Education resources for parents and teachers
Looking for letter G activities for preschool? You'll love this variety! We had a lot of fun with letter G this 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 G Activities My Three filled in the gumball machine with our round office stickers. He didn't want to do the dots on the ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a synthesizing lesson to help your child become a more thoughtful reader. (This post contains affiliate links.) Welcome back to the reading comprehension strategy series I'm doing with This Reading Mama! This week we're tackling one of those strategies that makes people say, "Huh?" Synthesizing. Making connections, predicting, questioning... those were pretty straightforward. ... Read More
These shape clip cards are perfect for helping your young preschooler learn to recognize and identify shapes. My Three knows the names of the basic shapes, but not with consistency. I created these clip cards to help him find matching shapes and provide an opportunity for us to talk about their names. Clip cards for teaching shapes As I gave him each new card, he looked at the top shape and found the one at the ... Read More
Looking for some fun and free letter F activities for preschool? Check these out! We had a lot of fun with letter F! With grandparents in town at the end of the week, we didn't get to as many activities as I'd have liked. But we were able to squeeze in some activities even as I spent several days cleaning the house and preparing for our guests. (Update: I published this post years ago when my children were young. ... Read More
Looking for alphabet worksheets? These pages will give your child some extra practice with letter recognition. Today I'm sharing a set of free "find the letter" alphabet worksheets. And guess what? They come in three sets. You can print the lowercase letter find, uppercase letter find, or the mixed set (pictured above). "Find the letter" alphabet worksheets These pages are for kids who enjoy ... Read More
Looking for a fun way to help your child brush up on those flash cards? Check out all the fun ways to learn math facts! I don't know about you, but practicing those flash cards isn't my idea of an exciting time. Thankfully, there are so many ways to make flash cards into a game! Check out this fun variety of games you can play to practice the basic math facts. 1. Learn math facts by playing Tic-Tac-Math (Math ... Read More
Looking for letter E activities for preschool? This week we did fewer activities than usual because we were fighting a pretty nasty bug. But we still packed in quite a bit of 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 E Activities I like to print my simple alphabet books ... Read More
Looking for books to read alongside your preschool or kindergarten space theme? Check out our list! Did you know I've begun creating themed book lists for preschool and kindergarten? I asked my subscribers for early childhood themes, and they responded! A few weeks ago I shared a transportation book list. This week I'm sharing books about the sun, moon, and space. Books about the Sun Books ... Read More
Did you know that the process of asking questions will help your child become a better, more thoughtful reader? Read on to learn how to teach the questioning strategy to kids. This Reading Mama and have been sharing reading comprehension strategies for kids. I'm sure a lot of them were no surprise. 1. Using schema. Yup, we know it's important to use our background knowledge when reading. 2. Making ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a sampling of our letter D activities for preschool. (This post contains affiliate links.) (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 D Activities I like to start with my collection of free letter books. My three-year-old likes listening to these simple alphabet ... Read More
