Kindergarten Activity Centers- part 2 freebie!

Hi everyone!
Hope you all observed 2 minutes of silence in remembrance of our present and past veterans.

I am just letting you know that I have completed part 2 to my kindergarten activity centers! YAY!


I have created activities from January - May. Each activity has been created to be hands on & a fun learning experience for your class. The activities are designed to be modeled once for the class and then the students can work on the activities for more practice.

Some of the activities included are:
*present, past and future tense verbs
* beginning sounds
*segmenting words into their sounds
*wh questions
*associations
I have also included instructions for parents to practice the skills with their children to promote mastery- 1 activity for every month.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I have it as a freebie in both my shop and my store! All I ask is that you follow my blog and my shop! So, please, check them out because they wont be free long!

Have an awesome speech week!

Cheers,
Mindy

Great SLP Resources

Is it me or does everyone and their dog have a shop on TeachersPayTeachers? Isn't that great, all the resources we are able to share with each other?! Many of them are free! YAY!
While you are here don't forget to check out my Kindergarten Center Activity Package!

I wanted to list some of my favorites and some up and comers!

My store: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mindy-Olson-pizzey

Some speech therapy shops on TeachersPayTeachers

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Alexis-Dettmer

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Cathy-Ragsdale

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Cc

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Chalk-Talk-Speech-Therapy

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Denise-Polley

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Richardson

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Smith-397

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Go123slp

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Heather-Bates

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Hello-Two-Peas-In-A-Pod

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Inspired-By-Evan-Autism-Resources

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jenna-Rayburn-26

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kristine-Lamb

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lauren-Lacour

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lindsey-Karol

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrstslp

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Msjocelyn

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Natalie-Snyders

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Nicole-Allison

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Practically-Speeching-Blog

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Queens-Speech

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Robynne-Merrill

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sasha-Hallagan

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Scanlon-Speech-Therapy

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Slp-Gone-Wild

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Speech32

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Speechsnacks

·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Speechy-Musings

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·        http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Vikyslp

Phonemic Awareness

HI Everyone!
So school is really back into the swing of things! My son has homework and my daughter is now getting her home readers. I am a very involved parent with both of my children's classrooms. ( I am sure their teachers get totally sick of me! LOL!) And I am noticing how my daughter's grade 1 teacher is teaching beginning reading. It seems to me that most teachers target reading thru phonics. While phonics does have its place, many teachers forget about phonemic awareness. 
Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate phonemes. Wikipedia defines Phonemic awareness as a subset of phonological awareness in which listeners are able to hear, identify and manipulate phonemes, the smallest units of sound that can differentiate meaning. Separating the spoken word "cat" into three distinct phonemes, /k/, /æ/, and /t/, requires phonemic awareness.
Using activities in your classroom and in therapy that target phonemic awareness can help kids with their reading skills especially the children who are struggling. I have put together some activities that target these areas, they are meant to be fun and functional for kindergarten classrooms. I made them using Velcro to make it easier for storage, and what kid doesn't love Velcro?

                       
Take a look!

       

    

Check them out in my store   http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pre-literacy-Phonemic-Awareness-Package-807587

Phonemic Awareness:

Information:  

1. http://www.begintoread.com/articles/phonemic-awareness.html 
2. http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/phonemic_awareness/

Resources & Activities:

1. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Response-to-Intervention-Phonemic-Awareness-Activity-Pack-194925
2.  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonemic-Awareness-Activity-Pack-Beginning-Sounds-751262