Author: Shagufta Yasir

Practice the sh sound with 120+ sh words for kids: beginning, middle and ending lists, short sentences, and fun games for kindergarten and grade 1.

Kindergarten sight words are short, common words kids learn to read on sight. Get the full 92-word Dolch list, sentences, games and teaching tips.

Digraphs are two letters that make one sound, like sh, ch, th and ee. Learn consonant and vowel digraphs with word lists, sentences, games and teaching tips.

TH words are words with the letters T and H side by side, like this, thin, bath and mother. Together, T and H make one new sound, so TH is a consonant digraph. The TH digraph has two sounds: the voiced TH in this, which buzzes in the throat, and the unvoiced TH in thin,…

Short a words are words where the letter a makes the /a/ sound you hear in apple, cat and hat. It is a quick, open sound, different from the long a in cake. Short a words are usually the first words children learn to read, because the sound is easy to hear and appears in…

CVC words are short, three-letter words made of a consonant, a vowel and a consonant, like cat, pig and sun. Each letter makes its own simple sound, so children can read them by sounding out each letter and blending the sounds together. That makes CVC words the first real words most kids learn to read….

25 fun, easy letter recognition activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners, plus teacher tips on how to teach letter recognition at home.