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One carschooling mom has a degree in American Sign Language/Interpreting for the Deaf. When she was a student, her instructor who was deaf, suggested practicing signing signs as a way to practice finger-spelling. First, get a chart of finger-spelling sign symbols for the letters of the alphabet. To play, try to finger spell any word [...]

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A carschooling mom borrowed a jump rope jingle to create an alphabet word game in which her carschoolers try to construct several sentences that include words that start with a specific letter of the alphabet.

Here is an example using the letter A:

“A” my name is ___________________________ (Annie)

My best friend’s name is _________________ (Arthur)

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Use words on road signs and billboards to help your carschoolers learn to identify words with certain letter blends, suffixes, or prefixes. Tell them to find all the words that begin with the letter blend th, or all the words with the prefix pro, or all the words with the suffix –ing.

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