Do you ever find yourself stuck when you're trying to think of short vowel words for your beginning reader? I'm sharing a free printable CVC word list! (This post contains affiliate links.) Lately my Four's reading ability has taken a big leap. No more slooow sounding out of CVC words... he's got them down! At bedtime when we're waiting for my husband to finish our youngest son's Bible story, he likes to bring me ... Read More
CVC vowel clip cards
Is your child having trouble hearing the middle sound in CVC short vowel words? Try these free clip cards! My four-year-old is working on reading CVC words. Recently, it clicked! I created these CVC vowel clip cards to help him listen for the sound in the middle of the words. I figured the cards would be no problem at all, and was creating them more for your use than ours. I was surprised that these were a bit of a ... Read More
Printable spelling dictionaries
One thing all writers love is words. So I created a printable spelling dictionary so my children would have a special place to keep them. So... do you consider yourself a natural speller? How about your kids? It's true that the ability to spell comes easily to some kids and not so easily to others. I remember a first grade student who was a natural speller. At her parent teacher conference I asked which of her ... Read More
Race to the Pond CVC games
Today I'm excited to share my newest project: 15 easy-prep games to help your child or students master CVC words! Games for teaching CVC words How to play 1. Print the game you'd like to play. You can choose a game that features short short a, e, o, i, or u words. Or you can print a game that features a combination of short vowels. So many possibilities in this pack of 15 games! 2. Get a playing ... Read More
Letters and sounds game
This letters and sounds game is a fun and effective way to practice identifying the beginning sounds in words. Today I'm thrilled to welcome Danielle from Mom Inspired Life! She's sharing a guest post today while I catch up on some behind-the-scenes blog work. I encourage you to sign up for her newsletter so you don't miss any of her creative learning activities and printables! Here's Danielle... Lately, we have ... Read More
Letter I Activities for Preschool (a peek at our week!)
If you're on the lookout for letter I activities, you'll love this round up of playful learning! (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were young. Now that I have more time, I've created a done-for-you alphabet curriculum perfect for preschool!) Letter I Activities We started the week with My ABC Book: Letter I. I always read the book first, and then he "reads" it to me as he names the pictures. ... Read More
Ice cream count & match #1-10
Today I'm sharing an updated version of one of my first printables! It's a free file folder game for preschoolers. To give my youngest son (age three) some practice with one-to-one correspondence and number recognition, I created an updated version of my ice cream game. It's nice to be able to keep an activity in a file folder for easy storage and reference! When you click the link, you will find two ... Read More
Letter H Activities for Preschoolers
Today I'm sharing some fun letter H activities for preschoolers! (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were young. Now that I have more time, I've created a done-for-you alphabet curriculum perfect for preschool!) We started the week with my free little book of songs and rhymes. Letter H has some great nursery rhymes! He enjoyed doing the fan folding, gluing, and drawing for this heart person ... Read More
Gumball math mats
Last week I created these colorful counting mats so my Three could do some gumball math as we learned about letter G. (This post contains affiliate links.) I created ten gumball math mats, each with a number printed on the bottom. Then I put the matching number of gray circles inside the machine. For each mat, he read the number and counted the clear plastic counters as he placed them on the gray ... Read More
Bugs in a jar counting game
If you're doing a preschool insect theme, this math game is the perfect one to put in a learning center or to do at home at your kitchen table. This week I'm doing the letter "I" with my preschooler. I decided to create a simple printable that would help him practice using a die... counting insects for the bug jar. First I printed and laminated the jar. Then I printed the bugs, laminated them, and cut ... Read More