Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm welcoming Angela of Teaching Mama! Angela is a former teacher and talented blogger, not to mention a dear friend, whom I was privileged to meet at a blogging conference last summer. I love her creative, fun approach to learning with her three boys. Be sure to follow Teaching Mama for creative learning ideas and free printables! Here's Angela... Music is an important part of the preschool day. Young ... Read More
Try this free spelling game to help your child with short e, ee, and ea words! This week we're comparing short e, ee, and ea words. short e: blend, best, etc. ee (long e): speech, creep, etc. ea (long e): beak, teach, etc. ea (short e): head, bread, etc. We played a game called "What's My Category?" How to Play: 1. Print the cards. If desired, laminate. Then cut the cards apart. 2. Deal seven cards to each ... Read More
Looking for some fun snow books to read this winter? Here are our favorites! My Three has listened to countless winter books as I worked to put together our favorites for my winter theme pack. Here are the snow books that made the cut! ... Read More
Last summer at a blog conference I was privileged to meet the lovely Bethany from Math Geek Mama. It's rare to find a blog dedicated to thoughtful, high quality math activities for kids. Be sure to visit her site for helpful hints and free printables... for kids of all ages! Here's Bethany... The preschool years can be so much fun, but they can also be stressful if you’re concerned about your child’s education. ... Read More
Are you teaching the alphabet to your 3-year-old? Follow along with us! Plus, you'll find lots of hands-on activities (including free printables!) along the way. Just click on the image to take you to each letter. Letter A activities for 3-year-olds Letter B activities for 3-year-olds Letter C activities for 3-year-olds Letter D activities for 3-year-olds Letter E activities for 3-year-olds Letter F activities for ... Read More
Take a peek at our letter Z activities! Can you believe it? We're at the end of our Letter of the Week with my Three! This post is the last in my series, "How to teach the alphabet to your 3-year-old." And just in time, too, as he turns four next month. Of course, Letter of the Week is far from the only learning I've done with my preschooler. He's also kept busy by doing theme activities, listening to stacks (and ... Read More
Looking for tips and tricks for teaching magic e words? We've got over fifty free printables! Silent e words, sometimes called magic e words, can throw new readers for a loop. They've finally got the hang of CVC words (such as hat) and CCVC words (such as trip), and then we expect them to change up the vowel sounds. How can we help our young readers make sense of magic e words? We like to begin with Fold and Read ... Read More
After spending a lot of time on CVC words and blends, we're finishing up our work with silent e words. I'm not big on worksheets, so we didn't start with them. We began with these fold and read cards. They're super easy to print and prepare, and they're a great learning tool for kids to see how short vowel words become new words when you add an e. Another favorite activity is our four in a row games. This ... Read More
Check out our fun collection of letter Y activities! My Three and I are almost done with our Letter of the Week activities. Take a peek at our week! (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were young. Now that I have more time, I've created a done-for-you alphabet curriculum perfect for preschool!) My Three knows all his letters and sounds, so this kind of page is no longer necessary to help with ... Read More
Yay! We're at the last of our Four in a Row reading games for silent e words! This is a small set for u-e words. There just aren't many words that fit this category, so I included just two games in the download. My Three chose red and green Do-a-Dot markers for us to use as we played this game. (Christmas will be here soon!) We took turns reading words and dotting them with our markers - trying to be the first to ... Read More
