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Phonics Letter B With song Jolly Phonics

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UK School Primary One Jolly Phonics Song Oo - Now it's Dark the Lights Go On

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Add some information about the Bua na Cainte programme.

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Balloon Phonics: Three-Letter Words CVC Game

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Balloon Phonics is a phonics reading game for young children who are learning their letter sounds
and it can help them with blending sounds and segmenting words. It focuses on three letter (cvc) words.

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Counting 1-10 Song | Number Songs for Children | The Singing Walrus

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This tool allows you to create any geometric shape imaginable. Squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons can be created, colored, enlarged, shrunk, rotated, reflected, sliced, and glued together.

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Unleash your creativity with the world’s best virtual manipulatives!

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Imcinnes - Counting 1-6 - Teaching resources

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Dinosaurs 1-6 - Ben and Holly 1-6 - 1-6 Peppa quiz - Numberland and Numberblocks quiz - Spiderman quiz - 1-6 Paw Patrol quiz - Princesses 1-6 - 1-5 Cars

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Learning to count is fun with this range of free educational games for Key Stage 1 children. Start with the simple counting games and progress to numbers up to 100. There are also matching and sequencing numbers activities.

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Free, interactive, learning to count games for 5 to 7 year olds involve numbers from 1 to 100.

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UK School Primary One Jolly Phonics Song Nn - Hear the Aeroplane Making lots of Noise

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UK School Primary One Jolly Phonics Song Ii - Inky the Mouse is my Pet

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UK School Primary One Jolly Phonics Song Pp - Puff out the Candles

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JOLLY PHONICS- LETTER Aa SONG -Repeated 3x to easily memorise the song and action.

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Scissor Skills | SCHOOL READINESS | How to teach your child to use scissors correctly

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JOLLY PHONICS blending group 3 |  Sounding, blending, reading, goulfb words ukg lkg grade 1

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Niamh, Oisín and Fionn recycle all the rubbish they find in Gort na Seangán and get ready for the big play!

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Combines English and Irish phrases

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Watch all your favourite TV shows Live or On Demand on your PC, smartphone or tablet for free.

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Useful phrases to practise at home. Sound files available on links in the PDF

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Online timers are a valuable tool for keeping students on track. You can use them during work time, transitions, or just to give students a short break. We've rounded up 40 super-fun online timers for the classroom that your kids will love to try. Many come from sources that have different options available, including customizable time segments.

1. Baby Yoda

Why race against the clock when you can race against Baby Yoda?

2. Dancing Pirates

These sailors know how to get down. Great for motivating kids to keep it moving during transitions.

3. Super Mario Roller Coaster

Mario! This Super Mario World-themed timer is fun and peppy and will get your kids moving.

4. Burger Explosion

Kids will hustle to get their work done in time to see this whopper of a burger explode!

5. Waddling Duck

This chill little guy isn't in a big hurry to get anywhere, but he carries on with a smile on his face.

6. Watchful Canine

This big guy keeps a close eye on students and lets them know with a bark when time's up.

7. Paint Swirls

Soft, relaxing music plays in the background as paint bubbles swirl and flow.

8. Active Kids

Cruise around town with this countdown video and check out what all the people are doing.

9. Ocean Dance

Peppy, get-to-it music plays as smiling sea creatures hop and swim by.

10. Unicorn Rainbow Sparkle

So cute! Maybe distractingly cute?!?

11. Groovy Vibes

A wavy background with flower power sets the stage for the time to count down one digit at a time.

12. Creative Cat

While your students get their work done, this creative cat works on his masterpiece. When the timer goes off, he reveals his painting.

13. Happy Cascade

Happy, lighthearted music bops along as a rainbow of balls falls.

14. Confetti Bomb

Cue the Mission Impossible music, then watch the fuse burn as the timer ticks down.

15. Donuts

Who can resist online timers featuring donuts? You might want to save this one as a countdown to lunch or snack, or it might cause distracting hunger pangs.

16. Fireworks

A quick 60 seconds of the night sky filled with bursting fireworks.

17. Puppies!

Seriously adorable puppies. Maybe use this one as a reward for good behavior.

