Creating Lifelong Readers

Funded Dec 7, 2022

I just want to thank you for donating these activities to my classroom. My students in class are using these items on a daily basis. During literacy and small strategy groups, we are utilizing all of these activities to strengthen individual understanding of basic phonics skills and develop great readers.

The children are using these materials in a hands on way. By using these in a small group, the activities are helping to keep the children engaged in learning through play. They anticipate going into reading groups daily because each day, they get a new surprise activity.

One particular activity the students are enjoying is building the letters of the alphabet out of Play-doh. They love being able to manipulate the Play-doh into shapes and create words. They also love using the magnet tiles to blend and segment words.

Overall, I have seen a great shift in the students self esteem and achievements in reading after incorporating these activities into my classroom. Thank you again for all you have done!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Torsiello