Education resources for parents and teachers
If you're working on that tricky silent e, these games are a great way to practice reading a-e words. A few days ago I shared my fold and read cards for a-e words. You know, words like tape, shake, and cape. I created those to help my kindergartner understand how silent e (sometimes called "magic e") changes the sound of the vowel. They worked even better than I'd hoped! Today I'm sharing another set of freebies to ... Read More
Want to help your beginning reader learn how to read a-e words? Try this simple activity! I've got some printable a-e games in the works, but I wanted to start with something simpler. So I came up with these. I call them "fold and read" cards. When you cut out the strips, you can fold in from the right side to change a short a word to an a-e one. But first, I had him read through all the short a words. As I ... Read More
Looking for beginning sounds worksheets? Try these fun coloring pages! A year and a half ago, I created beginning sounds coloring pages for my Three, who was almost four years old. Since he loved to color and had a pretty good handle on beginning sounds, I thought he'd enjoy a set of alphabet coloring pages. Now that little boy is my five-year-old. He's far past beginning sounds and is ... Read More
Looking for a fun way to practice alphabet sounds using letter tiles? Try this! I've been doing a variety of beginning sounds activities with my three-year-old to strengthen his understanding. Since my Three likes digging in sensory bins, I buried letter tiles in a box of colored rice. I designed a page with a single picture for each letter of the alphabet and made the grid just the right size so that a letter ... Read More
Have you seen my free spelling games? I'm adding another one! I'm on a mission to create spelling games for words with long vowels. Today: short and long e dominoes! The game is very simple. Just cut out the dominoes and divide them up evenly. Then take turns choosing from your pile to set down a domino. It has to connect to another one with the same spelling pattern. You'll find three spelling patterns in the ... Read More
Looking for leaf books? These are perfect to read when doing a fall theme! Save ... Read More
Looking for letter U activities? Take a peek at our week! (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 U Activities My Three liked this find the letter page. You can get the whole set here. We didn't do a lot of crafty things this week because there just isn't much to do for letter U. ... Read More
It's the perfect time of year for a nature scavenger hunt! Have you been outside to enjoy the Fall weather? Where we live, the weather can turn cold (and stay cold) at any time. So when we had a rare 70 degree day in October, I thought we should make the most of it and pull out this nature scavenger hunt. After we pick up the big kids from our church's parochial school at 3:15, we have a lot to do before supper. ... Read More
Looking for pumpkin books for kids? This is the ultimate list! To go along with the activities in our Fall Theme Pack, I've been reading countless pumpkin books to my preschooler to come up with the ultimate list for preschool and kindergarten. Here are our top picks! Did you know? You get a printable list of pumpkin, apple, and leaf books ... Read More
Looking for free worksheets to help your child make sense of the numbers 11-20? Here you go! (This post contains affiliate links.) Have you seen my handwriting worksheets for numbers 1-10? That set is one of my most popular printables. But if you're a regular follower of this blog, you know I don't share a lot of worksheets. It's not that I don't love making them! In fact, I've been ... Read More