18. Kittens!

And kittens! Also, seriously adorable. Kids will rush to get their work done so they can just sit and watch.

19. Minions!

Watch as those rascally Minions, Olaf the snowman, Sven and Kristoff, and other friends count down the time.

20. Volcano

Follow the fiery path of magma as it scrolls its way to the surface. When time is up ... eruption!

21. Aquarium

Relaxing piano music accompanies the flow of sea creatures passing by.

22. 5-Minute Roller Coaster

Take your students on a wild ride with this thrilling online timer.

23. 10-Minute Roller Coaster

Same thrilling ride, double the time.

24. Pizza Splat

Ooey-gooey pizza. At the end of this timer, watch it go splat!

25. Falling LEGO Bricks

Colorful LEGO blocks cascade down the screen as the time counts down.

26. Signs of Autumn

Beautiful seasonal scenes-apples, pumpkins, and colorful fall trees-scroll across the screen.

27. Animated Falling Leaves

Autumn trees lose their foliage as leaves flutter off the trees bit by bit. Time's up when the owls hoot.

28. Halloween Fun

Spooky music plays as Halloween scenes roll across the screen.

29. Trick or Treat

Costumed trick-or-treaters parade through town as the timer counts down.

30. Thanksgiving Fun

The stage is set for Thanksgiving as the timer ticks toward zero and ends with a raucous turkey gobble.

31. Turkey Trot

Turkeys prance across the screen on their way to a Thanksgiving feast.

32. Winter Fun

As snowflakes fall, a playful snowman comes to life.

33. Rainbow

Watch each rainbow build one layer at a time, in different colors, and then disappear one layer at a time.

34. Classic Fireplace

This timer from Online Clock is customizable. It lets you choose your time period and change the background. After watching the fire for a while, try the lava lamp, aquarium, or rainy day.

35. Valentine's Day Heart Race

A customizable timer from Online Stopwatch. Customize racers' numbers and logos and even give them names. Set the timer for however long you need, and off they go!

36. Spring Flowers

Bumblebees and fairies frolic over a field of colorful flowers to the tune of a lilting piano solo.

37. Springtime Easter Egg Race

Also from Online Stopwatch, this timer is a colorful race to the finish line. It's customizable for your needs.

38. Beach Vibes

Listen to the waves roll in with this beach-themed timer. When time's up, you'll hear the seagulls screech.

39. Ice Cream Truck

The ice cream truck chugs along as the timer counts down from one minute to zero.

40. Banana Split

Smooth jazz plays as the path to the banana fades away until the clock counts down, then ... you'll have to watch for yourself to find out!

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Need a way to tell students they have 5, 10, or 15 minutes? Check out our favorite online timers for the classroom. So cute!

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Number Blocks animations

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@Numberblocks- All the Sums | Learn to Add and Subtract

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Memory Match | Everyday Learning | PBS LearningMedia

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Students explore the differences and similarities between various fish, birds, plants, and more while playing a matching memory game.

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Share to Google Classroom

Game Description

The perfect memory game! Test your memory as you match the cute and colorful animals behind the cards. You'll have a super fun, animal-tastic time!

Game Instructions

Tap play to start.

Simply click with your mouse or tap the cards to flip them over to reveal the colorful animals. Keep trying until all are matched. Click or tap the arrow at the bottom right for your next challenge. Collect points and level up!

Good luck!

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Share to Google Classroom The perfect memory game! Test your memory as you match the cute and colorful animals behind the cards. You'll have a super fun, animal-tastic time! Tap play to start. Simply click with your mouse or tap the cards to flip them over to reveal the colorful animals.

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Why not download and print the Snakes and Ladders game. All you need are counters for each person and a dice. Climb the ladders when you land on the space. Slide down the snake when you land on its head.

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Tongue twisters are fantastically fun phrases that are famously hard to articulate. While always entertaining, Tongue Twisters are equally educational as they provide essential, productive practice for problems of pronunciation. Due to the use of strange sound sequences and peculiar patterns of speech, teachers, parents, and students alike enjoy these wacky word knots.

