Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing a free printable game for mastering those doubles facts. A math game for the doubles facts Our game for learning the doubles facts is a very simple memory game. Simply print the cards, laminate for durability, and place them face down in a grid. Take turns flipping over two cards to find a match. If the cards go together, you keep them. At the end of ... Read More
I've shared three sets of handwriting pages for preschool and kindergarten for the upper and lowercase alphabet. Now I've got you covered with pages for writing numbers, too! Handwriting pages for writing numbers For preschoolers just starting to write their numbers, I recommend my Numbers of All Sizes handwriting pages. Your child starts on at the red dot and follows the arrow to write ... Read More
Today I'm sharing five fun letter J crafts for preschoolers. J is for Jewels I printed a letter J and gave my boys each a pile of colorful jewels from the craft store. I put down the globs of glue for my Two. Jupiter Marble Painting I printed a giant circle on a piece of paper and put it in a box. We poured red, yellow, brown, white, and orange paint (the colors of ... Read More
So what do you do when you're trying to teach math to a preschooler and he just doesn't want to sit still? You've got these great worksheets all printed out, and he shows zero interest. In fact, he resists them. That's okay. Preschoolers need very few traditional worksheets. In fact, many early childhood teachers don't use them at all. So what do we do instead? We teach children using active, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a giant collection of beginning sound match mats! Get all 25 sets of picture mats and letter cards in one download. What a hands-on way to practice letters and sounds! If you've got a little one who's working at learning letter sounds, this activity is for you! I've created a total of 25 picture mats with matching letter cards. Each set builds on the previous one, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a list of nursery rhymes and songs for letter J. Print out the free letter book so you and your child can enjoy them over and over again! List of nursery rhymes and songs for letter J (free printable book!) Each of the books in my Little Letter Book collection contains six nursery rhymes and songs for a particular letter. Here are the songs and rhymes you'll find in the Little Letter J Book: Jack ... Read More
I like to share a variety of ideas for writing each letter of the alphabet. Today we're writing letter D. (This post contains affiliate links.) As part of our letter D activities, my preschooler created the letter in a variety of ways. I printed a giant letter (get it in this post), and we filled it with Duplos. My Four made a D with dice. This was ... Read More
Get out some milk cap letters for these bright short u spelling mats! The pack has a set of words for six different word families: Here's a page from the download. You can see that you'll need to cut the sheets in half across the horizontal line. When you print the pages front to back, this is what you'll see when you turn the cards over. That makes these great for ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a big collection of dice games for preschoolers! (This post contains affiliate links.) We love dice around here. We love them so much that they're always disappearing! This week I bought a set of 100 dice and stored them in glass canning jar so we'd always have access to them. (Note: the dice we bought came in the wrong color and size. We had to straighten ... Read More
We're moving through the alphabet and sharing a set of art and craft ideas for each letter. Today we're sharing 8 letter D crafts and art projects! 8 Letter D Crafts D is for Dinosaur I cut out a wobbly D and the rest of the shapes so my Two could make his own dinosaur. He loves using a glue stick and pushing down the pieces. This was his first attempt at drawing a smile. :) ... Read More
