Give toddlers writing practice with these fun worksheets to trace numbers from 0 to 30. Their hands get the exercise needed to start adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers. They count and explore the different shapes and order of numbers. They are introduced to “before”, “after” and “place values”. Just …
Read More »Consonants – digraphs, trigraphs, hard, soft, blends, silent sounds
Consonants are the letters of the alphabet other than the vowels a e i o u. The ones in the English alphabet are b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z. In English, some consonants are very …
Read More »Vowels: A simple guide on sounds, long, short, silent, digraphs, trigraphs
Vowels in the English alphabet are a e i o u and sometimes y. Each of these letters represents two sounds, long and short, and have been the basis for learning to read for a long time despite the complexities of the written English language. As reading methods evolve, phonics …
Read More »Spelling rules for ch, tch, ck, k, oi, oy, ou, ow, ie, ei
Spelling words in English is not as easy as ABC. It involves learning letter sounds and rules for blending them, forming words and changing their meaning to fit into sentences. A learner must read a lot of books, articles, newspapers and magazines written in English to get familiar with these …
Read More »Affixes – rules for adding prefixes and suffixes
The process of adding letters to the beginning or ending of words to make new words is called morphology. Words are morphed into new words using affixes. Additions to the beginning of root words are called prefixes and at the end are suffixes. Here is a breakdown on the spelling, …
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