Education resources for parents and teachers
Looking for a fun winter book list? Try these books about mittens! Are you a winter person? I grew up in the Southeast and now live with my family in the Midwest. Having grown up without snow, I don't see it as an essential element of childhood. My kids would disagree. To them, winter means building snowmen, going sledding with Daddy, and eating snow (sigh - I've stopped fighting it). To me, ... Read More
Need some ideas for hands-on letter learning? Check out our letter J activities for 2-year-olds! This week we did just a small handful of activities. As it turned out, she already knew recognized the letter J when we began our week - so there was no need to go overboard. Plus, it was the week before Christmas. And you know how that goes. We started with a simple process art activity - jar printing. I ... Read More
If you're doing letter of the week with your toddler, you'll love our letter G activities for 2-year-olds! My little girl loves doing letter of the week activities with me. Check out our fun for the letter G! Letter G Activities for 2-year-olds I printed our colorful letter G cards (you can download them at the end of this post) and placed them on the table. Then I gave my Two poker chips and asked ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a fun collection of letter F activities for 2-year-olds! Recently I shared a link to our alphabet activities for 2-year-olds on our Facebook page. A reader wondered why I would advocate doing this type of formal learning activities with toddlers. Don't we have enough of a push-down curriculum already? Why would we expect 2-year-olds to do formal learning? A few things. So there ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of short vowel bingo cards with words or pictures. These games are great for new readers! After a lot of playful activities, my Four has gotten the hang of blending sounds together. (Yay!) Today I'm excited to share one of my newest printables for helping him sound out words. Short vowel bingo - with pictures! I created 20 single player games that he can play all by himself. Here's what ... Read More
Looking for money games for kids? This set of 12 free games is perfect for helping kids of all levels learn to count coins. This week, we're counting coins. And you get twelve free games in the pack! All the games follow the same pattern, but they get progressively harder. The first game is quite simple. Put your playing piece on any pig. Then move around the board using a die. When you land on a pig, name the ... Read More
If you'd like a variety of letter E activities for 2-year-olds, you're in the right spot! My Two loves doing learning activities with me, so we spend about 15-20 minutes a day doing letter of the week. Here's what we did for letter E! My Two hunted for letter E's on our free letter find page. As long as we were having fun with dot markers, I pulled out this letter maze. These are a ... Read More
Here's a collection of hands-on letter D activities for 2-year-olds! We've been doing a lot of alphabet activities with my Two over the past few months. In fact, the other day she came up to me and said, "Mommy, I had a dweam about M's and A's!" Since she hears her older siblings talk about dreams, I suspect this statement was an attempt to fit in rather than statement of fact. ;) But either ... Read More
Looking for Letter C activities for toddlers? We're sharing a bunch! Our younger daughter is two years old. She is a sweet little girl, but the truth is that she is kind of an emotional handful these days. Frankly, it's exhausting. But she never gives me attitude or tantrums during our learning time, or as she calls it, our "tivities." She absolutely loves this part of our day! And so do I. Letter C ... Read More
Get 12 different grid games for preschool and kindergarten! Today I'm sharing a versatile set of freebies that teach a surprising number of math concepts to kids in preschool and kindergarten. Have you seen grid games? I admit I've seen them on some popular early learning websites and wondered what the point was. Frankly, they looked boring. Could my kids really learn all that much from rolling a ... Read More
