Education resources for parents and teachers
We keep discovering new ways to write the alphabet -- and we love to do a few of our favorites every time too. Here are ten ways to make the letter T! My Four ran outside to get some twigs, and he and his big sister made these. Later I gave two twigs to my Two (almost three), and he was able to turn them into a T without any trouble. A few months ago he couldn't have done that. You can get these Highway ABC ... Read More
I hope that you'll find something you'd like to try in this set of 10 preschool math activities for the letter T! 1. Counting, Number Recognition - Spring Tulips Count & Clip Cards You can do these any time of year, but we started our Letter T math in the middle of March. Even though it still didn't look like spring around here, we could imagine it! Read more about these cards and get your printable ... Read More
Matching Activity for Toddlers If you're like me, you've got way too many toy tools lying around. If I have to put away one more toy bolt... or is it a nut? Whatever. The point is that today I found a good use for these toys -- I turned them into a matching activity for toddlers. When my older kids were younger I would trace cookie cutters and other common objects onto a blank file folder. Then they would ... Read More
(This post contains affiliate links.) Free Letter T Printable: T is for Truck Here's another dot sticker page! We like to do one of these each time we learn a new letter. The kids put round office stickers on the letter T printable -- fine motor practice, letter reinforcement, and fun! I'm trying to get as much use as possible out of the truck clip art I created. :) You can see more of it in these posts: ... Read More
I find it interesting that kids can go from scribbling all across the paper to -- one day -- coloring inside the lines. And enjoying it! My 4 1/2 year old recently discovered the joy of coloring, so I created this coloring page to use as a math game for kids. I created the train with basic shapes and lines and programmed it with the numbers 10-20, because these are the numbers we are working at recognizing. Then ... Read More
Here is another printable book of rhymes and songs - this time for Letter T. Little Letter T Book: Rhymes & Songs Here are the songs and rhymes included in the mini-book: T is for A Tisket, a Tasket (to hear the tune, click here) A tisket, a tasket,A green and yellow basket.I wrote a letter to my love,And on the way I dropped it.I dropped it, I dropped it,And on the way I dropped it.A little boy picked it ... Read More
Printable Counting Mat Here's a fun way to practice counting objects up to 20! The printable contains numbers up to 20, but I used just 1-5 with my Two. After a few months of math activities focused mainly on number recognition, he's finally learned numbers 1-5. Yay! Counting items past three presents a little more of a challenge, but he's getting better and better. He enjoyed this. My Four had fun filling the ... Read More
I created this truck clip art and turned it into printable pattern cards for preschool and kindergarten. I have a truck pattern card pack for you to download if you'd like! Zip to the end of this post for the link. Printable Pattern Cards (and more!) Here are the pictures your child will be using to complete and/or create patterns: My mom's artistic genes completely bypassed me and went to my four ... Read More
Preschool Crafts for Letter T We got a little carried away the past couple of weeks -- there were so many fun preschool crafts for Letter T that we made twelve of them! Taxi Craft All the kids loved these taxis. They glued down the pieces and drew themselves in the window. I got this idea from Mrs. Karen's Preschool Ideas. T is for Tiger It's always fun to find crafts that take the shape of the letter. This idea is ... Read More
Here's an idea for those of you who are enjoying the beautiful spring weather -- and for those of you (like us) who are still stuck inside. If you have an older baby or young toddler who just can't wait to get into that sandbox - but eats the sand - here's a wonderful alternative for a first sandbox. I first saw it on Small Potatoes. First I put my 14-month-old into a big plastic bin. Until I have a giant ... Read More
