Education resources for parents and teachers
Have you seen my sets of free phonics books? Today I'm sharing set 9! Do you have a beginning reader who is just starting to sound out words? Or maybe you have a reader who struggles with sounding it out. Each word is laborious and painful. Reading just isn't fun. I'm here to help! Enter my phonics readers. What are they? Short little books that you can download for free. Books that give focus to a particular ... Read More
Looking for some great books for 4 year olds? We've got you covered! (This post contains affiliate links.) Have you read to a 4-year-old lately? I love it! By the time my kids are four, I've been reading to them for a few years. They love to sit for longer picture books and appreciate the subtle humor we often find in children's literature. Here are our favorites! Gregory the Terrible Eater, ... Read More
If you have a reader working on ee and oo words, you'll love these free printable phonetic readers. This set has three books with ee words, one book with oo as in book, and two books with oo as in moon. Each book starts like this. Your child should read the first page by saying the sound of oo rather than naming the letters. After reading the first page, your child can practice reading the sound with the first big ... Read More
Looking for a gift for the 3-year-old in your life? Here are our top books for 3-year-olds! (This post contains affiliate links.) These books have all been very popular at our house! I chose them for this list because they are funny and beautiful -- and just the right length 3-year-old listeners. Enjoy! Paul Meets Bernadette, by Rosy Lamb This beautiful book is an absolute treasure! Paul the ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a simple math facts game using flashcards. Just grab a set of addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division flash cards... and you're good to go! Are you looking for a simple game to review math facts? My daughter is in second grade, and she is supposed to be practicing her addition facts a few times a week. She can either play a computer game or do the traditional flash card ... Read More
Do you have a 2-year-old at your house? We've had four of them, so I know which books resonate best with toddlers. Check out our top ten books for 2-year-olds! (This post contains affiliate links.) If you've seen my book lists, you know I have a hard time keeping a list of books to a manageable number. We make library trips almost every week, and we're constantly finding new books to love. But not ... Read More
Have you seen my word slider cards? These are great for helping children see how sounds blend together to make words. Today I'm sharing a set for short i. (This post contains affiliate links.) Sounding out words is a developmental skill that not all preschoolers (or even kindergartners) are ready for. I put together a list of 5 things kids need before it's time to teach them to sound out words. My ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free letter S printable... the last of our dot sticker pages! Free Letter S Printable Hurray! Our dot sticker pages are finally complete. Since we're doing the alphabet out of order (see why here), S was our last letter. My preschooler did this simple "S is for submarine" printable to reinforce the shape and sound of the letter S. We love dot stickers, but the challenge with using ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a giant set of free picture cards for developing vocabulary, promoting critical thinking, and learning alphabet sounds! (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm excited to share a project I've spent many hours on... alphabet picture cards. If you print the whole download, you get 192 bright photo cards for all kinds of early learning! I printed the pages on ... Read More
We learned how to make slime! Have you tried it? We've been sharing sensory fun for every letter of the alphabet, and it's time for letter S. I figured it was time I learned how to make slime. And it actually worked! Slime is a very simple play recipe. We just needed two bottles of school glue, some liquid starch, and some food coloring. My Four and Six each dumped a bottle of glue into the ... Read More
