Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing another free printable in our Counting Bin series! This post contains affiliate links. Today I'm sharing an activity inspired by one in the book Preschool Math at Home, by Kate Snow. I was amazed at how well this worked to keep my three-year-old's attention and improve her counting! I created four sets of cards, each one featuring a different small manipulative. On each card there are ... Read More
Learn about the five essential components of reading instruction in K-2. And don't forget to grab our free cheat sheets! We toss around a lot of words when we talk about teaching reading. Phonics. Phonemic awareness. Fluency. Comprehension. Phonological awareness. Agh! Do you ever feel like your head is spinning as you try to keep all of it straight? Whether you're new to teaching or an ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of four-in-a-row games for teaching short i words. My Five is getting better and better at reading short vowel words automatically. Hurray! One of his favorite ways to practice is with our 4-in-a-row games. You should know something about my Five. He's cute, but he's grumpy. While he'd listen to me read books all day long, he's often resistant when it comes to structured learning time. Today ... Read More
Teach preschoolers to count to ten with these fun counting mats! This post contains affiliate links. Now that she knows her alphabet (see our letter of the week series), it's time to focus on basic counting with my Three. This is the second post in a six-week series. Each week I'll share a simple activity with a printable to help our youngest learners count to ten. My Three can count past ten by rote, but she can ... Read More
Today's free printable is perfect for helping your preschooler learn to count to 10! This post contains affiliate links. Now that my Three knows her alphabet (I shared our letter of the week series here), we're focusing on early math activities. I'm loving what I'm learning in the book Preschool Math at Home, by Kate Snow of Kate's Homeschool Math Help. It's inspired me to create some of my own activities to teach ... Read More
Enjoy these free roll & read games for short i words! Today I'm sharing our Roll & Read games for short i words. Our Roll & Read games are very simple. Just take turns rolling the die and reading the corresponding column of words. You'll get a variety of games in the set. This is the easiest game. It has just four words per column. This game has six words per column. This game is more challenging ... Read More
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Teach counting to ten with a fun collection of free printables! This post contains affiliate links. Counting to ten feels so basic, doesn't it? It's actually more complicated than you might think! Just think about everything preschoolers are learning as they count ... the stable order principle one-to-one-correspondence cardinality subitizing That's why young learners need many ... Read More
Today we're sharing ten ways to improve reading fluency! This post contains affiliate links. We talk a lot about the importance of phonics. We're always on the hunt for sight word activities. And we know that comprehension deserves major attention. What about fluency? Reading fluency is an essential element of reading instruction in K-2. Today we'll talk about ten ways to improve it. What is reading ... Read More
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