Education resources for parents and teachers
My Three loves to play the transportation memory game I made. So I decided to build on that and throw some counting into our next memory game. Today I'm sharing a free printable memory game which will help your child learn to count groups of 1-10. We're doing the letter M - so I made Monster Memory! Learn to count with this monster matching game! My Three likes to count, but ... Read More
We're learning about the letter M around here -- and even though my Five has known his letters for quite some time, I took the opportunity to create some letter-M math: Monster Missing Addends! These would also work great as a classroom learning center in October. What are missing addends? 4+ __ = 10. The missing addend is 6. When are children ready to find missing ... Read More
I have four children of my own. Two of them, my Three and my Five, are preschool boys who love to write! No, they're not writing stories, poems, or reports. What they're doing is communicating on paper - each at his own developmental level. In the tips below I'll share how I've helped foster a love of writing in our home. Tips for doing journal writing in preschool 1. ... Read More
Looking for something fun to use in October? Or maybe you're like me and just love cute monster clip art. :) Either way, I hope you can use this free preschool math game with your 3,4, or 5 year old. This game will help your preschooler with the following skills: Preschool monster math game My Three and just-turned-Five each got a copy of a game board. We placed them on ... Read More
We've got a growing collection of sensory play ideas as we work our way through the alphabet. This week we had some fun with the letter M. We combined sensory play, literacy, and science into one fun activity! Learning about magnets with preschoolers We used the above printable from Sparkle Box. Unfortunately, their site is now so filled with ads you can't find the right place to ... Read More
How do you feel about teaching your preschooler to write his letters? For some, that sounds about as fun as a twelve-hour car ride. With the preschooler. But guess what? Teaching kids to write the alphabet can be fun! Really fun. Today I had a bunch of ideas in mind to teach my Four to write the letter K. But I have this habit of getting things together and then misplacing them. It's kind of ... Read More
We love collecting math ideas for each letter of the alphabet. Check out our hands on math for preschoolers for the letter K! 1 - Colors, Matching - Kite File Folder Game Here's a great activity for your young preschooler - match the kites with this colorful file folder game. My Three enjoyed this simple activity -- and I think it's something a two-year-old would like too. We laminated ... Read More
Since my Four is just starting to get a handle on simple addition, I put stickers over the dots on two dice. Then I labeled them with 0,1,1,2,2 and 3. (What I really need is something like this blank die. Then I can program it however I want. That's on my shopping list!) I printed and laminated the game board (using this awesome home laminator --love it!). Then I placed it on a ... Read More
Crafts for Letter K Koala Puppet I just love this adorable koala puppet! I bought 12 x 12 inch gray scrapbooking paper, which we folded in half and trimmed. The kids had fun gluing on all the pieces and decorating with a Sharpie (something they are not usually permitted to do :)). In this picture, my Six is modeling her puppet. You can get a step-by-step tutorial for this craft at Cindy DeRosier: My Creative ... Read More
Are you teaching phonics to kids? This milk cap letter activity is a great word building exercise! Last week I shared a tutorial for how to make your own milk or bottle cap letters. Today I'll show you how to use my printables for some hands-on phonics and spelling practice with the short a word families. My kids attend our church's parochial school, but I don't think their teachers should get to ... Read More
