Education resources for parents and teachers
It's time for another set of of phonics readers! Today's set features silent e. (This post contains affiliate links.) I'm sharing another set of phonics readers today - this time featuring the simple silent e words. I say "simple" because silent e has many roles. Today, however, we're keeping it simple. That's because this is the first time I've worked with my early reader on reading long vowel words. My Four ... Read More
Today you can download a mini-book of nursery songs and rhymes for letter S. Rhymes for letter S (free letter book) It's been almost two years since I started sharing my little letter books, and guess what? Today I'm sharing the final one! Hurray! You can now download a printable book of songs and rhymes for every letter of the alphabet. I choose nursery rhymes and popular songs and rhymes when creating these ... Read More
Today you can download a free game of Go Fish to practice those tricky r-controlled vowel words. I created this set of r-controlled vowel Go Fish cards to help my son with those tricky letter combinations: er, ur, ar, or, and ir. Rules for Play Feel free to make up your own rules! This is how we played: 1. Pass out five cards to each player. Put the rest of the cards face down ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a variety of ways to make the letter S in preschool. I printed a giant letter S, and my preschooler filled it with square color tiles. (These are a great manipulative to own! We find a lot of uses for them.) Next, he made an S out of sea shells. As a child I lived by the beach, so we always had jars of sea shells we'd gathered. Now ... Read More
Letter S Crafts We had a few days off of school for the big kids (kindergarten and second grade), so for letter S I found a big variety of arts and crafts. Many of these are open-ended art projects that older children will enjoy as well. Circle Snail My Two sat on my lap and helped me use my circle cutter to punch holes in scrapbook paper. (No, I don't find time to scrapbook anymore!) I ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a variety of ways to write letter R in preschool. We like to make the alphabet in creative ways before we tackle those handwriting sheets. I printed a giant letter R, and my preschooler filled it with raisins. Next, he made an R out of rocks that we bought at the craft store. My husband found some old rope in the garage. I cut it into pieces, and my Four used ... Read More
Today I'm sharing 9 letter R crafts and art projects for preschoolers. Have fun! Letter R Crafts Tool Scraps Robot Can we say coolest kid craft ever? My husband supplied us with some scraps from his tool bench. I helped my Four glue down the CD case and applied the hot glue for the rest of his robot. He added all the detail with a Sharpie. And the coolest part? The CD case opens and ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a rainbow sensory play idea perfect for toddlers - and bigger kids too! I've been sharing a sensory play idea for every letter of the alphabet. For letter R, we made rainbow-colored oats! Making six colors of oats was actually pretty simple, and of course my toddler (pictured) and preschooler wanted to be a part of it. We followed a tutorial using old-fashioned oats, water, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free letter R printable - part of our collection of dot pages. Free Letter S Printable (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm sharing a free letter R printable. This is great to use alongside the rest of our letter R activities. Over the next few weeks we'll be adding sensory play, math activities, crafts, and more! We like to do these with dot stickers, round magnets, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free interactive numbers book for kids ages 2-5. Have fun with it! (This post contains affiliate links.) Did you know I share math ideas for each letter of the alphabet? These don't need to correlate with learning about a particular letter, but they've sparked my creativity as I work to think of new math activities to post. Recently I shared unifix cube activities for ... Read More