Starfall's silly set of Tongue Twisters presents an opportunity to showcase and challenge the use of the English language. Children will brim with delight while attempting the verbal gymnastics required to successfully sound out these thrilling word games.

Enchanting illustrations invite kids to read along with all-time popular pleasers like Fuzzy Wuzzy, Peter Piper, Seashells, and Woodchuck (who might chuck an indeterminate amount of wood). An optional audio setting in the Tongue Twisters activity slowly sounds out the syllables and sentences to assist students in studying these perplexingly puzzling rhymes.

Children cheering for a challenge love Starfall's Tongue Twisters online activity, available free to all Starfall users. Try reading them fast without laughing and get tongue-tied with Starfall's Tongue Twisters today!

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5

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Practice phonological awareness with tongue twisters from Starfall! Find these and other interactive activities and games for kids on Starfall.com.

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JOLLY PHONICS blending group 1 |  Sounding, blending, reading, satpin words ukg lkg grade 1

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The Secret Stories® Better Alphabet™ Lite Version | Jack Hartmann & Katie Garner Alphabet Song

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The word mapping tool lets you type in a word and see its graphemes and phonemes mapped out. It’s great for teaching phonics!

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CÚL4

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Helping your child in Junior and Senior Infants

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Phonics Pop is a mobile friendly bubble pop game. Choose a set of sounds to practice, or select from the digraph (2/3-letter sounds) checkboxes. Then listen to the target sound and pop as many as you can.

If your child achieves >95% accuracy the bubbles will change to rainbow colours.
Have fun!
HAVING TROUBLE LOADING? Please try this version.

This game is © copyright 2023, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

Made using the and libraries.

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How to HOLD A PENCIL!! - (Easy for Kids!) - with Ally the Alligator

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Noodle Pop Nation: Back to School Simon Says - NETFLEX Kids

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Edublox Online Tutor | Development, Reading, Writing, and Math Solutions

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18 Gross Motor Activities to Improve Handwriting - Edublox Online Tutor

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Having good gross motor skills can enable a child to excel at sports. But this is only part of the benefit! Developing a child's gross motor skills can do so much more than that - they can influence their ability to write well and even concentrate in the classroom.

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Enlist your child's help in setting up an obstacle course in the garden. Get creative with what you have available to make it fun and challenging. Use garden stones or an old 2x4 to create a balance beam, mark a pathway for them to run or ride their bike on, set up a big bucket for them to throw a ball in.

If you don't have an outdoor space, you can still turn a playroom, garage, front room, or even your kid's bedroom into an obstacle course. Set up different stations like pillows for them to jump over, a row of chairs for them to crawl under, or a line made from painter's tape on the floor for them to walk or run on while balancing a cuddly toy on their head!

We're Going on a Bear Hunt | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed specially for kids aged 3+, used in schools and homes all over the world.

A Cosmic Kids yoga adventure for younger kids based on the lovely story by Michael Rosen, We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Join Jaime as we try to catch a big one. We can't go over it...we can't go under it!

TROLLS kids dance class with Oti Mabuse

Now, I am a Strictly Come Dancing super fan and have heard that we have some budding dancers in Year 2! Why not have a go at learning this Trolls inspired dance with Oti Mabuse - a challenge for the whole family.

Here's where the paper chains come in from the fine motor skills activity. Leaving just small gaps for the kids to climb through, see if they can make it through the course without tearing the paper!

Alternatively, you could use long strips of paper or string.

Animal Walks

Here are a few animal positions you could have a go at. I'd love to see some photos of you trying them (or even some brothers, sisters or grown ups)!

Can you think of your own animal walks?

Frog Jump -

Caterpillar Crawl

Start in the Bear Walk position

Walk hands out to plank

Walk feet back in to Bear Walk position

Kangaroo Jump

Feet together

Hands to chest

Small jumps with both feet, keeping hands and arms still

Superhero Dance

Get your hearts pumping and learn all the actions!

Kids Superhero Song - Let's Be Superheroes | Action Songs for Kids - Bounce Patrol

Let's be superheroes and save the day! Learn all the hero dance moves - fly like Superman, stomp like the Hulk, run like the Flash, climb like Spider Man, la...

