Ultimate Valentine’s Day All Month Long in February
Happy February! I love to incorporate fun Valentine's Day themed ideas into the classroom all month long! I use the word Valentine's Day, but I use these activities the entire…
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How to Teach Sounds and Phonemic Awareness Skills
Playing with sounds to strengthen beginning reading skills is the most important phonemic awareness skill to develop. It is especially important for beginning readers and those struggling to read. How…
The Best Site to Practice Skills for Kindergarten Students
By Debora Marines MEQ | Updated June 2026 The best site to practice skills for kindergarten students is Boom™ Learning. Kindergarten students, especially, need engaging activities to learn and practice skills.…
4 Fantastic Fun Ways to Practice Segmenting cvc Words
Check out these 4 fantastic, fun ways to practice segmenting cvc words that include movement to help send the words to long term memory. Segmenting is the earliest predictor in…
Most Important Skills for Beginning Readers
What is the most important thing you can do to help beginning readers? Segmenting and blending, in other words, phonemic awareness. Through a Tier 3 RTI, research study I learned…
What are 10 Best Alphabet Books for Beginning Readers?
Learning the letters of the alphabet can be difficult but when you make the letters engaging and connect them with books, it also makes learning so much more fun! 📌THIS…
Amazing Books to Develop Numbers for Kindergarten Students
🤣 I love combining math with as many different subjects as possible! Read alouds make a great way to incorporate reading comprehension (click to get comprehension questions), math skills, rhyming…
Teaching Tips and Tricks for Free to Teach Magically
by Debora Marines MEQUpdated 2026There are some things I use year after year when teaching so I created this free list of teaching tips and tricks to help you teach…
The Best Way to Teach Guided Reading For Kindergarten
Teaching and structuring a guided reading lesson can seem overwhelming at first. Watching upper grade models don't fit well for beginning kindergarten readers. Eventually, I figured out the best way…
Best 6 Amazing Videos to Teach 3D Shapes
Courtesy of NUMBEROCK.com Use these best 6 amazing videos to teach 3D shapes. The activities and games will be much easier to develop the 3D shapes concept. You can check…