

In addition to being the editor of A Learning Experience, she publishes Little Black Dress | Little Red Wagon Magazine. has a bachelors in education from The University of Georgia and a masters in curriculum and instruction from Lesley University, Cambridge. This may be the “fun” activity that they need to prove to them that writing is accessible…and enjoyable.Įlizabeth D. Not to mention the positive associations fostered around writing. Students love the opportunity to play with blocks during “writing” time, and being creative with their hands often leads to creativity with words, as well. Who lives there? What do they do? Look like? Enjoy? Struggle with? Students can also write descriptive paragraphs about their structure’s imaginary world. This resource works great with homeschool families. Increase reading fluency for your struggling readers, ELLs and special needs students. A fun hands-on activity for your kindergarten reading block. Instruct them to build a house or building and then write a story about that structure. Kindergarten sight word practice worksheets to increase reading fluency of sight words. It’s like a 3-D game of Madlibs…and “writing” possibilities are endless!įor printable lists of sight (Dolch) words to use as starters, check out: Create a WorldĪllow students access to a large variety of blocks or Legos. Create and use flashcards Practicewriting words in sand or salt on a paper plate Practicebuilding sight words using Legos, bathroom cups, popsicle sticks.

KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORD LIST WITH LEGOS HOW TO
Students can also suggest their own words. Its time to learn Kindergarten Sight Words Learn how to read and spell the sight word, 'THIS', as in 'This is so cool'. For more word lists, activities and learning games for kids, check our kids learning section. Incorporate short poems or stories that have a list of k words for kids to learn and understand its meaning. Then, children can combine the blocks, lay them out, and build them up in creative ways to make sentences and stories! You can even color-coordinate the blocks by part of speech, so all nouns are on yellow blocks, all verbs are on blue blocks, all adjectives are on green blocks, all proper nouns are on red blocks, etc. It will help them to build their writing skills along with focusing on improving vocabulary skills. Write or type basic words on paper, cut out the words, and tape them on the sides of big Lego Duplo blocks (the larger toddler-sized variety). Write letters on Legos or other building blocks. Dump a pile of Legos on the floor in a high school English classroom and watch the students come to life!) Writer’s Block On the Dolch sight word lists, the preschool words are called Pre-Primer. (Hint: blocks aren’t just good for the little ones, either. Here are two ideas for how to use blocks at home or in the classroom to get the juices flowing. We all know that blocks are great for creative play, but what about for writing? Yes, indeedy! Blocks can be super starters for creative writing. Comment on this post and you could win a $25 gift card from The School Box!
