Free Resources
These are a sampling from Nellie Edge Online Seminars, Live Workshops, and our TpT Store.
Kindergarten Writing Bundle
All children love to draw and make books!
Kindergarten Printables NOW Available on TpT
Kid Writing Workshop Paper Choices
Consider Starting the Year with Blank Writing Pages
- My Drawing and Writing Book landscape (New)
- My Drawing and Writing Book portrait (New)
- Kid Writing Workshop Details: Paper Choice and Details Matter (New)
- A Kid Writing Lesson with Julie Lay: Using Speech Bubbles (New)
- Great Drawing, Writing, and Word Work Resources – Where to Get Them
- Kindergartners Learn to Write Two Kinds of Words
- Why Do Kindergarten Teachers Recommend Using Colored Markers for Writing Text?
Download 4-page Writing Workshop Support (NEW!)
Receive Our Weekly Nellie Edge Kindergarten Blog
High-Impact Strategies to Inspire Your Practice. Free Downloads!
Children Love Writing News Stories
- Writing Workshop Time with Katie Nelson
- News Stories: An Engaging Way to Inspire Young Writers
- Bad/Sad News (with space for adult writing)
- Bad/Sad News (traditional lined spaces)
What Makes a Quality Illustration?
Enlarge and mount this page in your writing workshop center.
Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? Templates
Children learn to ask and respond to questions
We engage children in singing, signing, and building comprehension with these cue cards throughout
the day.
Kindergarten Writing Workshop now available on TpT.
ABC Play Dough Mats: With Fingerspelling and Handwriting Guides
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For the newest set of ABC Play Dough Mats see our Nellie Edge TpT Store
ABC Sign Language Guides for Play Dough and Word Work
ABC Phonics Dictionary Pages for Writing Workshop
(Permission to use with ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read! by Nellie Edge and Sign2Me Early Learning.)
Download free teachers' guide, parent letters, and Family ABC Phonics chart from our ABC Phonics page.
Templates Inspire Kid Writers
Kindergarten Writing Printables Bundle now available on TpT.
Write-a-Message Center Models
Teaching for fluency with high-frequency “heart words.
Kindergarten Sight Words (a.k.a. Nellie Edge Heart Word Program) NOW available on TpT.
Sing, Sign, Spell and Read! Program
"Heart Word" Anthology Pages: A sampling of 33 high-frequency pink and purple "heart words"
See Video Clips on our "Heart Words" (Sight Words) page
Entire Sing, Sign, Spell and Read! Program included free with Nellie Edge Online Seminar #3
or purchase from our Online Store.
Kindergarten Sight Words (a.k.a. Nellie Edge Heart Word Program) NOW available on TpT.
"Heart Words" with Fingerspelling for Play Dough and Word Work Center
Take a MasterClass Intensive in High-Frequency "Heart Words"
with Nellie Edge Online Seminar #3
$49 each ( All 3 for $117 )
This Online Seminar includes step-by-step video tutorials, Teacher's Guide plus...
the complete set of templates
Over 200 pages of resources ready to download.
SEE ALL THE RESOURCES
Nellie Edge Read and Sing Family Book Club
To get started, download:
- Build a Love of Literacy through Song Picture Books
- Practical Tips for Starting the Read and Sing Family Book Club
- Book Club Envelope Cover
- Book Tote Label
- Parent Letter
- How to Use The Neurological Impress Method
- Purchase Guided Read & Sing Books
Nellie Edge Read and Sign Guided Reading Books soon available on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT)
Meet the challenge of Rigorous Common Core Standards in writing!
Give children the gift of lifelong habits for legible handwriting beginning with their name.
Publishing Tips for Young Authors and Illustrators
Great Drawing, Writing, and Word Work Resources – Where to Get Them
As referenced on Nellie Edge Online Seminars and Live Kindergarten Writing Workshops
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