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Spring Flowers Sight Words Game

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spring flower sight word game

When kids are learning to read, a lot of time is spent focused on learning sight words, because these words are so common in written language and are not always that easy to sound out or guess.

This spring flower sight word game from 123 Homeschool for Me focuses on the sight words that first graders are commonly expected to know, and the spring theme is perfect for this time of year.

It’s a cute little game and there are two different boards that you can print and use that cover all the first grade sight words, so they are a great way to learn through play, too.

[Photo: 123 Homeschool for Me.]

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  1. I am not a fan of sight word reading (Spring Flowers Sight Words Game) unless a word can not be sounded out phonetically as in the word “once”. Children should be taught the phonetic approach for words like “let” in your game. Otherwise, you are teaching them to guess words and when they come to a word they don’t recognize, they are not able to decode or sound it out.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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