Crafty Fun!

Looking for activities suited to young minds & hands?
Look no further:  "Meet the Dubiens" has delightful ideas. 
Thanks to Parkside's Speech professional Terri Edwards for sharing this with us!

http://www.meetthedubiens.com/search/label/crafts?updated-max=2010-12-12T08%3A51%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=20

Presidents' Day Craft

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/02/presidents-day-craft-for-toddlers-kids.html

No Time for Flashcards is an excellent source of learning ideas for babies, toddlers, and kids!

• Infant
• Under 2 years
• 2-3 years
• 3-5 years
• 5 and older
• 8 and older

Fantastic Alphabet Books and More

Wikijunior

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior

The aim of this project is to produce age-appropriate non-fiction books for youngsters from birth to age 12. They are richly illustrated with photographs, diagrams, sketches, and original drawings.  

Discover and enjoy:   
Alphabet — Animal Alphabet — Colors — Flower Alphabet — Food Alphabet — Numbers from 1 to 20 — Small Numbers — Maze & Drawing Book

Kids Activities Blog

Learning for everyone from the age of toddlers to elementary school youngsters.  You can follow this blog via Facebook, Email, and Twitter.  With Thanksgiving this week, they share ideas for games to enjoy with young ones.

http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/thanksgiving-games/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TipsForMomsActivitiesForKidsByQuirkyMommas+%28Tips+for+Moms
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Excellent Instructional Practice

From the Minnesota Public Schools, recommendations and examples of instruction that "beats the odds" while creating learning success for youngsters.   Movies include lessons on phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, oral comprehension & vocabulary development, writing, and resources.

 http://rea.mpls.k12.mn.us/uploads/teachers_who_beat_the_odds.pdf

Websites for Youngsters

There's a little bit of something out there for everyone.

http://www.readingresource.net/websitesforkids.html

GAME: Let's Play "Sound Boxes"

Young readers need to be able to recognize the distinct sounds that make up a word. 
This colorful game will give them the chance to distinguish from two to five sounds
in different words. 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/readingresourcekatieuploads/soundboxes.pdf

Phonemic Awareness Activities

Activities & games galore for learners who are developing phonemic awareness  skills- right here!

http://www.readingresource.net/phonemicawarenessactivities.html