of each soundwriting the soundsreading the soundsreading wordsreading phrasesreading sentences and playing games! Grab this now and get your kids confident with these tricky letters!!And check out www.developingreadersacademy.com to see more ways we can support your literacy journey!

These Embedded Mnemonic Letter Cards are a great way to practice letters!! Research shows that embedded mnemonics are more effective than just showing a letter or a picture cue when teaching new readers. These cards are easy to use, CUTE and will be a great addition to any letter practice you do with your kids! You can easily add motions to each letter as well to make it more of a multisensory experience, which will make learning even better!! Included are all 26 basic letters as well as the d

These student placemats are great for spicing up any phonemic awareness or phonics lesson! Tap the sounds, write the letters then write the word like you'll see it in a story!! Themes in this pack include: -Playdough -Blocks -Llamas -Rocketships -Dinosaurs Laminate or put the pages in a plastic sleeve to use over and over again! Happy reading!

These games are perfect for teachers and parents looking to make phonological awareness practice fun and engaging! Phonological awareness skills are critical to learning to read! In this packet, there are games that focus on isolated sounds, rhyming, segmenting, and blending, and hearing letter sounds.

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! TEACHERS: Feel free to purchase this and send them home for families to use!! These are GREAT to use as "daily reading practice" for parents!Skills covered include: Phonological awareness (segmenting, blending) Mapping wordsVocabularySyllablesFluency...and they can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready for bed

This simple guide is perfect for teachers starting out on their mapping journey or to send home to support parents! By mapping words, children start to connect sounds to letters or groups of letters and form permanent connections in their brain. This helps words stick and break the word into more manageable parts! This product offers photos and explanations of how to map words. Please reach out to us if you have any questions!

These activities are perfect for teachers and parents looking to make reading practice fun and engaging! Multi-sensory learning is based on the idea that children learn better if they are taught using more than one sense (typically visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile). This handout includes a list of multi-sensory materials and how they can be used to practice reading skills. Great as a quick reference for teachers or to send home to parents!

These decodable brochures are a FANTASTIC way to help support growing readers! This set focuses on short vowel words.There are 24 total brochures included. Each brochure works on the following skills:-Sound isolation -Mapping words -High frequency and Heart Words -"Star" vocabulary words -A decodable story -Recall questions that children write the decodables words in -Illustration section Great for any structured literacy classroom & easy to send home for parents to support their children w

These games are perfect for teachers and parents looking to make phonological awareness practice fun and engaging! Phonological awareness skills are critical to learning to read! In this packet, there are games that focus on isolated sounds, rhyming, segmenting, blending, alliteration, onset-rime, and hearing letter sounds.

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! Each skill either covers phonological awareness (segmenting, blending, isolated sounds), phonics knowledge, or concepts of print and can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready for bed, or in the car! There is also a tracking calendar where the child can color the star when they complete the activity and are giv

These engaging and colorful "placemats" can be used to spice up any phonemic awareness or phonics lesson! Feel free to use any manipulatives but you can add some extra pizazz to your lessons if you have items that go with the theme! The themes in these mats are rollercoaster, cars, skate park, garden, and animal homes. Hope you enjoy!!

Pop the Bubbles to save the animals! Here is a super fun phonics game that can support any phonics skill! Letters, phonetic words, heart words, sentences, the list could go on and on!! Every player starts at the start bubble and rolls dice until they land on an animal. Once they land on the animal they read from the list provided OR you can fill in skills they need. Once they successfully read the list, they've "popped" the bubble and get the animal. The first player to pop all the animals is t

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! Each skill either covers phonological awareness (rhyming, alliteration, segmenting, blending, isolated sounds), letter knowledge, or concepts of print and can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready for bed, or in the car! There is also a tracking calendar where the child can color the star when they complete th

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! TEACHERS: Feel free to purchase this and send them home for families to use!! These are GREAT to use as "daily reading practice" for parents!Skills covered include: Phonological awareness (segmenting, blending)Mapping wordsVocabularyComprehensionSyllables...and they can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready fo

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! TEACHERS: Feel free to purchase this and send them home for families to use!! These are GREAT to use as "daily reading practice" for parents!Skills covered include: Phonological awareness (segmenting, blending)Mapping wordsVocabularyComprehensionSyllablesFluency...and they can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting r

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! TEACHERS: Feel free to purchase this and send them home for families to use!! These are GREAT to use as "daily reading practice" for parents!Skills covered include: Phonological awareness (segmenting, blending)Mapping wordsVocabularyComprehensionFluency...and they can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready for

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! Each skill either covers phonological awareness (segmenting, blending, isolated sounds), letter knowledge, vocabulary, rhymes/songs, or concepts of print and can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready for bed, or in the car! There is also a tracking calendar where the child can color the leaf when they complete

Embedded mnemonic letter cards are shown to be MORE effective in helping your kids master their letter sound than letters alone! You get embedded cards, plain letter cards, and posters for each set of words! This is the perfect product if you are working on: Magic eLong Vowel TeamsDiphthongs & Other VowelsR-Controlled VowelsY as a VowelYou can also grab these in the bundle with Part 1 which has all the basic sounds and digraphs!

We have created this challenge for busy families and teachers who are looking for literacy skills to incorporate into their everyday routines! Each skill either covers phonological awareness (segmenting, blending, isolated sounds), letter knowledge, vocabulary, rhymes/songs, or concepts of print and can be done in five minutes or less! A great activity to do while eating, getting ready for bed, or in the car! There is also a tracking calendar where the child can color the smiley face when they c