Hillsborough County video explains UFLI Foundations home-practice routine for K–2 families

A parent instructional video from Hillsborough County Public Schools’ Hillsborough Reads resource walks caregivers through the UFLI Foundations home-practice routine for kindergarten through second-grade students, describing kit contents and four components of weekly practice and offering sample scripts for at-home use.

The video matters because it translates classroom literacy strategies into clear steps families can use at home to reinforce phonics, spelling and connected-text reading for early readers. The presentation details what comes in the take-home kit and explains how parents and caregivers should guide children through weekly practice without completing all tasks in a single session.

The narrator says, "Welcome to the UFLI Foundations Home Practice Parent Video. This video provides examples of ways in which parents can work with their child during each component of the weekly UFLI Home Practice sheet in conjunction with the take home kit materials," and directs families to the Hillsborough Reads page on hillsboroschools.org for the video and related resources.

The video lists the kit contents shown by schools: a zipper pouch, dry-erase marker, page protector, a sheet of lined cardstock to use as a home whiteboard, and cardstock manipulative letter tiles. It tells parents their child will typically bring home one to two UFLI home-practice sheets each week and that teachers expect components to be completed across the week rather than all at once.

The program is presented as four practice components. First, the new-concept and sample-words section: children are asked to say letter sounds, blend them to read words, and break words into sounds to spell them on the whiteboard or with letter tiles. The video shows a parent prompting a child to "enunciate" and repeat words while writing them on the whiteboard.

Second, WordWork chains let students manipulate letters to make related words. The narrator explains parents can follow the Sample WordWork Chain script to dictate changes (for example, changing ride → road → mode) while the child writes or rearranges tiles. The parent in the clip asks the child to identify what changed in each step and to read the new word aloud.

Third, the irregular-words (called "heart words" in the video) section isolates the part of a high-frequency word that does not follow regular phonics patterns. The narrator advises parents to emphasize the specific irregular part that must be learned by heart; the clip shows a parent asking which letter or sound in words such as "my" or "who" is the irregular element.

Fourth, sentence practice offers connected-text work: children read short sentences aloud, count words, and then write the sentence on the home whiteboard (the video shows parents asking the child to write the sentence on six lines and to spell individual words aloud while writing).

Throughout the demonstration the narrator and the parent emphasize three repeated behaviors: have the child say sounds aloud, prompt the child to explain or identify changes, and use the whiteboard or letter tiles rather than relying solely on memorization. The narrator also encourages families to contact their child's teacher for continued support and to visit the Hillsborough Reads resource page for the video and additional materials.

The video is instructional rather than prescriptive about assessment or program funding: it does not state adoption dates, funding sources, or regulatory requirements. Instead it offers scripted prompts and concrete kit items intended to help caregivers support reading and spelling practice at home.

For families seeking the materials referenced in the video, the narrator directs them to Hillsborough Reads on hillsboroschools.org and closes with thanks to Hillsborough County families for their support.