Education resources for parents and teachers
Looking for a simple math activity for spring? Try these spring roll & color games! Today I'm sharing a free set of Roll & Color games that will help young learners match numbers on a die, add one, and subtract one. The first game is the easiest. My Four simply rolled the die and found its match on the board. Then she dotted it with a Do-a-Dot marker. While you can certainly use crayons or markers to color ... Read More
We all know that a large vocabulary is important for our learners. Here's how to build vocabulary through read alouds! This post contains affiliate links. One of the easiest ways to build our learners' vocabulary is through whole class read alouds. Today I'm sharing tips for making the most of this instructional time.* *If you're a parent, these tips work for one-on-one read alouds, too! When you teach ... Read More
Reading strategies and picture books? They're a perfect combination! Do you have a plan for teaching reading strategies to your K-2 learners? Strategies like these: making predictions making connections inferring setting a purpose for reading activating prior knowledge visualizing asking questions determining importance summarizing synthesizing Whew! Do we really have to ... Read More
Looking for some beautiful books about spring? I've got more than 100 to share! Spring is in the air! Let's celebrate by reading some beautiful picture books about the season. In this post I've gathered all our spring book lists into one place. Just click on an image to get to the post and start reserving books at your library! ... Read More
We know that it's important to build our students' vocabularies. And we know that talking about words here and there isn't enough. But how do we decide exactly which words to use for vocabulary instruction? Last week I told you ten mistakes to avoid when teaching vocabulary. This week we want to answer an important question ... How do you choose which vocabulary words to teach? I wish I could tell you this ... Read More
Check out these fun printable activities using pom poms! Are you looking for things to do with that pack of pom poms in your craft closet? Here are some free printable learning activities for preschool and kindergarten! 1 - Print these free number cards from 1+1+1=1, and use pom poms to count to each number. 2 - Get a set of counting to 10 pom pom cards from 123Homeschool4Me. 3 - Teaching Mama has ... Read More
If you have questions about teaching new vocabulary words to learners in grades K-5, you're in the right spot! This post kicks off a 9-part series with everything you need to know! This post contains affiliate links. Phonemic awareness. Phonics. Comprehension. Fluency. Am I missing something? What's another key element to reading instruction? Oh, yeah. Vocabulary. Isn't that how it ... Read More
Many of my readers have requested more short vowel write the room printables. So here we are ... set 4! The download includes three levels of difficulty. I chose level 3 for my Six, as he reads CVC words automatically and without difficulty. For level 3, you simply cut apart the scrambled words and post them around your home or classroom. Have your learner(s) carry a recording sheet around the room. They copy each ... Read More
If you're looking for titles that will get a reluctant reader excited about books, this is the post for you! This post contains affiliate links. So I guess it might be considered embarrassing that I have a reluctant reader in my house. With all my talk about how to get kids excited about books, you'd think that all my kids would be eager little bookworms. Nope. In fact, my Seven is what I'd call a reluctant ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a fun activity that teaches a variety of early reading skills! Looking for a fantastic, fun way to build pre-reading skills? Pocket chart sentences to the rescue! You can use them to teach left to right directionality the concept of word capitalization and punctuation How can you teach all that with one simple printable? Here's how it works! First, grab your supplies. You'll need: Printed pocket ... Read More
