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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Pony Learning small medium large FLUENCY / FLUENCY / FLUENCY / FLUENCY / FLUENCY / FLUENCY / FLUENCY * FLUENCY refers to the ability to name letters quickly - a skill that is needs for beginning reading. Things to Help Your Child with FLUENCY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Play with letter flash cards by having your child name them as quickly as possible. -- Make a line of letters (8-10) and have your child point to each one and name it. After doing this one time, have them do it again, only faster. Then try it again even faster. Make a new line of letters and continue. -- Afer reading a story have your child name all the letters in a KEY word from the story. After naming the letters, have them try to do it again, only faster. -- Beat the timer - set a timer for a minute. Using flash cards, let your child name as many as he can before the timer goes off. Repeat, trying to BEAT the timer! *************************************************************************** Things to Help Your Child with LETTER NAMING and RECOGNITION ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- FLASH CARDS - Use the flash cards for naming the letter and giving the sound. -- MEMORY GAME - Use flash cards, make one set of capital letters and one set of lower case letters. When your child finds a match they celebrate by making that letter sound. -- MAGNETICS - Use magnetic letters and a cookie sheet. You can name a letter and have your child find it. When they have found the letter they let you know by making the sound. -- WIPE-OFF BOARDS - You can let your child practice writing letters and making the sound as they write them. You can make a sound and have your child write the letter. -- LETTER POSTERS - Choose a letter and write it at the top of a piece of construction paper. Give your child an old magazine and have them cut out as many pictures as they can that begin with that letter. You can help them write the words under the pictures and they can cicle the letter. Work on several pages and make a book! -- I SPY - LETTER-SOUND - Play a game of I Spy. I spy something that begins with "buh, buh, buh" (B). Continue for several letter sounds. Great for in the car or while waiting for appointments! Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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