Education resources for parents and teachers
Looking for simple gross motor activities you can do indoors? This is the mega list! I know how the winter goes - whether you're experiencing it now, or you're in the southern hemisphere and looking forward to it in a few months. You need things for your learners to get those wiggles out, or you're going to go a little crazy! Here's a list to keep on hand! These are perfect for both the home and the early ... Read More
This write the room activity is perfect for helping your learners read and write short a words! Looking for a way to help your learners master those short a words ... and move at the same time? Write the room is your answer! Write the room has been around for a while, and there are many ways to do it. Here's my way! Print words on separate cards. Post them around the classroom. Students put a recording sheet on a ... Read More
Looking for another free rhyming resource? Try this rhyming activity with children learning to identify rhyming words. I recently asked my blog readers what they'd like to see on the blog this year. Many people requested more rhyming resources. I find this interesting, as I already have quite a few on the blog. But I guess you can never have enough! My Three asks for "activities" every day. I don't always have ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another free rhyming game to use with your budding rhymers. This is a great follow up to our super simple rhyming game, which you can find here. To play, simply take turns drawing a card to move one or two spaces around the board. Then name the picture and a rhyming word. Remember that the goal of this game is to test rhyming ability, not vocabulary. So nonsense words are just fine! For ... Read More
Looking for a list of books that rhyme? We've got 75 favorites in this post! Most children learn to rhyme through games and books. And it's not too late to get started! And she's getting better and better at it - thanks to all the rhyming books I've been bringing home from the library! In this post I'll share our favorite rhyming books for kids of all ages. I've been working at teaching my ... Read More
Looking for a fun indoor math activity to do with your preschooler? Try these number cards! This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission if you purchase through my link, at no additional cost to you. Our beautiful fall weather has come to an end, and even though it's still October, winter weather is here! I created this counting activity to help us make the most of being indoors. I created a set ... Read More
This free rhyming game is perfect for young learners! One of my favorite things about teaching is the day the light magically goes on. When you've worked (for what feels like forever) and suddenly your learner gets it. We had one of those happy moments in our house this week. My daughter, almost four, figured out how to RHYME! Now, my daughter has almost two years until kindergarten. But I'm always alert for ... Read More
Looking for letter sound activity pages? Try these! My Three (three months shy of four years) loves doing learning activities with me, and asks for them nearly every day. She loved our year of letter of the week, and so did I. Playful activities are a lot of fun! Now that she is close to four, I'm working at helping her master the letter sounds. Because while she recognizes almost any letter (upper or lowercase) by ... Read More
Here's a simple free noun game for your learners! My readers have been asking for more games for kids in grades 2-4. This has been on my list of goals for a long time, but it keeps getting pushed off. Things have been busy. You know, raising six kids and all. But it's important to me to continue to do "after schooling" with my big kids. Just because they're in school doesn't mean I want to let their teachers have ... Read More
We hope you love this new word awareness activity! (This post contains affiliate links.) My Three loved doing alphabet activities with me last year. When she was about 2 1/2, all of it started to click, and by three years old she recognized most of the uppercase alphabet. But one thing she didn't grasp as easily as letter names was letter sounds. In fact, I've noticed that she could use some support in a variety of ... Read More
