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Free Reading Progress Charts (Click picture to download)

5/20/2013

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Guitar themed reading chart
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Car themed reading chart
As a storyteller, promoting literacy is a major goal of mine, especially for my own children. One of the best ways to keep kids sharp through the summer and avoid the "summer slide" is consistent daily reading. I put together these simple reading charts to help track progress and keep my kids motivated. They are free to download for personal use, but please do not redistribute. If you wish to share, just link back to this site. Click on the pictures above to download each version. You can also grab the pink chart here and the red chart here.


Each chart has 100 spaces. You can have children read a certain number of minutes or pages to mark off each space or just mark one for each book read. The randomly-spaced stars are meant for small prizes, and the final space earns a large prize.


FONT CREDITS: For the "Reading Rocks" chart I used KG Only Hope by Kimberly Geswein. For the "Reading Racer" chart I used Blazed by Bright Ideas and Feast of Flesh by Nate Piekos. 
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Story Sensory Bin Idea

5/14/2013

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     Ok, I admit it. I have become obsessed with Pinterest lately. In my quest to find tactile activities for my blind daughter, I have found a plethora of really great sensory bin ideas, which inspired me to create my own based on my love of stories. Of course, my first bin had to be centered on our all-time favorite fairy tale around here, Cinderella.
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Cinderella Sensory Play Bin
Here's my list of materials
  • Baking dish or bin (should have used my pretty blue, glass casserole dish)
  • Star-shaped dry pasta 
  • Colorful plastic gems
  • Tiny fashion-doll shoe
  • Small play castle
  • Cinderella figure (for a less Disneyfied look, try wooden peg dolls or handmade finger puppets)
  • Plastic costume jewelry
  • Miniature toy horse
  • Tiny fairy doll
  • Small toy wand
  • Wooden pumpkin top



I wanted to add our Prince Charming figure in there too, but, alas (like real life) the prince always seems to be hard to find. Here is a close-up look:
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Cinderella sensory bin: Star pasta, plastic gems, miniature wand, tiny fairy doll, and a doll shoe.
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