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Favorite Games

We love to play games at our house! I love that games can challenge kids to think deeply, be creative, cooperate, and be a good sport. Here are the games we recommend for fun literacy learning!!

Fun Preschool Games

No reading required but builds literacy skills in a variety of ways

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Alphabet Games and Puzzles

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Spelling Games

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Word Knowledge Games

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Vocabulary Development Games

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Storytelling Games

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Favorite Books

We absolutely love to read at our house! We have books easily in reach wherever you are in our house. Here are some of our all time favorite books.

If you are interested in checking out books at certain reading levels, click here to check out the reading levels section which has book recommendations at each level.

Alphabet Books

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Stories for Young Readers

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Early Readers

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Picture Books

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Early Chapter Book Series

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Chapter Books

While my children aren’t old enough to read these yet. These are my favorite books I use when working in upper elementary classrooms as a literacy consultant. Click on the image to learn more and/or order

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Favorite Literacy Tools

There are so many materials and tools that can help your child build literacy skills in fun and engaging ways. Here are our favorite tools that we use time and time again. Click on the image to learn more and/or order.

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Favorite Books on CD

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