Education resources for parents and teachers
I created my Color Me Readers to help young readers learn concepts of print and basic sight words. Each set comes in three levels of difficulty so you can easily differentiate for your learners. Just click on image to get to the blog post and download the printable! Spring Fall 5 senses Community Helpers Insects Farm animals Arctic animals Fall Valentine's Day Extreme weather ... Read More
Check out my giant list of fall books for preschool and up! Over the years, I've shared quite a few book lists about fall - because I absolutely love this season! I'll start this post with a list of general books about fall. Down below, you can click on any of the images for even more books about fall ... apples, pumpkins, leaves, scarecrows, Halloween, and Thanksgiving! Here we go! Fall Is Not Easy, by Marty ... Read More
Grab this free visual discrimination activity for Fall! Visual discrimination activities are important. When kids have to look at a set of pictures and identify which one is different, they're practicing the skills they need to distinguish between letters and numbers. This is especially important when comparing tricky letters such as b and d. I simply printed the cards and asked my daughter to identify which image ... Read More
Check out this fun editable spelling game - perfect for fall! I know how hard it is to spice up spelling practice ... so I created this simple fall spelling game. The game cards are the same, but you can type your own words into the spelling word cards! The game is cute, but not too cute, so you can use it for kids in (late) first grade through fifth grade! To play, a student draws one of the 18 game cards ... Read More
My blog subscribers have been asking for sight word games - so I created a set of games that feature all the Dolch sight words ... from the preprimer list all the way to the third grade list. There are 5 main lists for the Dolch sight words: preprimer, primer, first, second, and third grade. Since each game can only feature 20 words, I created three games for each level. You can find the level for each game in the ... Read More
These free pocket chart sentences will help your preschooler learn some basic Fall vocabulary. We hope you have fun with them! (This post contains affiliate links.) If you haven't purchased our Fall Theme Pack yet, you haven't seen these fun pocket chart sentences that come in the giant bundle of preschool and kindergarten activities. We love pocket chart sentences for quite a few reasons! They teach basic ... Read More
Looking for books to read aloud the first day of school? I've got you covered! A new school year is upon us! What better way is there to start the year than to read some spectacular picture books to your learners? Here are my top picks for preschool/pre-K through third grade. Please note that many of these books could fit on multiple lists, and I recommend our personal favorite, Don't Eat Your Classmates!, for ... Read More
If you're wondering how to teach letter sounds, you'll love this free printable and video tutorial! Today I'm sharing a printable that I'm using with my four-year-old to help him master letter sounds. And it's working! Here's how it works. Print the letter sounds book. Cut apart the pages and staple together on the far left. Print the pictures and cut them apart. Save them in a zip-top baggie with a glue ... Read More
Check out this huge collection of NEW no-print resources! (Psssst ... did you know that members of The Measured Mom Plus get ALL OF THESE for free? Learn more about membership here.) Want to see the bundles first? These resources available in my shop as individual products. But for now through May 10, you can get many of them in reduced-price bundles. Long vowel teams bundle (just $5) 2nd grade math ... Read More
Look at what's new! Now, in addition to printable activities, I offer digital resources that you can use in Google Slides! If you have the Internet and a free Google account, you can use these digital no-print activities. They're perfect for use in Google Classroom, but you can also use the Google Slides activities on a desktop computer, Chromebook, or iPad. And guess what? Members of The Measured Mom Plus ... Read More
