Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm welcoming Katie, my talented blogging friend of Gift of Curiosity. Katie offers countless learning activities and printables for young children. My favorite are her science activities - she knows just how to challenge young children while making learning fun at the same time. Be sure to follow hop on over and follow Gift of Curiosity for learning ideas and free printables! Here's Katie... I’m Katie, and ...Read More
If you're looking for books for a penguin theme, you're in the right place! While I was putting together our giant winter theme pack, my Three and I read many, many winter books. In fact, we've already shared a list of books about snow, snowman books, and winter animals. But we enjoyed the penguin books the most! Even if you're not doing a penguin unit, you should look for some of these favorites at your library. ...Read More
Reading and speaking to our children, from a very young age, will help develop future readers! Here is a list of five ways to promote your child's language development. They are easy, quick, and fun for both parent and child. (This post contains affiliate links.) Over the past few weeks I've welcomed many talented guest writers as we adjust to life with our new baby boy. Today we have the privilege of ...Read More
享受这最新的除了我们的紧急读者collection: Valentine's Day sight word books! (This post contains affiliate links.) We're just a few days away from Valentine's Day, so I'm sharing another set of emergent readers - this time with a Valentine theme. But your beginning reader will enjoy this fun set of books any time of the year! Set 38 teaches the words pretty, make, and too. Each time I share a ...Read More
These worksheets are a great tool to check your students' understanding of oo words! My Five is a great reader, but when it comes to reading words in isolation, his phonics skills need some work. I've been putting together a variety of games and activities for simple phonics patterns. After working our way through the silent e words, we tackled "oo" words. We did a Froot Loop activity page. We ...Read More
Roll and color games are a great way to reinforce basic math concepts. Get five freebies in this set! (This post contains affiliate links.) This week I'm sharing a set of five free games from my Winter Theme Pack. My Four loved the variety in these games - and I loved seeing his math skills grow! Are you familiar with Roll & Color games? They're also called Roll & Cover, which is actually ...Read More
Today I'm pleased to welcome my best blogging buddy, Becky of This Reading Mama. Not only do Becky and I connect on many levels pedagogically, but we have other things in common, too - in fact, we were born just a few days apart! Becky is a talented writer, creator, and a true expert on literacy. I'm blessed to call her my dear friend, and I'm thankful she's guest posting today to share one of her ...Read More
If you're a regular reader, you know that I teach my kids at home until half-day kindergarten. But I know that many of you are full-time homeschoolers - and you're wondering how to manage it when you have a toddler underfoot! I asked my friend Danielle to share her wisdom. (This post contains affiliate links.) Danielle is a busy homeschooling mom of four (soon to be five) little ones. While she ...Read More
It's time for another set of four in a row reading games! (This post contains affiliate links.) I've shared quite a few of these four in a row reading games along with my other phonics activities. That's because they're quick to print and play, and they provide a lot of practice in a short amount of time. Plus, my kindergartner loves them. He's one of those kids who are hard to please - so if he likes them, I ...Read More
It's time for another set of free sight word books! This week's set is a collection of free arctic emergent readers. (This post contains affiliate links.) Did you know you can find hundreds of free printable books right on this website? My most popular collection is my set of Sight Word Books. In fact, the main page for those books has been visited over 400,000 times. I remember when I first began ...Read More
