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The New Year is fast approaching. Maybe one of your goals is to help your young children learn to spell or to improve their spelling.

With my kids, I used both the phonics and whole word approach. I laminated the different alphabets so they could put them together to make words. I thought them how to listen to the different sounds in a word. Of course I started out with very simple words like cat, bat, sun, hit, hot etc…. I also would use their guided reading books and dictate sentences from there. This was more fun for them because it was like writing a story. Sometimes I would create funny sentences for them to spell. I also would write new words like a flash card and stick them on the wall. I would have them read the words 2-3 times in a day. This are just some of the things I did to teach my children to spell.

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Are your children glued to the TV or stuck in front of the computer screen? Why not give them something more beneficial and educational to do like fun Christmas worksheets and activities. We are talking about Christmas Games for kids, Christmas Word Puzzles, Christmas Math Worksheets, Christmas Writing Activities, Christmas Mazes, Christmas Cards, Christmas Bookmarks and Christmas Coloring Sheets etc….

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I know children love toys and that is what we tend to buy for them as Christmas gifts. However, one way to encourage children to read is to get them books as gifts. So, don’t miss out on getting books when doing your Christmas shopping.

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