Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing a giant collection of beginning sound match mats! Get all 25 sets of picture mats and letter cards in one download. What a hands-on way to practice letters and sounds! (This post contains affiliate links.) If you've got a little one who's working at learning letter sounds, this activity is for you! I've created a total of 25 picture mats with matching letter cards. Each set ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a list of nursery rhymes and songs for letter J. Print out the free letter book so you and your child can enjoy them over and over again! List of nursery rhymes and songs for letter J (free printable book!) Each of the books in my Little Letter Book collection contains six nursery rhymes and songs for a particular letter. Here are the songs and rhymes you'll find in the Little Letter J ... Read More
I like to share a variety of ideas for writing each letter of the alphabet. Today we're writing letter D. (This post contains affiliate links.) As part of our letter D activities, my preschooler created the letter in a variety of ways. I printed a giant letter (get it in this post), and we filled it with Duplos. My Four made a D with dice. This was challenging for him - making curved ... Read More
Get out some milk cap letters for these bright short u spelling mats! The pack has a set of words for six different word families: UM: gum, yum, drum UN: sun, bun, run UG: hug, mug, bug, rug, jug, tug, plug UT: nut, cut, hut UCK: duck, puck, truck UB: tub, club, sub, rub Here's a page from the download. You can see that you'll need to cut the sheets in half across the horizontal line. When you print the pages ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a big collection of dice games for preschoolers! (This post contains affiliate links.) We love dice around here. We love them so much that they're always disappearing! This week I bought a set of 100 dice and stored them in glass canning jar so we'd always have access to them. (Note: the dice we bought came in the wrong color and size. We had to straighten it out on the phone to get our standard ... Read More
We're moving through the alphabet and sharing a set of art and craft ideas for each letter. Today we're sharing 8 letter D crafts and art projects! 8 Letter D Crafts D is for Dinosaur I cut out a wobbly D and the rest of the shapes so my Two could make his own dinosaur. He loves using a glue stick and pushing down the pieces. This was his first attempt at drawing a smile. :) This is based on a foam dinosaur craft ... Read More
Looking for some fun math games for preschool and kindergarten? Try one of these seasonal roll and cover games! Seasonal roll & cover games You just need a picture with numbers on it, a die, and something to cover the numbers with. You can use Bingo Daubers, Do a Dot Markers, coins, or any small marker that won't roll away. This game works well as an independent activity. Your child ... Read More
View Post Today I'm sharing a big set of free printable letters. I can think of so many uses for these! Printable letter tiles 4 of each letter 5 consonant digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ph) and 22 beginning blends 70 word family endings Prepare the letters 1. Print the letters (get them at end of this post). 2. Laminate for durability. I love my home laminator, which does a great job at ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free letter D printable to add to my collection of alphabet dot sticker pages. (This post contains affiliate links.) Free Letter D Printable Today I'm sharing a simple letter D printable to reinforce the shape and sound of letter D. This is an addition to our free dot sticker page collection. You might want to use this with our collection of ideas for learning the letter D. ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another free book of songs and nursery rhymes for kids! Here are the songs and nursery rhymes in the letter D book: Down by the Station Down by the Station Down by the station, early in the morning See the little puffer bellies all in a row. See the engine driver pull the little handle Puff, puff, toot, toot! Off we go. Days of the Week (sing to the tune of "Oh My Darling Clementine") Sunday, ... Read More
