Education resources for parents and teachers
Read on to find some money math ideas for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade - featuring coins. Money math ideas 1 - Sorting - Sort the Coins Sorting coins is a great activity for young preschoolers. Just set out some coins and sorting trays. 2- Matching, Coin Identification - Coins in Cloud Dough Bury coins in any sort of sensory material, and let your kids dig for them. When they discover the coins, help ... Read More
We love to find creative ways to write the alphabet! Check out the fun my boys had when writing the letter C. Here's a great starter activity for your toddler. Print a large block letter (get it HERE) and fill it with objects that begin with the letter. We filled the letter C with color tiles. My Two also enjoys my dot sticker pages. Check out this post to get your C is for Crab ... Read More
After I shared my free word slider cards for short o, some of you requested sets for the other short vowels. Today I'm sharing 21 free cards for short u! How can we teach kids to sound out words? I shared a variety of ways in my first post about word slider cards. You can see it here. After kids have a beginning understanding of what it means to "sound it out," slider cards are a great way to help things come ... Read More
"What can I write about?" If you've ever done writing with young children, you've probably heard this question more than a few times! It's this very question that leads many parents and teachers to hunt for daily writing prompts. Each day they put a prompt on the board and expect each child to complete it. But helping kids find their own journal topics in preschool and kindergarten is easier than you might ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another book in our Little Letter Book collection. This free printable contains rhymes and songs for letter C. Letter C Rhymes and Songs - free letter book! Here are the songs and rhymes included in the mini-book: C is for Cobbler Cobbler, cobbler,Mend my shoe.Get it done by half past two.Half past two is much too late.Get it done by half past eight. C is for Crooked Man There was a crooked ... Read More
For each letter in our alphabet exploration, I share a dot sticker page. Today I'm sharing a free letter C printable: C is for crab! (This post contains affiliate links.) Free Letter C Printable: C is for Crab Print the page and have your toddler or preschooler fill in the circles however he wishes. Here are just a few ideas: round office stickers round magnets Do-a-Dot markers round cereal or ... Read More
I created this fun and simple game to teach the names of coins. It works well for older preschoolers, kindergartners, and kids in first grade. (This post contains affiliate links. Click here to see my full disclosure policy.) You will need a game board (get it in the download at the end of this post) playing cards (also in the download) coins (we used a whole sleeve each of quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies ... Read More
I originally created these little books for my adorable little two-year-old. That little guy is now eleven, but thousands of families have enjoyed using these alphabet books over the years! (This post contains affiliate links.) Does this post look different than the last time you visited? The books have been updated! Why I created these simple alphabet books: to create a simple library of books that my Two ... Read More
Cloud dough is one of those play recipes that you must make because it's just too easy not to. If you follow a lot of learning blogs, then you've probably seen it dozens of times. But for the sake of those who might not know what I'm talking about... This is all you need. Mix eight parts flour to one part baby oil. We made two big batches of 16 cups of flour to 2 cups baby oil. I used ... Read More
One child scribbles on a piece of paper and proudly announces, "This is my name!" Another preschooler writes a string of random letters and asks his mother what it says. Still another child draws a picture of a cat and labels it with a wobbly C. Which one of these children is writing? They all are. What are the stages of writing development? I've labeled these stages according to what you see in your child's ... Read More
