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Top Ten Things to do with Tactile Letters

Jo - Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 10:25 pm
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Categories: ABCs, Homeschooling, Spelling

Here are some ways to use tactile letters to teach the alphabet to your child (an example is pictured at the bottom; click to enlarge):

Spread the letters out (on a table or the floor) and ask your child to say the name of each letter.
Spread the letters out and ask your child to say the [...]

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The Standing-in-Line Game

Jo - Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:21 pm
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Categories: ABCs, Math, Phonics, Science, Social Studies, Spelling

It seems like my first graders and I were always standing in line: going to the bathroom, waiting for specials (PE, art, music, etc.), going to lunch, getting our pictures taken, and on and on and on. So I invented games to play that my children loved and kept them well-behaved while standing in line.
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