Education resources for parents and teachers
We're working our way through the alphabet, and I like to share a set of math connections for each letter. Since it's November, we did six Fall math activities using nuts. (So far we have blessed to have no food allergies in our house - obviously if you have allergies in your home or classroom you will want to find a substitute manipulative.) Fall Math Activities 1 - Number Recognition, Subitizing, Addition ... Read More
My Three is still working at counting 1-10. While he can do the rote counting without any trouble, he struggles to count groups of objects past 5. And he still confuses the 6 and the 9. So since we're studying the letter N, and because it's Fall, it felt like the right time to create some counting mats which he could use with nuts. Printable Mats for Counting 1-10 I used my Fall clip art from goodnessandfun to ... Read More
We're learning about the letter N, so I thought it would be fun to create a game that would allow us to do some squirrel-themed math using some of the mixed nuts we bought from the bulk bin at the grocery store. We call this fall math game for preschool and kindergarten Nuts about Math! First I created a set of 30 problem cards. Ten are level 1, ten are level 2, and ten are level 3. For level 1, ... Read More
It's hard to believe that This Reading Mama and I have come to the end of our Simple Writing Lessons for the Primary Grades series. We hope you've found some strategies that help your young writers! Today's final lesson is a simple publishing strategy from This Reading Mama. When you're teaching your child at home, it's a bit more challenging to find an audience than it would be in a classroom setting. Visit This ... Read More
Friendship is a common theme in children's literature, and reading books about friendship is a great way to teach kids about how to make friends and what it means to be one. Books about friendship Hunter's Best Friend at School, by Laura Malone Elliott This is the perfect book to read a child who has a friend that seeks trouble. Hunter's friend Stripe is always being naughty at school and encouraging Hunter to ... Read More
We're almost at the end of our 12-part series, Simple Writing Lessons for the Primary Grades. This Reading Mama and I have loved sharing simple lessons to take you through the stages of writing: pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing. We're now at the final stage of the writing process: publishing. Today I'm sharing a lesson and printable so your child can publish her own homemade ... Read More
Have you seen our little letter books? Today I'm sharing a printable letter book of rhymes and songs for letter N. Free Letter Book of Rhymes & Songs - Letter N My free letter books each contain six rhymes and songs just right for toddlers and preschoolers. I began creating these books when my 2 1/2 year old knew just a handful of letters. Since he loved music, I thought that connecting letters ... Read More
Letter M Crafts for Preschoolers Straw Blown Monsters This was my one of my Three's favorite projects! He used an eye dropper, paint, and a plastic straw to create these adorable little monsters. Be sure to mix the paint with water so that it spreads easily when you blow through the straw. Handprint Moose When my Three came into the kitchen asking for a project, I pulled this one out. When you cut out the ... Read More
Did you know that handwriting practice for preschoolers can be fun? If you try some of these ideas, your little ones might just beg for it! When teaching preschoolers to write the alphabet, it's so important to start simple. I like to begin with a simple outline of the letter. My boys like to fill in the outline with small objects. It's a bonus when you find objects that begin with the letter ... Read More
Welcome back to the Simple Writing Lessons series from This Reading Mama and me! We've loved sharing weekly lessons to help you teach your young writer. We're working our way through the writing process, and so far we've offered ideas from pre-writing all the way up to editing. When your child is ready to finish a piece of writing, it's important that he or she learns to fix mistakes. But how do we teach our ... Read More
