Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing a rainbow sensory play idea perfect for toddlers - and bigger kids too! I've been sharing a sensory play idea for every letter of the alphabet. For letter R, we made rainbow-colored oats! Making six colors of oats was actually pretty simple, and of course my toddler (pictured) and preschooler wanted to be a part of it. We followed a tutorial using old-fashioned oats, water, and food coloring ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free letter R printable - part of our collection of dot pages. Free Letter S Printable (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm sharing a free letter R printable. This is great to use alongside the rest of our letter R activities. Over the next few weeks we'll be adding sensory play, math activities, crafts, and more! We like to do these with dot stickers, round magnets, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free interactive numbers book for kids ages 2-5. Have fun with it! (This post contains affiliate links.) Did you know I share math ideas for each letter of the alphabet? These don't need to correlate with learning about a particular letter, but they've sparked my creativity as I work to think of new math activities to post. Recently I shared unifix cube activities for ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a set of fun and free easy readers featuring the short u sound. (This post contains affiliate links.) A sample book Every book starts like this. I always put the first new word in big bold print without a picture. Since the focus of these early readers is sounding out words, I don't give a picture clue on that first page. Now your child can check how he did by reading the word in a simple ... Read More
Today I'm sharing six nursery rhymes and songs for letter R in a printable mini-book for toddlers and preschoolers. Nursery rhymes and songs for letter R Ring around the Rosie Ring around the rosie, A pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, We all fall down! It's Raining, It's Pouring It's raining, it's pouring, The old man is snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head And couldn't get up in the morning. Round and ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a variety of activities to help you get the most out of your unifix cubes. (This post contains affiliate links.) We have a small set of unifix cubes that we use for all sorts of math learning. Today I'm sharing some ways that kids ages 2-8 can learn with these colorful manipulatives! 1- Sort by color There are ten different colors in our set of unifix cubes, so my dip tray didn't have quite ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a fun math game for kids ages 4-6 - Race to 20! (This post contains affiliate links.) Race to 20 We've been doing a lot of math with unifix cubes lately, and this seemed like a fun one to add to the mix. I think Race to 20 is a popular math game for three reasons. It's simple to set up, it's simple to play, and it provides a lot of skill practice. My goal with Race to 20 ... Read More
Read on for a variety of ways to make letter U! I printed a giant U and some block arrows. Then we put them on the U, saying, "uh, uh, UP." We made the letter out of unifix cubes. I've found that millet makes a really good writing surface! So I poured some on a baking sheet, and my Four wrote with a chopstick. It's so fun to shake the tray and write again and again. My Letters of All Sizes are ... Read More
Today I'm sharing set four of my free phonics readers. This set features short e words. (This post contains affiliate links.) My preschooler is really starting to catch on to short vowel words by reading my phonics readers. I pull out the box of short a, short i, and short o books and he reads about 5-6 in one sitting. They're quick and colorful - but best of all, they're readable. Most of the phonics readers ... Read More
Cupcake Liner Umbrellas Family Crafts gave us the inspiration for this fun umbrella craft. We decided to use blue puffy paint for the raindrops, which was a little tricky. You might be surprised that my Two did the neater project on the left; my Four did the one on the right. But that's because I was holding my Two's hand while he squeezed the puffy paint, and my Four did it all on his own. So be forewarned. You ... Read More
