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 I successfully taught my now 6 year old daughter how to read at 4 years old using the book  Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons  [Affiliate link] by Engleman et al after educating myself on the science behind reading instruction through La Trobe University, Australia, and scouring resources like SPELD NSW for advice.  Initial instruction only took 3 months or so but it is now 18 months later and she not only reads well but seeks out books and tries to read them to herself. To support and reinforce her phonics based explicit reading instruction, I took the Dolch sight words list from the MyHomeschool curriculum and created my own flashcards. Most flashcards were far too big for my (and my home printer's) liking so I opened the trusty Canva and created my own ten to a page format.  I have provided the PrePrimer level below for free. They are jpg files so just Right click and select Save As to save them to your computer to print later. I use a corner ...

I make bookmarks constantly for my own children, at work and for friends and family. Here is exactly how to make a bookmark in Canva AND have it print at the size you actually want a bookmark to be without needing to mess around with settings on multiple devices. Part one is how to make the bookmark. If you already have your bookmark image and just need to print it the right size, scroll down to part 2. Part 1: How to make the bookmark in free Canva You are welcome to use the free bookmark images I have on the "Printables" page. Just click the link above to see them. Log in to Canva with a free account. Type "bookmark" into the search box and choose a template you like. Click Create this template. You will need to edit it significantly if you wish to do anything commercial with it but the free templates are ok for personal use. In the project screen, make changes to the template you chose and/or add a new blank bookmark that is already the correct s...