Education resources for parents and teachers
If you're on the lookout for letter I activities, you'll love this round up of playful learning! (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!) Letter I Activities We started the week with My ABC Book: Letter I. I always read the book first, and then he "reads" it to me as he names the pictures. ... Read More
Today I'm sharing an updated version of one of my first printables! It's a free file folder game for preschoolers. To give my youngest son (age three) some practice with one-to-one correspondence and number recognition, I created an updated version of my ice cream game. It's nice to be able to keep an activity in a file folder for easy storage and reference! When you click the link, you will find two ... Read More
Today I'm sharing some fun letter H activities for preschoolers! (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!) We started the week with my free little book of songs and rhymes. Letter H has some great nursery rhymes! He enjoyed doing the fan folding, gluing, and drawing for this heart person ... Read More
Last week I created these colorful counting mats so my Three could do some gumball math as we learned about letter G. (This post contains affiliate links.) I created ten gumball math mats, each with a number printed on the bottom. Then I put the matching number of gray circles inside the machine. For each mat, he read the number and counted the clear plastic counters as he placed them on the gray ... Read More
If you're doing a preschool insect theme, this math game is the perfect one to put in a learning center or to do at home at your kitchen table. This week I'm doing the letter "I" with my preschooler. I decided to create a simple printable that would help him practice using a die... counting insects for the bug jar. First I printed and laminated the jar. Then I printed the bugs, laminated them, and cut ... Read More
Looking for math games for grade 3 and up? If you're looking for a fun way to approach those basic math skills that your child needs to learn, You'll find what you're looking for in this set of math games for grade 3 and up. 1. Play this division game inspired by the Olympics. 2. Practice multiplication facts with this Crazy Daisy math game. 3. Play a modified Go Fish with this fraction match ... Read More
Looking for letter G activities for preschool? You'll love this variety! We had a lot of fun with letter G this 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!) Letter G Activities My Three filled in the gumball machine with our round office stickers. He didn't want to do the dots on the ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a synthesizing lesson to help your child become a more thoughtful reader. (This post contains affiliate links.) Welcome back to the reading comprehension strategy series I'm doing with This Reading Mama! This week we're tackling one of those strategies that makes people say, "Huh?" Synthesizing. Making connections, predicting, questioning... those were pretty straightforward. ... Read More
These shape clip cards are perfect for helping your young preschooler learn to recognize and identify shapes. My Three knows the names of the basic shapes, but not with consistency. I created these clip cards to help him find matching shapes and provide an opportunity for us to talk about their names. Clip cards for teaching shapes As I gave him each new card, he looked at the top shape and found the one at the ... Read More
Looking for some fun and free letter F activities for preschool? Check these out! We had a lot of fun with letter F! With grandparents in town at the end of the week, we didn't get to as many activities as I'd have liked. But we were able to squeeze in some activities even as I spent several days cleaning the house and preparing for our guests. (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were young. ... Read More
