Heart word centers

Learn all about Heart Words: What they are, the most effective ways to teach them, and tons of FREE heart word resources!

March editable sight word centers for kindergarten and 1st grade allow you to make sight word games and centers that match your sight word list!

Using what we know about Science of Reading, this post explains how to build sight word mastery by mapping out words.

FREE sight word activity for kids! Write the words in white crayon and then color the hearts with marker to make them magically appear. So simple and fun! This would be a perfect idea for Valentine's Day.

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As an early elementary teacher, you have probably heard about sight words, but have you learned about heart words? Heart words are high frequency words that your K-2 students will learn about phonetic sounds and sounds that aren’t phonetic. My early elementary students love learning heart words with multisensory activities. By teaching your students how to use phonics to decode the heart words, they will understand the irregular parts. Check out how to map words with word mapping mats!

This resource includes 20 heart themed word cards, a recording sheet, and a word search. Perfect for helping your students practice spelling high frequency #Spelling_Word_Activities #Alphabet_Activities_Kindergarten #Homeschool_Preschool_Activities #English_Activities_For_Kids

Are you looking for reading activities for your kids to do this February? Get this free printable Valentine's Day CVC Words Activity! With Valentine's day literacy activities like this one, your young learners can practice

I don’t know about you, but when I first started hearing about Heart Words, I asked myself… “Ok, what’s all the hype about?” So of course I did a deep dive of research. I spent the better part of the year doing a lot of research, learning, and to be honest, a lot of unlearning. […]

Sight words and sidewalk chalk...give each student a personalized bag of sight words and and a piece of chalk and have them write them outside -- perfect for warm weather!