All Posts by Marilee Senior

Click to listen to Wordy’s Phonogram Alphabet Song. Sound-Pronunciation Guide for 72 PhonogramsDownload Wordy’s two-page Sound-Pronunciation Guide to the 72 phonograms and Phonogram Sticker Book.   As you master each phonogram, place a sticker in your phonogram book.  Find phonograms all around in all the words you see..Phonogram Sticker Book

Click “play” to hear Wordy sing the sound of F. Family Fun Activities with Letter FDecorate a fan and fan your hot face.Go fishing.Finger paint.Make fingerprint frog art.Make footprints in the sand.Read Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke.by Pamela Duncan EdwardsLink to book.Phonogram HuntsHunt for letter F in newspaper flyers and circle them.

Click “play” to hear Wordy sing the sound of D. Family Fun Activities with Letter DPlant daisies, daffodils, day lilies, dill..Make deviled eggs.Decorate donuts.Drink cocoa with a dollop of whipped cream.Read about dinosaurs and dragons.Link to book.Link to book.

It is important to pronounce sounds correctly when singing and saying them to your children.  Listen to the correct  sound of /b/.  Be sure not to add the /uh/ at the end. Family Fun Activities with Letter BPlay baseball.Go for a bike ride.Blow bubbles.Walk backwards around the house.Make blueberry smoothies in the blenderLink to book.Read… Bats […]

Thankful for These Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies If you’re looking for a super easy, super cute idea to teach phonogram th, then you should make three of these Oreo Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving from the recipe below.Check out the recipe below. Phonogram THWhat better time to introduce phonogram  than Thanksgiving?  When introducing the ‘th’ phonogram, you may tell your […]

Spooky Halloween Spider Cookies If you’re looking for a super easy, super cute idea to teach phonogram oo, then you should make Spooky Cookies for Halloween.  Your kids will love making them.Check out  the recipe below. Phonogram OOWhat better time to introduce phonogram oo than Halloween?  When introducing the ‘oo’ phonogram, you may tell your children it’s […]

​Wordy Worm is Raising Robust ReadersWhen we first developed Wordy Worm reading, we focused on families with preschool children to give them a fun-filled foundation for reading.  Due to requests, inquiries and pleas in the following years, our program has expanded to include a much wider audience.  We now have a broad base of families […]

High Five to Multi-Sensory Learning. Wordy’s Phonogram High Five is a great reminder to use multi-sensory learning tools when  teaching children.  Instruction is far more effective when  all modalities of learning are used:auditory (hearing)visual (seeing)tactile (touching)kinesthetic (body movement)​Multi-Sensory Learning ModalitiesUse these 5 points throughout the day to bring awareness to phonograms and how to incorporate multi-sensory learning while teaching them.  […]

Question:
We are teaching Julie, 3 (and her sister, Jamie, 4) sign language. Julie, who has Down syndrome, is not really speaking yet. Would the gestures that go with the Wordy jingles be too confusing for them, especially Julie?
Answer: click on title above

On Tuesday, we gathered to celebrate “Nana’s” 98th birthday. She fell a week and a half ago and is currently in rehab. But that doesn’t stop her partying! In addition to celebrating this remarkable woman and being grateful for the years I have been her daughter-in-law, it also reminded me to celebrate Casey’s participation. (click title to read more)