A: In general, I am not a huge fan of “worksheets.” Having said that, however, all paper and pencil activities are not bad! Games and other such activities are wonderful for teaching and reinforcing reading concepts. Any time we can use a game to teach, the better! Part of the reason this is true is that the child will anticipate learning with interest rather than dreading it, but also if the child is playing a game or participating in an activity, she will be an active learner. She won’t have the opportunity to just sit and let others around her participate.
An amazing resource to use along with our sight word picture cards is The Reading Teacher’s Encyclopedia. We call it an encyclopedia because it is packed full of games and activities to use while you teach the sight words. Best of all, it includes all the most important elements of reading: fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, phonemic awareness, and writing. Find out more information about this resource now!
In fact, if you use SnapWords™ (sight word picture cards), The Illustrated Book of Sounds & Their Spelling Patterns, and the Encyclopedia all together, you will be taking care of learning sight words, learning phonics and spelling, and the other elements of reading and writing, including comprehension, phonemic awareness, etc.
Finally, please take advantage of all the information, how-to’s, and activity ideas found here on our blog. Browse by topic by choosing a category from the left. And if you have specific comments or questions, leave a comment or email me at sarah(at)child-1st(dot)com. Let’s all keep on helping our children love learning!
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