Mel D has been working her big little behind off creating more Candy Land games. I've had several requests and now have 18 games with one being FREE! I use these games several times a week in Work Work during Daily 5 & also use them during RTI as well. I use the Dolch pre-primer & primer games with my group that is still struggling with sight words. This makes it fun for them & they absolutely love it! It's funny how you make something with a familiar game board and suddenly they are obsessed with learning their sight words. This by far has been my best creation for my little nuggets. This is my nuggets students playing my Nonsense Word Candy Land game. I never realized how hard this concept was until I gave the Dibels test this year. It's our first year & oh my do they need help with this. It's almost as if they freeze when they see the word because they know it's not "real" & they can't spit it out. I bet you just got a nice visual of … [Read more...] about Candy Land Madness & a FREEBIE!
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Candy Land & Daily 5!
Holy Moly! My kids are o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d with my latest creation! I am super stoked @ how much they truly love this sight word game & they don't even realize they are learning & having fun at the same time. I just love tricking them like this! Please tell me you have a few Candy Land games lying around?!? Well, I had 4 & I used to write on the cards the game came with but that didn't last too long before it was destroyed since the cards weren't laminated :o( So I decided to make a template & create my own. Everyone I know including my mother picks up Candy Land games for me @ garage sales all.the.time! I created a new word work station for Daily 5 using these Candy Land boards I have lying around. Check....this....out! This is just the pretty cover for you to "pin" so you don't forget where this came from :o) This is how some of the cards will look. Simply print out on card stock, laminate & cut. You're getting flashbacks … [Read more...] about Candy Land & Daily 5!