Education resources for parents and teachers
We love rhymes and songs, so these mini-books are a favorite of my just-turned-Three. In this free printable book you'll find six rhymes for letter W. Rhymes for Letter W: Little Letter W Book Here are the rhymes and songs you'll find in this mini-book: W is for Woman There was an old womanWho lived in a shoe.She had so many childrenShe didn’t know what to do.She gave them brothAnd lots of fresh bread.Then kissed ... Read More
1 - Problem Solving - Tic Tac Toe It doesn't get any simpler than this, but can you believe that I've never played Tic Tac Toe with my Four? This was a great chance to give him practice writing X's while also teaching him some problem solving and strategy. 2 - Patterns - Finish the X Pattern Another super simple activity -- but again, it gets the handwriting and ... Read More
My Three and Four are learning to write the letter X: today we found 13 different ways to make the letter! The letter X is a simple letter to make with manipulatives because you just need two straight pieces. My just-turned-Three made an X in a number of different ways: with rulers... with chopsticks... with flatware... and with Q-tips. He had fun using ... Read More
5 Letter X Crafts Handprint X-Ray Fish These x-ray fish are my favorite. After letting our black handprints dry overnight, the kids added fish bones and a googly eye. For this and many more handprint alphabet crafts, visit Red Ted Art. Q-Tip X-Ray This is a popular children's craft which would look a little better with plain white Q-tips. But since they've started telling us not to put ... Read More
Looking for some books to go along with a preschool dinosaur theme? Here are are favorite funny tales! These books may not teach dinosaur facts, but they're sure to bring some laughs and spark some fun conversations. Add a few of these to your preschool dinosaur theme! ... Read More
You can do this too - talk about simple! Here's what you need to do: 1) Search for "x-rays" on google images. Print a few on plain paper and copy them onto overhead transparencies with a copy machine. That's the hardest part of this, I promise. 2) Get out some white Christmas lights and place the lights inside of a large plastic container. My container is transparent. ... Read More
Here's another page in our collection of dot sticker printables. (This post contains affiliate links.) Letter X Printable: X is for Xylophone This is one of our favorite ways to make letters! You can use round office stickers like we do, or try filling in the circles in other ways: pom-poms with magnets hot glued to the back (set the page on a magnetic baking sheet) Do-a-Dot Markers round magnets ... Read More
Please forgive me for not filling the letter X book with words that begin with X. Xylophone doesn't exactly teach the sound of x, anyway. Instead, the mini-book's rhymes mainly consist of words that have x within them. Rhymes for Letter X: Little Letter X Book You are welcome to use any of my original rhymes in any way, as long as you credit themeasuredmom.com right next to the ... Read More
I love Count & Clip Cards. They're easy to make (just print on card stock and laminate!), and they give fine motor practice right along with the math lesson. Free Transportation Printable Here's a sample page from the download. I cut around the blue border so that it was a frame inside each of the cards (see above). I laminated each card, trimmed again, and we had a durable set of colorful cards to ... Read More
Our beautiful spring weather has taken a turn for the worse, so we're spending some time indoors. Today was the perfect time to round up some preschool math ideas using toy vehicles. 1 - Ordinal Numbers - Car Race First we turned a wooden puzzle upside down and rested it on a plastic storage bin. My boys had fun letting the cars go. Then my Four assigned each car to its ... Read More
