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Literacy · Kindergarten
Clap the Beats
Syllables, taught the only way that works — with hands.
How to use it
Clap your child's name. Then everyone else's at the table.
Free · print-ready PDF · US Letter and A4
- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Ages
- 5–6
- Subject
- Literacy
- Pages
- 1
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The -at Word FamilyTwelve -at words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -an Word FamilyTwelve -an words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -ap Word FamilyTwelve -ap words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -ig Word FamilyTwelve -ig words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -in Word FamilyTwelve -in words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -op Word FamilyTwelve -op words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -ot Word FamilyTwelve -ot words — change the first sound, get a new word.The -ug Word FamilyTwelve -ug words — change the first sound, get a new word.Sight Words — Set 1Ten words to know on sight: a, and, away, big and six more.Sight Words — Set 2Ten words to know on sight: funny, go, help, here and six more.Sight Words — Set 3Ten words to know on sight: look, make, me, my and six more.Sight Words — Set 4Ten words to know on sight: see, the, three, to and six more.Sight Words — Set 5Ten words to know on sight: all, am, are, at and six more.Sight Words — Set 6Ten words to know on sight: did, do, eat, four and six more.Sight Words — Set 7Ten words to know on sight: must, new, no, now and six more.Sight Words — Set 8Ten words to know on sight: ride, saw, say, she and six more.Number 1111 is ten and one more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1212 is ten and two more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1313 is ten and three more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1414 is ten and four more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1515 is ten and five more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1616 is ten and six more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1717 is ten and seven more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1818 is ten and eight more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 1919 is ten and nine more — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Number 2020 is two full tens — the numeral, the word, and how it is built.Alphabet Aa–ZzCapital and lowercase side by side, with a picture cue.Counting to 100A 1–100 grid with every tenth number highlighted.2D ShapesNine flat shapes with sides and corners counted for each.Days, Months & SeasonsSeven days, twelve months and four seasons on one sheet.Butterfly Life CycleEgg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly — drawn as a loop.Frog Life CycleFrom egg to tadpole to frog — the change happens in water.How a Plant GrowsSeed to seedling to flower, and back to seed again.Living or Not Living?The test scientists actually use, in words a five-year-old can apply.Day and NightWhy it gets dark — and what changes when it does.Where Animals LiveTen animals and the home each one builds or finds.Words That RhymeWhat rhyming actually means, and how to hear it.First SoundsHearing the sound a word starts with — the skill reading is built on.More, Less, SameComparing two groups without counting them first.Where Is It?The position words a child needs before they can follow instructions.Last SoundsHearing the sound a word finishes with — harder than the first sound, and just as necessary.Counting by Tens10 to 100, and why every one of them ends in a zero.Ten FramesTwo rows of five — the picture that makes numbers instant.Sorting Things OutGrouping by one rule at a time — the beginning of data.Making PatternsAB, AAB, ABC — the three patterns to master this year.Push and PullThe two forces a five-year-old can feel with their own hands.Sink or Float?A prediction, a test, and a result — a real experiment in a washing-up bowl.Left and RightThe trick that settles it forever, plus where it actually matters.People Who Help UsEight jobs, what each one does, and where you would find them.