This was a classic play ground game which isn't as often played anymore, which is a real shame as it teaches children co-ordination and timing. You can play this with your child using two skipping ropes tied together if one isn't long enough. You can even play it with only two people if needed as each turner can take it in turns to jump in and out while still holding the rope. I have included a link with lots of different ideas but I didn't spot the one I remember particularly from my childhood so I wil include it here are it has lots more actions for you to do while jumping which makes it more difficult. Mrs Burton used to be able to complete this rhyme, can you? Happy jumping.

Oliver, Oliver, Oliver Twist,

I bet you five thousand,

You can't do this!

Number 1, suck your thumb,

Number 2, touch your bum,

number 3, touch your knee,

Number 4, touch the floor,

Number 5, do the jive,

Number 6, pick up sticks,

Number 7, look to heaven,

Number 8, you're doing great,

Number 9, you're doing fine,

Number 10 Start again.

Did you enjoy the staff's version. Here is a video which will teach you a basic dance which goes with the video. Looking forward to seeing videos of this!

Kids Learn a Dance to "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake!

Dance along with Dance It Out® Master Trainer, Rae as she takes you through some fun choreography to Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling"! Rae will t...

A simple home made projectile can lead to so much play opportunities for developing handeye coordination skills (little tip- put some blutac or playdogh in the nose to get it to throw straighter).

I have shown one way of making the target but you could incorperate measuring by marking out metres and seeing how far you can throw the paper plane or try to get the paper plane into a hoop/ box or marked out bullseye.

This game can be played with 2 or more people and relies on hand eye co-ordination and balance.

Take it in turns to throw the ball to each other until the ball is dropped. Each time the ball is dropped the person who has dropped it is handicapped. You can either play the game as the person is permanently handicapped and can only lose more limbs, or you can play it that for each sucessful catch after a drop they gain back a limb.

1. One arm behind back

2. One arm behind back, stood on one leg.

3. One arm behind back, on your knees (both legs lost), limited mobility.

4. One arm behind back, on your bottom, no mobility.

5. You have lost the game.

This is a good way of introducing a competative element to the game and children love seeing their parents trying to catch a ball standing on one leg!

Giant Naughts and Crosses.

This is a really flexible game, all you need to do is mark out the grid indoors or out using masking tape, electrical tape or anything else that comes to hand. In one attempt my husband came up with the idea of rolled up tea towels (this is actually better depending on what you are using for your naughts and crosses as prevents rolling). Then get creative with what you would like to substitute for your naughts and crosses. We found pennies or counters from a connect four worked well. Outside balls work well (tea towel grid comes into it's own here) we also found balled up socks worked well indoors as soft...

Once you have the game set up then its like a normal game of naughts and crosses, apart from the fact that you have to stand away from the grid and rely on your coordination to get your item into the intended square on the grid. Fun and competative for all ages!

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I believe it is our fellow pre-school educators who are the experts in this area. It wasn't until my daughter went to play school that my eyes were opened to the wonderful range of fine motor activities that were available to help her specifically develop her fine motor skills. I realised then, just how important it was that we continue to develop these skills when children arrive in junior infants before we make any attempt to teach letter formation. In this post I set out to compiled a selection of fine motor activities that will help infants develop their fine motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination, while also making them a little more challenging and fun by integrating them into our early maths and literacy learning. Building the muscles in their hands and fingers does not stop when we begin to teach letter and number formation either, teachers should develop these activities, integrating more hands on tasks into children's learning as an alternative to worksheets and workbooks.

Anyone of these activities make the prefect maths or literacy station for morning or afternoon work. They are also perfectly playful Aistear activities should the children choose to incorporate them into their learning during the Aistear hour. I keep these activities stacked nicely in boxes, easily accessible for the children to take and return as they play.

Cutting materials such as card, paper or even vegetables will offer different levels of resistance. Card is an easy starting point for children new to cutting as it will be easier to achieve a straight, controlled cut. I collect all my birthday and occasion cards and add them to the cut and stick box. The children love cutting out the colourful pictures to add to their own picture.

