by Creation Castle | Language Arts
Are you a frequent visitor of the dollar store or dollar bins at popular stores? Chances are you’ve seen a set of alphabet flashcards for a buck. You may have even picked up the pack. But have you used it? Well, I’ve got a list of some simple activities you can do...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts
A-Z hand motions are a simple and effective teaching tool that can help engage kinesthetic learners, who often struggle to grasp new concepts through traditional classroom methods. Kinesthetic learners prefer the use of movement and physical engagement to better...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts
Write the room is an activity that has been around forever. I think it gained a lot of popularity around 2012 when teacher blogs were starting to pop up everywhere. But… just in case you’ve never heard of it before, let me give you a quick explanation of the activity....
by Creation Castle | Language Arts, Reading
One of my favorite ways to teach the alphabet is by reading lots and lots of trade books. Each student in your classroom is going to come in with different levels of exposure to text and words. Some kids may have gone to the zoo with their families and know what a...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts
Teaching students the alphabet is a big part of kindergarten. It builds a foundation for reading and writing. It is essential to becoming a successful student. Here are 26 different ways your students can work with letters and sounds to become alphabet experts!...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts
An age-old question with no direct answer is what is the best order to teach letters when learning the alphabet? You would think by now, after hundreds of years of teaching children to read that we would know the most successful way to teach everything. But the simple...
