Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing a free sorting mat that will help you teach colors to toddlers. How have your children learned their colors? At our house, we read books about colors and do simple activities to help my kids notice and talk about color differences. My Two knows nearly all of his colors, but I knew he would still enjoy this simple color sorting activity using our counting bears. Free ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a fun problem solving activity for first and second grade. My incoming second grader loved it! I used our red, blue, green, and yellow counting bears for this problem solving activity, but you could use any manipulative in those colors. Even scraps of colored construction paper would work! You can also use the printable paper bears in the free download at the end of this ... Read More
We love to sing! That's what I created my free printable letter books of rhymes and songs. Today I'm sharing our letter B book. Free letter B book of rhymes and songs My rhyming letter books are easy to assemble and print! Here are the songs and rhymes you'll find in our letter B book: Here is the Beehive Here is the beehive,But where are the bees?Hiding inside,Where no one can ... Read More
They're finally here! Today I'm sharing a set of free handwriting worksheets in lowercase. Have you seen my all of my handwriting pages? I teach my kids to write their letters using three sets of handwriting pages. I start simple with Letters of All Sizes, then move to large letters on two lines, and finish with letters on four lines. Even this last set of pages is designed to ... Read More
Are you looking for a fun way to review letter sounds with your preschooler, kindergartner, or first grader? Try Beginning Sound Blackout! Recently I saw a great idea for learning letter sounds at Stay at Home Educator. She created her own Initial Sound Blackout game for preschoolers. When I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for my Four! I created eight boards. Each board has ... Read More
If you're teaching your child to read or spell short e words, these printable milk cap spelling mats are perfect! When you go through the cards you will find both easy and more challenging words within the word families. The short e spelling mats contain these words: bed, red, shed sled net, wet, vet, jet hen, pen, ten, men vest, nest, test, best well, bell, shell, smell tent, ... Read More
I created this set of pages to help my Five get practice spelling and writing short vowel words. You'll love how simple this is! 1. Give your child a printable, pencil, and die. 2. Have him roll the die. He will write a word with an ending corresponding to the number on the die. On the above printable, rolling a two would mean writing a word that ends with "ack." 3. Show your child how ... Read More
Today I'm adding another dot sticker page to our collection - B is for butterfly! I'm also sharing tips for how to use these pages with a 2 1/2 year old. B is for Butterfly - free printable I've been sharing our dot sticker pages as I create them. I've chosen to teach the alphabet out of order. Letter B is toward the end of our list, because it's one of the tougher letters to write. You can learn more about how ... Read More
We're finding a sensory play idea for each letter of the alphabet. What to do for letter Q? Quicksand, of course! To make our own quicksand, we needed just three ingredients. We used playground sand from Menard's, a large container of corn starch from Sam's Club, and water. The kids took turns adding scoops of sand until we'd doubled the quicksand recipe I found at Growing ... Read More
You can do this activity using only two things: a) the free alligator printables (get them at the end of this post) b) something to count, like a stack of toys or small math manipulatives (for older kids, you just need a dry erase or chalk board) Among the three kids (ages 4, 5, and 7) we learned more about: Learning less than, greater than First, I created some simple alligator less ... Read More
