HeidiSongs Teaching Resource

Many young children reverse numbers and letters when they are just learning to read and write, and this is normal for most kids in Pre-K, Kindergarten and First Grade!  It's just part of the growing process of becoming literate.  Unless the child has a true learning disability, most of them do outgrow it and can work past it.  Meanwhile, what can you do to help? If you are a parent or teacher looking for information on dyslexia or dysgraphia, you can learn more about it here.  This post isn't about dyslexia. Disclaimer:  These activities won't "cure" any learning disability that includes letter, number, or word reversal, although they should certainly help!  But for the rest of the children, who are just regular education kids that occasionally reverse or mix up a couple of numbers or letters, these activities might just turn things around! In this picture, the children are building stacks of 12 or 21 on top of the SitSp...

300 sight words is a LOT to learn-  but that is what most schools seem to require in first grade these days.  And my second graders have to master 600!  But if a child is already struggling, what can you do to help?  Here is a list of my best strategies, tips, and tricks that I am using with my first and second graders to help them master these words so that they can say them immediately on sight.  I am including a free download of the list of words that we are working on as well, just in case you find it helpful! Read on for the downloads! Break the List into Smaller Chunks Three hundred new words is an overwhelming amount to give any child to learn, whether they are in first grade, second grade, or beyond.  The most important thing you can do to help a struggling learner is to avoid giving them too many words to learn all at the same time.  Even if a child is fortunate enough to have a parent that is willing to help, ...