If you have attended one of my workshops, then you may remember me sharing one of my favorite quotes from my mom, (a retired reading specialist). After teaching thousands of children to read, my mom’s best advice for teaching and learning is, “Abundant Practice at a Level of Comfortable Success.” This wonderful advice from my mom inspired a vision that is now a reality in one school!
For years, I have dreamed about words, wonderful words, in hallways for students to jump and practice! We created mats with the Dolch Sight words for this purpose. Setting this up in the hallway allows for a morning exercise program and buddy programs where older students help younger students with sight word recognition!
This past week, we began a pilot program of the 210 Dolch word floor stickers (floor decals) at a school close to Ithaca! Before Thanksgiving, our team organized the sticker mats based on the school preferences and laid them in the school hallways. Afterward, the custodians waxed the floors. The floors had 4 days before school resumed.
The Monday after Thanksgiving, the students discovered that their hallways had been decorated with colorful words! They began to practice reading while walking in the hallway, while waiting in line, and as a brain break!
As they walk to lunch or specials, Pre-K students are locating their newly learned letters! A teacher shared that she had never had such organized and straight lines! Students walked on the sticker mat to help make a straight line. Another teacher shared that her students were working very hard to learn new words! After working with a third grade group, I am pleased to share that they LOVE jumping the words, over and over again! Soon, these third graders will develop their leadership skills by teaching words to the first graders. My vision has become a reality in this school. My hope is that all students across our great nation will have many opportunities for Abundant Practice at a Level of Comfortable Success.
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Do we have to purchase all 210 sight words or can we choose fewer words to keep costs more manageable?
Hi Lisa! Thanks for your question. You can get individual mats as well as the full set. Here is the pricing breakdown with all of our options. We are working on getting them all up on mathmadefun.com asap! Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to proceed with an order! (korie@mathandmovement.com)
Dolch Words:
$69.95 – individual Word Hop Floor Stickers (7 words per mat)
$29.95 – matching Hand Wall Stickers (9-piece set)
$89.95 – set of one floor sticker and wall stickers (for example, Word Hop A with the matching Hand Wall Stickers)
CUSTOM Designed Word Hop Mats:
$79.95 -any custom-designed Word Hop Floor Sticker (7 words, you choose the words!)
$39.95 – matching Hand Wall Stickers (9-piece set)
$109.95 – set of custom-designed floor stickers and matching hands
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I love this concept.
Are there any grants available to write to obtain these stickers?
Thank you in advance for your response.
Hi Megan! Thanks so much for your response. We currently do not have any grants for the stickers, but we can keep you posted on upcoming grants and possible sponsors.
I will send you an email with a few more details, as well, so keep an eye out for that soon.