Education resources for parents and teachers
Looking for letter C activities for preschool? Take a peek at our week! My three-year-old and I are having so much fun doing alphabet activities together! We're doing just the right amount of activities to keep him learning without losing his interest. (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 ... Read More
Are you looking for lesson on inferring that will help your child be a more thoughtful reader? Read on! It's time for another reading comprehension strategy in our fun, information-packed strategy series! So far, This Reading Mama and I have shared lessons for these strategies: Using schema Making connections Making predictions Today we're going to tackle inferring. What is inferring? Inferring ... Read More
Are you doing a kindergarten or preschool transportation theme? You'll love this giant list of related books! Cars, trucks, buses, planes, trains, boats... a transportation theme has so many possibilities! I've collected some of our favorite titles in the list below. Whether or not you're doing a transportation theme, these are great read aloud books for kids ages 2-6. Have fun! Construction Vehicles Backhoe ... Read More
(This post contains affiliate links.) Read books that rhyme These books are packed with rhyming words! When your child is ready, leave out the rhyming word for him to fill in. Or try this fun rhyming activity with picture books. You just need the book and a counter or post-it note. Sing nursery rhymes and other rhyming songs Did you see my post sharing ten reasons why nursery rhymes are ... Read More
I'm doing Letter of the Week with my little guy who just turned three. Follow along and see what we're learning! My son is really enjoying our letter of the week activities! Each day we sit down for about 10 or 15 minutes and do two or three activities. We read books all throughout the day. Sometimes I sneak in an extra activity before dinner. (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were ... Read More
Print this free letter sounds activity to help your child identify beginning sounds in words. We've done a lot of beginning sounds activities around here. You may have seen our 25 match mats, our beginning sound coloring pages, and our Beginning Sound Blackout. If those activities are a little tough for your child, you'll appreciate this activity. It takes a little step back. Do you notice ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a fun round up of sight word activities to try at home! What are sight words? Traditionally, when teachers say “sight words,” they are referring to high frequency words that children should know by sight. We often define sight words as words that kids can’t sound out – words like the, for example. However, reading researchers have a different definition of sight words. A sight word is a word that ... Read More
Take a peek at our letter A activities this week! While the Letter of the Week is much too slow for kids in kindergarten, I've enjoyed following this format with my preschoolers at home. Our youngest son just turned three. I've begun a Letter of the Week with him, and each week I'll be sharing our activities. (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were young. Now that I have more time, I've ... Read More
Last week, in our reading comprehension series, This Reading Mama wrote about teaching children to use their schema to understand what they read. Everyone brings a different schema to the books they read, because schema is your background knowledge. It's shaped by your experiences, the people you know, and the books you've read. Today we're tackling another reading comprehension strategy: making ... Read More
Looking for toddler math activities? Here are some playful ways to make math fun from the very beginning. (This post contains affiliate links.) So. Are you a math person? Did you sign up for the all the hard math courses and delight in the challenge? Maybe math was hard for you, but you struggled through it to get the grades you wanted. Or perhaps you avoided any math course beyond the minimum ... Read More
