Education resources for parents and teachers
Read on for fun letter Z activities for 2-year-olds! We did it! We made it to the last week of our series of alphabet activities for toddlers. We had to keep our activities short this week. That's because I was cleaning the house for overnight guests, which always takes a couple of days. After seven years of work, my husband is graduating with his PhD (yay!). Thankfully, my daughter already knew letter ... Read More
For quite a few months now, I've been doing early reading activities with my Five. He is getting much better at quickly sounding out CVC words thanks to our hands-on activities and games. After all this practice, I knew that my Five was ready for some review/assessment with a worksheet pack. The pack includes nine worksheets, not so that you need to do all of them but so that you can pick and choose the ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another set of reading games to add to our growing collection. We'll keep this short and sweet! Four-in-a-row games for short o You'll find 13 different games in the download. Just print the one you want, and grab some markers, small manipulatives in two colors, or two Do-a-Dot markers (our favorite). Take turns reading words and dotting them with a marker. The first to get ... Read More
Today we're sharing some simple letter Y activities for 2-year-olds. This post contains affiliate links. We're almost there! For a little over a year, I've been sharing the letter of the week activities that I've done with my younger daughter (our #5). Some weeks we spend a lot of time, and some a little ... it all depends on what's going on with the rest of the family. This week we kept it ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of free, no prep games for short o words. Free games for reading short o words Simply take turns rolling the die and reading the words in the corresponding column. The first five games have rhyming words in each column - making them easier than the last two games in the download. This game asks your child to read nine words each time he rolls the die. Other games include words beginning ... Read More
Enjoy these letter X activities for 2-year-olds! We're almost done with our letter of the week activities! For (over) the past year, I've been doing alphabet activities with my Two. Full disclosure: she recently turned three. Clearly we haven't done a letter each week. At the beginning, just after she turned two, we spent several weeks on each letter. As time rolled on and she got better at this, we did two ... Read More
Looking for games to help kids recognize 2D and 3D shapes in real life? These will do the trick! If you're looking for shape activities to use with your students, then you've landed in the right spot. I've been sharing loads of them lately, and you can find them in the links at the bottom of this post. Today I'm sharing a set of games that students can play all on their own. You'll get three games in ... Read More
Looking for sorting mats to help children recognize 3D shapes in real life? Here you go! Lately I've shared a variety of activities for teaching children to recognize 3D shapes. Here's another math center to add to your collection! To prepare the center, laminate the mats and cards. Then cut apart. You can make this center extra fun by applying clear Velcro dots to the cards and mats. To ... Read More
Looking for Earth day books for preschool and up? You're in the right place! Here are some wonderful books to encourage young children to care for the environment! I hope you find some new favorites to read to your students. Earth Day books for preschool through grade 2 ... Read More
Teach kids about 3D shapes with this set of free games! Today I'm sharing a simple freebie that will help kids see 3D shapes in every day objects. This game follows the format of my other Roll a Games. Simply take turns rolling the die and moving along the path according to the key at the top of the game board. For example, if you roll a 3, you would move to the next object which ... Read More
