Education resources for parents and teachers
This giant set of no prep games is great for helping kids learn subtraction strategies for the basic facts! Addition versus subtraction. Which one is easier to understand? In general, kids grasp the concept of addition much more easily. Combining sets isn't too complicated. And there are countless fun ways to practice it. But subtraction? If you teach first grade, you know that it can be ... Read More
My beginning reader loved this set of games for learning to read short a words. We think your learners will like them too! 21 Games for reading short a words How to play We started with the "at" board because this is a word family he knows really well. Since the whole board features just words that end with at, your child gets a lot of practice reading the same words over and over again. ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of free ending sound games that are perfect for helping kids hear and identify the final sounds in words. I have a lot of beginning sound activities on my site, but very few for helping kids identify ending sounds. Let's change that! After all, ending sounds are important too -- particularly when children begin to write words. After all, it's pretty easy to write the beginning letter of a ... Read More
Get a giant set of vocabulary photo cards in our newest bundle! For the past few months, I've been working behind the scenes to create a giant resource that I'm so excited to share! Both you and your learners will love this huge set of picture cards to build vocabulary, critical thinking, speech and language skills, and so much more. 500 Vocabulary Picture Cards These vocabulary picture cards are ideal ... Read More
Today I'm sharing some simple sight word activities that you can prepare in minutes! So what are sight words, anyway? Some people will tell you that sight words are words that kids can't sound out; they just have to learn them by sight. Others tell you that sight words are the high frequency words: the words that kids encounter the most when they read. But researchers tell us that sight words are words we recognize ... Read More
Your learners will love this free set of games for reading ai and ay words! Today I'm sharing a set of four-in-a-row games for ai and ay words. How to play So it's been a year since I did the other ai/ay games with my Six. He's in the middle of first grade now and an excellent reader. So he really doesn't need these. But he's always up for a game of Four-in-a-Row. :) I ... Read More
Does your child need some letter sounds review? These no prep games will be just the thing! Recently, I shared a set of four-in-a-row games to help kids review letter names. (Here they are in case you missed them.) Now I'm sharing a set of games to review letter sounds. My Five loved them! How to play My Five knows his letter sounds very well (except for that tricky letter q sound), so ... Read More
Try these free alphabet games to help your child remember letter names! (This post contains affiliate links.) Have our seen our Four in a Row games? Kids take turns reading or answering a math fact and dotting their answer. The first to get four in a row, wins. I've modified this simple game to review many different skills, from learning to read to practicing addition facts. A reader recently asked ... Read More
Try these letter Q activities for toddlers! Are you teaching the alphabet to your 2-year-old? How's it going? When we started learning the alphabet shortly after my daughter's second birthday, it was slow going. In fact, we spent several weeks on each letter because it wasn't sinking in. And we often took a week or two off. Because - you know, life. No problem - we were having fun! And I ... Read More
Looking for a set of ay and ai worksheets to review these common spelling patterns? Look no further! Today I'm adding to our collection of long a printables with this set of worksheets. Printable ay & ai worksheets I strongly encourage you to choose just the worksheets that fit the needs and interests of your child. Remember that you're not teaching the phonics pattern with these pages; ... Read More
