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New Organizational Printable! – Binder Spine and Cover Inserts for All About Reading and All About Spelling

Free download: Printable Binder Cover and Spine Inserts for All Levels!

Free Printable Binder Cover and Spine Inserts – All Levels!

We hear you! Fun, colorful binder cover inserts featuring your level’s hero character make starting each day’s lesson, well, more fun! Plus, bold, easy-to-read spine labels make your life a little easier and more convenient.

If you organize your All About Spelling and All About Reading curriculum materials in two-inch or four-inch binders, this post and free download is “all about” you! Continue reading…

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Introducing Snug as a Bug: A Reading and Spelling Review Book

Coming soon: "Snug as a Bug," a reading and spelling review book!

Sneak Preview!

Snug as a Bug Premium Review Book!

AVAILABLE JULY 16!

Have you heard the buzz?

Our premium Snug as a Bug review book is about to land! Butterflies, beetles, and lightning bugs will help you swat away the summer slide and keep your child’s reading and spelling skills flying high all summer long!

Creepy crawlies and fluttery fliers fill this latest addition to our premium collection of reading and spelling review books, joining our popular Something’s Fishy and Birds of a Feather editions.

Take a sneak peek at the activities, games and fun facts in this creepy-crawly, fliterry-flying and fun-filled practice book that will be available for purchase next week.

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Fantastic Fireworks – A Fun, Free Activity!

Free "Fantastic Fireworks" activity!

What’s the best thing about a fireworks show? (Besides everything, of course.)

The grand finale, right?

In this fun, free reading and spelling activity, your child will build the most spectacular and grandest grand finale of all time by adding individual fireworks to a night sky with each correct answer.

By mastering the review words, your child will create a masterpiece and become the master of their universe.

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Cool Shades for Cool Friends – A Fun & Free Activity!

Free "Cool Shades for Cool Friends" activity!

Featuring Ziggy and ALL of your favorite friends from All About Learning Press

Ziggy is throwing a Summer Celebration Party, and you are invited!

EVERYONE is going to be there—Rocket, Herman, Bumble, Coco—the whole All About Reading and All About Spelling gang! What makes this party really special, though, is the “Cool Shades for Cool Friends” Sunglasses Style Show, and your student gets to be the judge!

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Summer Picture Books

Summer reading library list

Time to grab a picnic basket and your swimsuit and head to the beach–it’s summer! And that means gardening, catching fireflies, building sandcastles, and more. But the best way to get the fun started is with these summery picture books.

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How to Beat the Summer Slide

Have you heard of the “summer slide”? Unfortunately, it’s not the fun kind of slide you’ll find at a water park or playground. This slide is different. It’s a slide that no mom wants her child to ride.

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Wow! Let’s Learn about Palindromes

Words needn’t be used only for communicating—they can be fun to play with, too! And the more fun that students have with words, the likelier they’ll be to enjoy reading, writing, and learning. One of the more amusing examples of wordplay is palindromes.

Read on to learn more about palindromes and discover some amazing examples!

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“Build Your Best Burger” – A Fun, Free Activity!

Hungry for a hands-on reading or spelling activity your students will relish? If so, our funny and yummy Build Your Best Burger review activity is certain to satisfy!

Correct answers reveal familiar burger toppings your students can choose to add to their patties as they build their best burger. Ketchup, pickles and cheese are on the menu, as are a few, let’s call them, “off-menu” items that make learning fun.

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Introducing All About Spelling Level 4 Color Edition!

We are dancing with joy that our Level 4 color edition is now available for this new school year, and you will be too!

Full-color lesson plans aren’t the only reason to do a little happy dance, however. We significantly upgraded Level 4 content and materials to make teaching and learning easier, more fun, and better than ever!

Here’s what’s new, what’s different, and what remains the same…

 

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Spelling Rules – The Soft C Rule

The Soft C Rule is an easy way to determine when the letter c in a word is pronounced as a “soft” c using the /s/ sound. Mastering this useful rule makes words that have a c easier to spell and is crucial for long-term reading fluency.

Take a quick spin with Bumble in this fun, short video as he reviews the Soft C Rule. Then read on for a sample lesson, a free practice activity, and a printable Soft C Rule poster featuring everyone’s favorite spelling bee … Bumble!

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In a World of Spellcheck, Why Spelling Matters

Before we discuss this LOL, auto- and spell-correcting world we live in, there is one thing we want to be sure you take away from this post:

There is no question that spelling matters to early learners. Learning the foundational elements of the language they will use for the rest of their lives is essential.

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How to Teach Final Blends

We hear from many parents whose children struggle with blending adjacent consonants.

When you think about it, the jump from three-letter words to even just four-letter words is actually a big leap for early learners. They must master a new concept – blending consonant sounds together without a vowel in between. In addition, there are also many different consonant blends to learn.

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