Education resources for parents and teachers
(This post contains affiliate links.) Letter F printable - F is for Fish Dot stickers (get them at any office supply store or online) are a favorite of my kids. Print this letter F printable and have your child fill in the circles. Doing the page promotes one-to-one correspondence, letter recognition, and gives fine motor practice. My son took a break from dot stickers this week and used Do a Dot markers ... Read More
This week we pulled out all our farm toys so we could make a letter F sensory tub: Farm in a Box. I got this idea from Small Potatoes, where she has an incredible amount of sensory ideas -- including a whole series called Building a World in a Box. Farm seemed like a good word to start with for the letter F - especially since we have a lot of farm toys. I poured our beans and rice combo into a big ... Read More
Check out our eight ways to make the letter E! First, I printed two large letter E's, which you can make yourself or use mine: giant letter E. Then my Two and Four filled their E's with gems to reinforce the shape of the letter. Next, they filled their E's with buttons. We got out colorful craft sticks to form the letter E with lines. After this I had them use the craft sticks without the framework. ... Read More
I created these mini-books when my little guy was just over 2. He has always loved music, and I wanted a way to help the letters stick (because they weren't). He wasn't too interested initially, but I made it a habit to sit down and read/sing these with him. Before long he was bringing his "wittle books" to me. Now (2 years, 8 months) he carries them around and knows many of the songs and rhymes ... Read More
Tissue Paper "E" My four-year-old boy really loved this one. I printed out a large E and gave him a bag of tissue paper squares. He painted on a water/glue mixture and very carefully applied each square. He was very serious about doing a neat job. I think he would not have enjoyed this had we used straight Elmer's or a glue stick. It would have been too messy and frustrating. My toddler had no interest in the ... Read More
Check out this collection of fun math activities for preschoolers! 1 - Counting - Count the Eggs The kids added brightly colored "eggs" to nests numbered 1-10. My Four and Five did this on their own. My Two enjoyed doing it with me. See my original post here. 2 - Ordering -- Big and Small Elephants I printed these from Confessions of a Homeschooler. My Four had no trouble ordering them from ... Read More
The best way to teach rhyming is to read. Looking for the best rhyming books that will hold the interest of your older kids? My children have enjoyed many of these books as preschoolers. But unlike many other rhyming books, this list of best rhyming books for kids will capture the interest of the school-aged reader- particularly those ages 5-8. The Hungry Thing, by Jane Slepian and Ann Seidler This book ... Read More
Grab this free letter E printable! (This post contains affiliate links.) Free Letter E printable - E is for Elephant! We happen to have a large supply of dot stickers from my teaching days. These are fun to use and easy to find (check any office supply store). So I designed a page with larger circles to give my boys practice forming E's with one of their favorite things: stickers. On the day I took these ... Read More
Today I'm sharing some free printable counting mats! Free printable counting mats I created these free printable counting mats and laminated them so that my three-year-old could fill the nests with "eggs" - brightly colored gems I bought at Michaels. He did really well with the nests up to five. After that he needed my help. Such a pretty activity for spring! P.S. Due to a few reader requests, I've updated the ... Read More
We've just launched our first letter exploration! We started with the letter E because it is one of the easiest letters to form. Find out what we did with this simple sensory bin for letter E. Here are the things we came up with: letter E stamps toy elephants envelope egg (play food) eight (puzzle piece) plastic Easter egg toy eagle eyes (Mr. Potato Head's) ear (Mr. Potato Head's) envelope Elmo ... Read More
