Education resources for parents and teachers
We hope you can use this free "write the room" activity for short o words! A couple of weeks ago, I shared a write the room activity for short a words. It was a hit with my kindergartner, so I plan to make them for all the short vowels. Write the Room is a pretty simple activity that doesn't require a ton of prep. Simply print the recording sheets for your students. Then cut out and tape the cards ... Read More
Your young learners will love this set of simple board games that build phonemic awareness! Phonemic awareness. What does it mean, anyway? It's a scary-sounding phrase, but it's really not that complicated. It has to do with hearing and manipulating sounds in words. If you ask a child to tell you the beginning sound of sandwich, and s/he says sssss, that's great! Isolating beginning ... Read More
Looking for a set of short e worksheets? Try these! Today I'm sharing a set of short e worksheets. Now that my kindergartner is starting to read more fluently, these are a great review for him. I got our supplies ready before having my Five sit down with me. I asked him which worksheet he'd like to do first. He loves to draw, so this was his first choice. And as always - this one. It's ... Read More
These games are perfect for helping young learners read short e words! Here are our short e four-in-a-row games! If you've seen our other four-in-a-row games, you know that each one comes with a game for each word family. To play, take turns reading a word and covering or dotting with a Do-a-dot marker. The first to get four in a row, wins! Each word family game comes in a second version ... Read More
This post contains affiliate links. I created this simple subtraction game so that we would have a good way to use our subtraction flash cards. Because I don't know about you, but flashing one card after another isn't my idea of a good time. Not that it can't be useful - kids do need to learn those facts automatically - but I think that games are essential as well. I was inspired by this game from Relentlessly Fun, ... Read More
Here's a simple free game that will get your learners thinking and writing about nouns! This is the year I hope to create and share more resources for older learners (grades 2-3) on The Measured Mom. On the top of my list? Printables and games for learning parts of speech. I played this noun game with my second grader. To play, we simply took turns moving around the board using a ... Read More
Looking for simple gross motor activities you can do indoors? This is the mega list! I know how the winter goes - whether you're experiencing it now, or you're in the southern hemisphere and looking forward to it in a few months. You need things for your learners to get those wiggles out, or you're going to go a little crazy! Here's a list to keep on hand! These are perfect for both the home and the ... Read More
This write the room activity is perfect for helping your learners read and write short a words! Looking for a way to help your learners master those short a words ... and move at the same time? Write the room is your answer! Write the room has been around for a while, and there are many ways to do it. Here's my way! Print words on separate cards. Post them around the classroom. Students put a recording sheet on a ... Read More
Looking for another free rhyming resource? Try this rhyming activity with children learning to identify rhyming words. I recently asked my blog readers what they'd like to see on the blog this year. Many people requested more rhyming resources. I find this interesting, as I already have quite a few on the blog. But I guess you can never have enough! My Three asks for "activities" every day. I don't ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another free rhyming game to use with your budding rhymers. This is a great follow up to our super simple rhyming game, which you can find here. To play, simply take turns drawing a card to move one or two spaces around the board. Then name the picture and a rhyming word. Remember that the goal of this game is to test rhyming ability, not vocabulary. So nonsense words are just ... Read More
