Education resources for parents and teachers
Try this fun positional words activity with your preschool or kindergarten students! This week our theme is Geometry. When I thought about creating a geometry game for kindergarten, I decided to focus on positional words rather than shapes. Here's a list of positional words that kids should understand: above over between under below next to close to far from near beside in out left right I chose to combine this ... Read More
This fun math activity is a great twist on traditional graphing worksheets! Today I'm sharing a second grade activity. I don't have a second grader at my house, but my kindergartner, first grader, and third grader all enjoyed this fun variation on the traditional graphing worksheet. Is it just me, or are graphing worksheets usually boring? I remember that I always liked doing them in school because they were easy. ... Read More
Check out our giant list of garden books for kids! Tops & Bottoms, by Janet Stevens Rabbit’s family is in need of some income, so Rabbit approaches the lazy bear next door with a proposition: his family will do all the work in Bear’s weedy garden patch in exchange for a share of the produce. Bear agrees that Rabbit will get the bottoms, and Bear will get the tops. Of course Rabbit plants all root vegetables! ... Read More
If you're looking for a literacy activity to use with your garden theme, our free pocket chart sentences are for you! Enjoy these printable sentences to use with your garden theme! To do the activity, simply print the pocket chart sentences from the download at the end of this post. I like to use this cardstock rather than plain paper. Then pull out your pocket chart (we love this one). When we're ready to get ... Read More
This free printable is wonderful for young children who are learning coins! This week our theme is Measurement. When we think about things kids need to measure, length is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But kids can also measure time, volume, weight, and even value. Of course, before kids can learn the value of coins, they need to be able to identify them and distinguish between them. I always find ... Read More
Place value can be such a fun math concept to teach! Read on for a hands-on place value activity... using nuts and bolts! Today I'm sharing a free printable activity to help kindergartners understand place value. It's my third post in our weekly K-2 Math Activities series. To make our place value activity very concrete - and add in some fine motor skills at the same time - I decided that we'd make our own base ten ... Read More
Looking for some activities to brush up on phonics skills? Try these free ee worksheets! I like to finish our study of each phonics pattern with some old fashioned worksheets. While I don't think they should be the primary form of instruction (since they don't actually teach - they assess), my Five enjoys them. And I like to see that he's learned the pattern well. My Five always asks for these fill in the blank ... Read More
This addition and subtraction activity turns learning math facts into a game! It's week two in the K-2 Math Activities Series! I'm teaming up with two other bloggers to bring you a total of three new math activities each week! This week we're featuring games that focus on operations. Since my game is for second graders, I created a game that will give kids a chance to practice addition and subtraction - with a ... Read More
Looking for a free reading game for ee words? You're in the right place! This week I'm sharing a simple follow the path game for ee words. Simply grab a die and playing pieces. (These colorful glass gems work perfectly.) Take turns rolling the die, and move around the board to take your bee to the hive. If you land on a word, read it aloud. If you land on a flower, you lose a turn. Because stopping to drink some ... Read More
When we think about how to teach fractions, we should start at the beginning. What are the first concepts children need when learning about fractions, and how can we teach them in a meaningful, hands-on way? Follow along with my kindergartner's introduction to fractions! To begin our fractions lesson, I started with a story. "Imagine that you and your brother finished breakfast and played outside all ... Read More
