Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing some simple sight word activities that you can prepare in minutes! So what are sight words, anyway? Some people will tell you that sight words are words that kids can't sound out; they just have to learn them by sight. Others tell you that sight words are the high frequency words: the words that kids encounter the most when they read. But researchers tell us that sight words are words we recognize ... Read More
Your learners will love this free set of games for reading ai and ay words! Today I'm sharing a set of four-in-a-row games for ai and ay words. How to play Print the game of your choice. In the download, you'll find a game for ay words, a game for ai words, and a game for both ai and ay words. Grab two different colored Do-a-Dot markers, colored counters, or markers. Take turns reading a word. Dot, cover, or color ... Read More
Does your child need some letter sounds review? These no prep games will be just the thing! Recently, I shared a set of four-in-a-row games to help kids review letter names. (Here they are in case you missed them.) Now I'm sharing a set of games to review letter sounds. My Five loved them! How to play Grab two Do-a-dot markers, two different colored counters, or two different colored markers. Take turns naming a ... Read More
Try these free alphabet games to help your child remember letter names! (This post contains affiliate links.) Have our seen our Four in a Row games? Kids take turns reading or answering a math fact and dotting their answer. The first to get four in a row, wins. I've modified this simple game to review many different skills, from learning to read to practicing addition facts. A reader recently asked for a new Four in ... Read More
Try these letter Q activities for toddlers! Are you teaching the alphabet to your 2-year-old? How's it going? When we started learning the alphabet shortly after my daughter's second birthday, it was slow going. In fact, we spent several weeks on each letter because it wasn't sinking in. And we often took a week or two off. Because - you know, life. No problem - we were having fun! And I wasn't in any rush. But now ... Read More
Looking for a set of ay and ai worksheets to review these common spelling patterns? Look no further! Today I'm adding to our collection of long a printables with this set of worksheets. Printable ay & ai worksheets I strongly encourage you to choose just the worksheets that fit the needs and interests of your child. Remember that you're not teaching the phonics pattern with these pages; you're checking to see ... Read More
We hope you find some fun activities to try in this collection of letter P activities for toddlers! Have you been following along as my two-year-old learns the alphabet? She asks for "tivities" almost every day, but we aren't able to get to our activities as often as I'd like. You know how it goes ... I need to catch up on housework, or I need to do some blog work, or I decide to focus more on teaching my ... Read More
We've been having fun doing Letter of the Week activities for quite some time now - have you seen all of our fun? The older my daughter gets (she's almost three), the more likely it is that she knows the letter's name before we've "studied" it. If that's the case, I focus on things that are more challenging - like letter formation or whole alphabet activities. "O" is one of those letters that's pretty easy to ... Read More
Looking for simple letter N activities for 2-year-olds? Take a peek at our week! Have you been following along with us? We've been working through the alphabet with a fun letter of the week format. We started these activities right after my little girl's second birthday. As life got in the way (a new baby, four older siblings, etc.) we didn't keep a set schedule. But now that my Two is close to turning 3, we're ... Read More
Looking for a rhyming words game to help your child master this skill? Today I'm sharing four of them! Free rhyming words game Did you know there's a reason that most of my learning activities are games? It's because my kids aren't interested in a lot of worksheets or seatwork. If I'm going to take them away from their play for a mom-directed activity, they want it to be fun. And my current preschooler (our #4) ... Read More
