Kindergarten reading centers

Simple kindergarten literacy stations that will last you ALL YEAR! Let me show you how to simplify your students learning. Writing, stamping, listening, and so many other center ideas are in this blog post to help your students gain independence.

Science of Reading Centers in Kindergarten with ideas, activities, and more! SoR aligned centers ideas for teachers.

Recently, I have seen some debates on using centers and the Science of Reading. If you have been a teacher for a long time, centers were a HUGE part of Balanced Literacy. Recently, teachers have shifted away from balanced of literacy to research based Science of Reading. You can read my Science of Reading Post ... Read More about Centers and the Science of Reading

This post could alternatively be titled "what works for me" because lets face it, there are a million ways to do centers, and what wo...

CVC Words are great for helping young students learn to read. Give your kindergarten and first grade students lots of practice with these fun and hands-on games and activities. Read about these 10 CVC Word games, centers and activities used by a veteran teacher in her classroom. While you are there grab a free CVC game you can use with your kids. Great for homeschooling and at home practice too. Learn to read with fun reading games.

My Kindergarteners have been rocking their CVC words this year. I am so proud of them. I found the best way to teach short vowels, is to expose kids to them in a variety of methods. We talk about them in whole group and in guided reading. Students get independent practice in morning work buckets ... Read More about CVC Word Work {Freebies Included}

This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!

Science of Reading is taking over elementary classrooms, and today I’m sharing how to incorporate Science of Reading centers into your classroom. Science of Reading has 5 components: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. These components can be used to create play centers or center games. I also like to use multisensory word work in centers as well. Check out my K-2 classroom no prep centers and center management and get started today!

Check out these science of reading centers ideas to help give your kinder and first grade readers authentic practice during literacy centers.

I bust out the kids' favorite independent reading activities for a minimum stress, maximum fun phonics time. These can be used one on one, as kindergarten reading station activities, or be done with a whole classroom of kids. All 3 of these independent reading activities have many ways to differentiate to meet the needs of