Weaving and sewing is a super way for children to practice their hand-eye coordination as well as control. You can use a baking tray to weave ribbon, pipe cleaners or wool through. Simply learning to sew is such a practical skill that every child should know. Here I punched some holes in a polystyrene pizza tray with a straw, a plastic peg board would work too. Using a pipe cleaner or paper clip as a needle is a cheap alternative to buying plastic needles. Add numbers to the holds for children to follow a number sequence is a more hands-on activity, beats a worksheet any day!

I got a fantastic set of mini hole punches in Lidl as few years ago. They make the perfect activity for working those little hand muscles. Use them for punching paper and leaves and don't forget to use the little punched shapes for sticking activities. Toothpicks (plastic are better) or cob holders are perfect for punching holes along patterns and shapes just make sure you place them over a soft surface like a cork matt or polystyrene base. Don't forget to trace the indentations with little fingers for sensory learning, even stick them into scrapbooks/copies. By offering children tools with less surface space they are forced to use the pincer grip, practicing correct pencil grip.

Threading pasta, beads, cut pieces of straw, cereal hoops are the best way to discovering pattern during maths. These Nexus boards are an alternative way to encourage correct pencil grip and practice that push/pull movement necessary for good pencil skills. Threading the lace trough the tube is a super task for steady hands.

Good old fashioned pegs are given a new lease of life in our classroom. They are perfect for that delicate pincer work. The activity above can be adapted in so many ways. Over the years I've build up a collect of lots of different large and mini pegs, which can be purchased in many of the value store including Sisters Green and Tiger.

What child doesn't love getting messy with paint! (actually I can think of one or two) but it certainly is a activity loved by most children. Painting tricky little objects like pasta encourage the children to manipulate objects using the pincer grip.

Play-doh is probably one of the best loved muscle building activities in the infant years. By adding plenty of tools and manipulative you can encourage the children to bring more detail into their projects.

Junk Art is an invaluable work station during children's Aistear. Unfortunately today there is not enough opportunities for children to explore their imaginations through building with scrapes of junk. For Junk Art to work successfully the key is to teach them how to use the sellotape holder. I have purchased a heavy weight holder especially for Aistear and I teach them from day one how to use it without wasting tape. Some children like to pull the bit of tape they want and use a scissors to cut their tape and that's fine. I also offer strips of cut up sticky labels to sticking bits together. ​

Little fingers love to stick! I often incorporate a cut and stick art station into my morning work which include plenty of sequence and little bits and bobs. It is important to teach infants how to use the glue stick to avoid wastage particularly if you don't want those copy pages to stick together.

Offering children a good selection of different building materials of various sizes and weights gives the children an opportunity to work on building and balancing objects. This not only improves their fine motor skills but also concentration and body awareness. I offer lego, corks, straws, cardboard surfaces, marbles, wood blocks, foam... anything goes!

I love doing finger rhymes with the children and I should do them more than I manage! I've mentioned before that teaching Tommy Thumb is one of my favourite activities for the early days in infants. We always have great fun trying to hold up the relevant finger on it's own (Rudy Ring is a tough one!) and practicing our 1-1 correspondence by having our fingers give each other a little kiss. We use the finger names learnt (Tommy Thumb & Peter Pointer: alliteration) many times to reference the index and thumb fingers.

Encourage children to peel there own fruit from as early as possible... it is important that you teach them how to do it themselves. I might show them how to start it off but then I send them to the bin to finish it themselves. Same goes for opening food wrappers, putting on coats and doing up zippers. Here is a list of other activities to encourage children to develop these much needed skills.

Read the next post in this series on handwriting readiness, that follow children on their developmental journey to handwriting success! Follow me on Facebook to be first to hear about new posts!

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Building The Muscles For Better Handwriting

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Phonological awareness, phonics, letter formation

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READING BUDDIES™ - The Science of Reading

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Reading Buddies: /m/y reading buddies (Season 1 - Episode 1)

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c, k, e, h, r, d, m sounds

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JOLLY PHONICS GROUP 2 Blending, sounding , reading | ckehrdm | How to blend words

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At Starfall, children have fun while they learn. Educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for PreK and Kindergarten learners.