Education resources for parents and teachers
looking for letter V activities for 2-year-olds? You're in the right place! This post contains affiliate links. I've been teaching my 2-year-old the alphabet - not because we're in a race, or because I think small children need a lot of structured learning - but because it's fun. We keep it light - doing this a few days a week for about 10-15 minutes at a time. And she loves it! Here's our volcano craft - ...Read More
We hope you enjoy this free printable book to help improve reading comprehension! When you think about reading, what's do you consider the toughest thing to teach? I think it's reading comprehension. After all, many kids can read the words, but when you ask them what the book was about they give you a blank stare. It's especially hard to help children understand nonfiction. There's just so much to see on a ...Read More
looking for a bundle of sight word worksheets? Here you go! (This post contains affiliate links.) If you're looking for some quick, no-prep ways to reinforce common sight words, you've come to the right place! First, a quick disclosure. As a general rule, worksheets aren't my go-to. We like to learn sight words in active, hands-on ways. Then we use our sight word books for a fun way to read the words in context. But ...Read More
We're all about quick reading games - try this set of freebies for reading short a words! (This post contains affiliate links.) So I've been teaching my Five to read for a while now, and I'll let you know that it's been pretty slow going. It's been a little different than my experience with his three older siblings, who were all reading fluently by this age. Here are some reasons that our pace has been a little ...Read More
We hope you enjoy this set of fun letter U activities for 2-year-olds! (This post contains affiliate links.) We love learning the alphabet! I've been doing letter of the week activities with my toddler over the past year, and it's been so exciting to see her understanding grow! Truth: If we had truly done "letter of the week" we'd have been done more than 6 months ago. But ... this has taken longer than I ...Read More
Download this set of extreme weather emergent readers - for free! Are your kids as interested in storms as mine are? I don't know how many times my kids have asked about tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. I figure mine aren't the only kids who are fascinated by storms. So it made sense to include a set of extreme weather emergent readers in our weather theme. Today I'm sharing three books for ...Read More
looking for a weather activity that's packed with learning potential? Try this one! (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm sharing a free set of weather-themed sentences that you can use on a pocket chart with your child or students. This freebie is part of our giant weather theme, which has a huge variety of literacy, math, and science activities for your classroom. I absolutely love pocket chart sentences ...Read More
Try some of these fun letter T activities with your 2-year-old! This post contains affiliate links. Have you been following along with our letter of the week series for toddlers? In each post I share a collection of simple activities and printables that will help your 2-year-old learn the alphabet. I'll admit - life gets in the way at our house - so we're finishing this up a month after my little girl turned ...Read More
Today I'm sharing another set of free reading games for your learners! This time we're focusing on the long i sound. I'm on a mission to create a giant variety of free phonics games for new readers. Here's our next set of games! Free reading games for y, ie, and igh words This week we're focusing on the long i sound in one syllable words. In the download you'll find four game boards with four different ways to ...Read More
Download four free sight word books to teach the sight word look! (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm sharing another set of free sight word books that I've been using to teach my little guy to read. Why are we focused on sight words, not phonics? The reason is that many children (including my own) are ready to read sight words before they're ready to sound out words. Rather than force what they're ...Read More
