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This is so clever and simple. We're definitely using this one! And thanks for clap-clapping because it gave us the idea to turn it into a hand clapping game.
I remember 18 years ago singing this exact song in 2nd grade when someone would have a birthday. It’s awesome that this song is still being used today!
Thank you for this!! My son learned this song today in kindergarten, but he was frustrated that he couldn't remember it. I'm so glad I was able to find this and sing it with him!
So informational thanks!! I’m homeschooling my kiddo. May I ask where I can purchase this board. I know you mentioned you got it from an Society. Do you happen to know the brand of the board? Thanks in advance :)
Hi teacher I kept my subscription to your channel even if I am not your students now. However, I love watching your videos and learn more from you,. Thanks for everything. Samar!
I have two boys that I’m homeschooling and I’ve been using the Montessori approach and my son sang this when I told him to name the adjectives in a book we read. Thank you!
Where can I purchase these materials for my son? We are in Chicago and I homeschool. My son (7) envy’s reading so, I’m trying to get him more interested
This is a great way for children to practice inventive spelling. I love that you focus on letter sounds instead of doing the correct spelling of the word. I am learning that letter sounds and using inventive spelling is so important. You also gave me a great idea to sing the alphabet with children using the letter sounds instead of names. You also inspired me with your calming music in the background. It wasn’t distracting, and it was calming.
I learned that rhyming is a very important skill to practice for children’s language development. :) This is such a creative game that can be created by using pictures, paper, black and red markers, and a laminator! I thought it was great that you emphasized the beginning and ends of the words and how you taught us to point out that we are listening for and matching the ending sound of the words. You also taught us a helpful skill to use the card you are going to match by starting at the top, putting the card next to each card and saying both words, then moving to the left row while starting at the top and moving down. I can tell this would benefit children because I’m sure they can become overwhelmed if you ask them to just match the rhyming word. This will provide structure and confidence in children. :)
This is a very valuable lesson that can be incorporated into classrooms to practice word families and sorting. I learned that this sorting game can be used after teaching a lesson on word families for onset’s such as “ad” and “it”. The words could be mixed up and I could ask one child at a time to find where it goes. Once they successfully found where it goes, that could be their ticket to go out to recess and this would allow me to informally asses children to see if they’ve gained an understanding of word families. :)
What a great idea to incorporate and teach word families to children! I will definitely be adding this to by book wishlist for my classroom so that children can practice identifying onset, rhyming words, and sight words. I learned that I should pause throughout the story and point out some word families by saying, “have you noticed that all of the words end with...?”
I love this song and I would love to incorporate it into my circle time when I need to assess children on rhyming. :) Sometimes when I ask children to come up with their own answer, they say the same answer as their friend and say they can’t come up with their own. Of course I encourage them to come up with their own idea, but does this happen in your classroom? What are ways to encourage children to come up with their own idea?
While watching this video, I learned that kids who can determine rhyming words is an early indicator of literacy skills. If children can rhyme by 4,5 and 6 years old, this is an early indicator they will have less difficulty with literacy skills. “Is your Mama a Lama?” is a great rhyming book to incorporate into my classroom because it allows children to be a part of the story by saying the rhyming word. This will allow me to teach onset and rhyme, while being able to assess capability of rhyming. :)
I love seeing all of the children hard at work! This video also displayed different levels of academic level. I could see that some children didn’t need any help, while others needed help sounding out the words to match with the objects. :)
I learned that using picture sentences can help children read. Children as young as 4 can read sentences because they have had lots of lessons with word families and a few sight words. I use the mother goose time curriculum in my class, but seeing all of these examples of emergent writing has gotten me excited to incorporate these activities into my lessons.