Category: Reading
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44 Crossword Puzzles With First Letter Missing: Fun Letter Sound Practice
Crossword puzzles with the first letter missing are a fun way for kids to practice first letter sounds. Kids can learn about how to match the clues to the location in the puzzle, identify the picture, and then identify the first letter sound to write into the empty box. You can buy a PDF of […]
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30 Secret Message Puzzles & Riddles
Secret Message Puzzles (or Cryptograms) are great for teaching problem solving that helps in math, science, and computer programming. And they’re super fun, too! These 30 puzzles all have plenty of hints to get new puzzlers started on this fun word game. They’ll also be practicing letter recognition and early reading skills. Learn more about how […]
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30 Beginner Secret Message Puzzles & Riddles
Secret Message Puzzles (or Cryptograms) are great for teaching problem solving that helps in math, science, and computer programming. And they’re super fun, too! These 30 puzzles are all at the beginner level to help young kids learn the rudimentary skill of using a code. They’ll also be practicing letter recognition and early reading skills. […]
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30 Animal BINGO Boards & 97 Animal Calling Cards (PDF)
Animal Bingo is fun for young kids and great letter recognition and spelling practice. It’s also great vocabulary practice for ESL students. There are 2 ways you can get Animal Bingo: You can purchase the PDF on Teachers Pay Teachers. The package includes 30 pre-made Animal Bingo Boards, plus calling cards available in both small […]
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National Reading Month
March is National Reading month, and The Trip Clip® has some free, printable tools you can use to help keep your kids reading all month long! Reading Bingo is a silly way to keep it interesting. Challenge your kids to black out the whole board in one month, or print a new one each week […]
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10 Ways to Learn at the Grocery Store
There are learning opportunities even in mundane tasks like going to the grocery store. Click through to find suggestions for how to use the grocery trip as a teaching opportunity, as well as free printables to keep it fun!
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Reading Bingo
Keep your kids reading this summer with creative reading challenges. Have your kids get 5 in a row in a week to make a bingo. You can print this bingo board for free. If it works, use The Trip Clip website to print a new bingo board each week!
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Summer Reading Ideas
Tips and free printables to keep your kids reading this summer! 1. Stock your Shelves The right book can turn a reluctant reader into a voracious one. The trick is to keep putting books in front of them until something clicks. Try these steps and keep a shelf they have easy access to stocked with […]
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Week 22 Free Printable: Reading Bingo
This is a super fun way to encourage your kids to read this summer! Challenge your child to get a BINGO in any direction, or even wipe out the whole board! You can also easily edit this board with your own challenges. If you come up with good ones, share them with me at molly@thetripclip.com […]
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Week 21 Free Printable: Summer Reading Challenge
Broaden your kids’ horizons this summer by encouraging them to read outside of their comfort zone. This list uses genres, but you can create any kind of list you want that helps challenge your kids to read new things. Maybe you’d choose to have them read a newspaper or an article online? You can easily […]
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