Box Blending

Erin from Royal Baloo and Logi Bear Too linked a fun idea on the Show & Tell! Her son created a “new” way to practice Word Families by their Education Cubes and a box! Click on the photo below to check out Baloo’s idea! He spent 30 minutes of blending sounds all while having FUN!

{Photo used with permission from Erin @ Royal Baloo and Logi Bear Too}

Have you blogged about how you are using the different insert cards with your Education Cubes? If so, be sure to link up at the Show & Tell! I would love to feature your idea!

Hot Potato Word Families

Heidi from Starts At Eight linked a fun idea on the Show & Tell! How about practicing your Word Families by playing Hot Potato! Click on the photo below to check out Heidi’s idea! She even includes a video so that you can see the game in action!

{Photo used with permission from Heidi @ Starts At Eight}

Have you blogged about how you are using the different insert cards with your Education Cubes? If so, be sure to link up at the Show & Tell! I would love to feature your idea!

Zooming Over Sight Words

When Stephanie from Shining Our Lights linked up with the Show & Tell, I KNEW my boys would LOVE her idea! Check out how she created a sight word path for her son to drive his car along! Roll the cube and find the corresponding word on the sight word path. Drive the car over the words until you reach the word rolled on the cube! Read EACH word as you drive over it! LOVE IT!  So simple, yet so much fun! (FYI: Stephanie used the You Can Read! insert cards.)  Click on the photo below to see this super fun idea in action!

{Picture used with permission from Stephanie @ Shining Our Lights.}

Have you blogged about how you are using the different insert cards with your Education Cubes? If so, be sure to link up at the Show & Tell! I would love to feature your idea!

Final Word Families!

I have completed all of the Word Families! The final Word Family additions to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the remaining “o” word families and the “u” word families:

–oon, –oop, –oat, –op, –ore, –orn, –ot, –ought, –ould, –ouse, –out, –ow, –own

-uck, –ug, –ump, –un, -unk

Practice reading word families by rolling a word on the cube and saying it! Then use it in a sentence. For more of a challenge, roll two words and make a rhyming sentence!

You can access the word family insert cards as well as many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

View a complete list of all the insert cards currently found on the Members Only Site.

“O” Word Families (Part 1)

The most recent additions to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the “o” word families:

–oat, –ock, –og, –oil, –oke, –oo, –ood, –oof, –ook, –ool, and –oom

Practice reading word families by rolling a word on the cube and saying it! Then use it in a sentence. For more of a challenge, roll two words and make a rhyming sentence!

FYI: The remaining “o” and “u” word families are coming soon!

You can access the word family insert cards as well as many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

View a complete list of all the insert cards currently found on the Members Only Site.

“I” Word Families

The most recent additions to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the “i” word families:

–ice, –ick, –ide, –ife, –ight, –ile, –ill, –in, –ine, –ing, –ink, –ip, and –it

Practice reading word families by rolling a word on the cube and saying it! Then use it in a sentence. For more of a challenge, roll two words and make a rhyming sentence!

FYI: The remaining “o” and “u” word families are coming soon!

You can access the word family insert cards as well as many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

View a complete list of all the insert cards currently found on the Members Only Site.

“E” Word Families

The most recent additions to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the “e” word families: –eat, –eel, –eep, –eet. –ell, –en, –ent, and –est

Practice word families by rolling a word and saying it! Then use it in a sentence. For more of a challenge, roll two words and make a rhyming sentence!

You can access these word family insert cards as well as many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

View a complete list of all the insert cards currently found on the Members Only Site.

You Can Read! from 1+1+1=1

The most recent additions to the Education Cubes Members Only site are the You Can Read! insert cards. I collaborated with Carisa from 1+1+1=1 to create these insert cards as a supplement to her new You Can Read! Sight Word Program!

Included on the Members Only site are three sets of insert cards to go along with the program:

1. Alphabetical word list
2. Word list by unit
3. Colors & Numbers

Use these insert cards with your cubes for some fun review activities! For example, roll and read the word. Roll multiple cubes and use the words in a sentence. Designed to supplement the You Can Read! program, there are tons of possibilities!

Do you have ideas on how to use the You Can Read! insert cards? Please share them in a comment!

You can access these insert cards and many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

Attn Members: You can find these insert cards on the “Curriculum-Based” page found under “Early Concepts.”

Spell to Write & Read {Lists A through I-4}

The most recent addition to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the SWR Spelling Lists A-I4. The insert cards are based on the spelling lists found in Wanda Sanseri’s Spell to Write and Read program. The spelling lists {aka The Wise List} in SWR expand the words from the original Ayres List and include words from the Ekwall Basic Sight Word List, the Dolch List, the N-Ables List, and the American Heritage Word Frequency List.

 

While these cards were created with SWR users in mind, they could VERY easily be used by anyone wanting to practice reading core words used in the English language! From what I understand, many of the words found in the SWR program are also part of the All About Spelling program.

You can access these insert cards and many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site!

Word Family Fun

Keri from The Home Teacher shared two terrific, action-packed games that she used to work on Word Families with her daughter! Click on the images below to head over to her blog for instructions on how to play!

{Pictures used with permission from Keri @ The Home Teacher}

Have you blogged about using using your Education Cubes and insert cards? Please let me know! I would love to feature you and showcase your ideas!

More Word Families…

I have been plugging away at the Education Cubes Word Family insert cards. The most recent additions to the Members Site are:

–ap, –ar, –at, –ate, –aw, –ay

Plus, I added a set of insert cards with all of the Word Families. This set includes all of the 37 most common used word families, plus quite a bit more!

These can be used along with the Lower Case Alphabet cards to make words! Insert some word family cards in one cube and some consonants in another cube. Roll both cubes and sound out the word that is formed!

These insert cards can be accessed by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

More Word Families {am, ame, ank}

The most recent additions to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are more Word Family insert cards. In addition to the word family cards already on the site, –am, –ame, and –ank have been added!

Practice word families, by rolling a word and saying it. Then, use it in a sentence!

You can access the –am, –ame, and -ank insert cards as well as many others by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.