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Reader Spring has sprung y'all!! It's the perfect time to boost your little one's creativity and writing skills! I'm super excited to roll out Early Intellect Spring-Themed Writing Prompt Journal for Kids in K-2—your child's next best friend for exploring the world of writing and illustrating! Inside the Journal:
This softcover journal is all about encouraging our young writers to express themselves and sharpen their writing skills in an exciting and engaging way. Grab yours Here! Let your kiddo's imagination flourish this season! Happy Learning! Claire Thomas Early Intellect® |
Dear Early Intellect Families, I have a Weekend Challenge for you! This one is designed to enhance your child's phonological awareness skills. I’m challenging you to find five minutes this weekend to practice this skill with your child. Weekend Challenge: Segmenting Sounds in Words What is Segmenting Sounds? Segmenting sounds is a crucial phonological awareness skill that helps children break words into individual phonemes (sounds). It's an essential step in learning to read and write as it...
Reader It's a new week and we have a new set of vocab words! This week's words are: sturdy, pattern, and curious. Extension activities and read alouds to help make the words more concrete for your child can be found here. Included as part of this week's activities is a cut and paste activity to be used with the word sturdy as well as a color the pattern worksheet. The goal of these weekly vocabulary sets is to help you include low-prep and low pressure learning time with your child each week...
Reader Vocabulary is a crucial aspect of your child's academic career. The size of a child’s vocabulary in kindergarten predicts their ability to learn to read. The greater a child's vocabulary knowledge, the easier it will be for them to be able to read a text and decode words that they might not know (NPR, 2000). Having a strong vocabulary and robust instruction in this area will help strengthen your child's verbal as well as written communication. I am excited to be bringing you an email...