Heart words for kindergarten

Learn all about Heart Words: What they are and the most effective way to teach kids to read and spell irregular words. Then, get access to resources that link to tons of FREE heart word slides, worksheets, videos, and other resources. These resources will help make teaching irregular words easy, fun, and effective!

How to use the science-based Heart Word Method to teach heart words, or high frequency words, instead of traditional sight word instruction.

If you use heart words in your classroom, these editable heart word cards are perfect for displaying or for using as sorting cards during small group instruction. This post will give you lots of practice ideas for mapping words in a kindergarten or first grade classroom.

Learning sight words and high frequency words is difficult for new readers. But knowing how to read these words is essential for students to develop reading fluency. Focusing on heart words is a great way to help students learn to read and spell these important words. Head over to this blog post to find out how this veteran kindergarten teacher uses a consistent routine to help her students work on heart words all year long. You too can use these fun, engaging and effective activities.

Heart Words. Sight Words. Red Words. High-Frequency Words. These terms all refer to those big long lists like Dolch and Fry that kids just have to memorize,

Learn all about Heart Words: What they are and the most effective way to teach kids to read and spell irregular words. Then, get access to resources that link to tons of FREE heart word slides, worksheets, videos, and other resources. These resources will help make teaching irregular words easy, fun, and effective!

Lindsay / Early Years Literacy Specialist on Instagram: "✨You N E E D to teach thing song 🎵 for the word a✨ 🎵This song is a MUST when teaching the tricky word “a”. I am always so impressed with my learners automaticity once they know this song AND they can find similar sounds in other words like “was”. In my classroom I teach heart ❤️ words, learning there are parts of the word (irregular words or spelling patterns we have not learned yet) and we will need to learn by heart ❤️ 🙌🏻…

Have you heard about using heart words in your early elementary classroom? I love using heart words in a multisensory approach for K-2 students. These high frequency words are perfect for activities like building words, word hunts, sensory writing, and musical words. Play mats, building words, cup stacking and more are great ways for incorporating play into the early elementary classroom. Learn more about helping your early elementary students learn how to read with heart words!

Heart words is a science-based way to teach high frequency words, or sight words. Learn all about it and download a free worksheet!