Education resources for parents and teachers
We're all about quick reading games - try this set of freebies for reading short a words! Here are some free games to help kids read short a words. Not with flash cards, but with a board and a die. It's amazing how simple these games are and how willing my Five is to play them. Just take turns rolling a die and reading the words in the corresponding column. Doesn't get any simpler than that! The games progress in ... Read More
We hope you enjoy this set of fun letter U activities for 2-year-olds! We love learning the alphabet! I've been doing letter of the week activities with my toddler over the past year, and it's been so exciting to see her understanding grow! Truth: If we had truly done "letter of the week" we'd have been done more than 6 months ago. But ... this has taken longer than I anticipated (six kids and at an at-home business ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free set of weather-themed sentences that you can use on a pocket chart with your child or students. I absolutely love pocket chart sentences because they offer an easy way to teach so many things: concept of word we read from left to right sentences begin with a capital letter sentences end with punctuation All you have to do is grab the free download at the end of this post. Then print the ... Read More
Try some of these fun letter T activities with your 2-year-old! Have you been following along with our letter of the week series for toddlers? In each post I share a collection of simple activities and printables that will help your 2-year-old learn the alphabet. I'll admit - life gets in the way at our house - so we're finishing this up a month after my little girl turned three. But I'm still keeping it simple so ... Read More
Today I'm sharing another set of free reading games for your learners! This time we're focusing on the long i sound. I'm on a mission to create a giant variety of free phonics games for new readers. Here's our next set of games! Free reading games for y, ie, and igh words This week we're focusing on the long i sound in one syllable words. In the download you'll find four game boards with four different ways to ... Read More
We hope you enjoy this collection of letter S activities for 2 year olds! Okay, confession. This is a series for toddlers, but my little girl turned 3 a month ago. Real life gets in the way here - just as I suspect it does at your house! - so we didn't finish the alphabet as soon as I'd hoped. No worries, though - I'm keeping our activities simple so that you can still use them with 2-year-olds. On to our fun from ... Read More
This giant set of no prep games is great for helping kids learn subtraction strategies for the basic facts! Addition versus subtraction. Which one is easier to understand? In general, kids grasp the concept of addition much more easily. Combining sets isn't too complicated. And there are countless fun ways to practice it. But subtraction? If you teach first grade, you know that it can ... Read More
My beginning reader loved this set of games for learning to read short a words. We think your learners will like them too! 21 Games for reading short a words How to play Print the game board of your choice (use the Table of the Contents so you don't have to scroll through the file to find what you want!) Grab two Do-a-Dot markers or a set of pair of crayons or markers in two different colors. Power magnets work if ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of free ending sound games that are perfect for helping kids hear and identify the final sounds in words. I have a lot of beginning sound activities on my site, but very few for helping kids identify ending sounds. Let's change that! After all, ending sounds are important too -- particularly when children begin to write words. After all, it's pretty easy to write the beginning letter of a ... Read More
Get a giant set of vocabulary photo cards in our newest bundle! For the past few months, I've been working behind the scenes to create a giant resource that I'm so excited to share! Both you and your learners will love this huge set of picture cards to build vocabulary, critical thinking, speech and language skills, and so much more. 500 Vocabulary Picture Cards These vocabulary picture cards are ideal ... Read More
