English manipulatives

“MOM! I BUILT an Irregular Verb! Get it?? BUILT??” Yep, hands-on learning is a good thing. This LEGO activity is on the tails of our LEGO manipulatives post we shared the other day where we built words. Today, we matched up past and present tense irregular verbs. This was an activity that my ... Read more

Using manipulatives for teaching is a great way to introduce hands on learning! Here are my top 11 must have manipulatives for kindergarten.

Looking for a FANTASTIC reading activity? These Build a Sentence cup puzzles are great fun, and the kids read the words over and over again as they solve.

Here are 7 fun and easy first day of speech activities your students will love! Great ways to get to know the kids and teach them routines.

We had so much fun with this Rainbow Hop Letter Sounds Game! This life-size board game is a fantastic way to move and learn alphabet sounds and counting!

This word family activity helps students practice different word families. Grab your supplies and spin away!

Vocabulary instruction is so critical in today’s classroom! A vast vocabulary will help students to become better readers and writers. Vocabulary is also essential to their performance on standardized tests. Helping kids to develop their vocabulary is time that is well spent in a busy classroom. I have developed a routine to teach new vocabulary

I came out with this idea as I want the children to memorize all the body parts and the words in a fun way. No more boring teaching technique! Hihihihi....This is a hands-on activity where kids get to participate in the class instead of just sit and listen to what the teacher says. I used velcro at each of the words. Teachers can ask the children to place the correct words accordingly. Perhaps you can have a pop quiz where the highest point will get a small token from teacher..! Yippee..!!!

Use this Silly Sentence printable in your literacy center for a fun activity to teach the parts of a sentence in English.