These printable books are perfect for new readers!
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Here’s Liz…
These little readers are all about how kids can help… around the home, outside the home and amongst their friends. Not only are they great for practicing reading, but they also work as discussion starters. After all, our children might be little, but it doesn’t mean they can’t help out!
I Can Help Readers
These readers are predictable, making it easier for little ones to pick up the pattern and read along. They come in both color and black and white so you can have instant coloring books if you like!
- Book 1: I Can Help at Home – each sentence starts with I Can…
- Book 2: I Can Help Outside – these sentences also start with I Can…
- Book 3: I Can Help My Friend – the sentences start with My Friend, My Friend’s or My Friends…
What you’ll need:
- Download a copy of these I Can Help Readers (below)
- Paper for copying
- Scissors (you’ll only need to cut 1 slit in the paper, then fold to make the books)
How to assemble these books:
There are photo instructions in the printable so you can follow step by step, but basically you need to cut one slit in the middle of the page and then fold on all the lines. The book can then be folded into shape. Each book uses only one sheet of paper so you get 8-page mini-books that kids love to handle!
Ways to use these I Can Help Readers:
- Read with your child.
- Choose a target word such as “friend” and ask your child to trace that word with his finger each time he sees it.
- Use a highlighter to make words stand out, like “I can” or “the.”
- Chat about each helping action.
- How old might a child be to be able to help in that way? Do they need to be strong?
- How does it feel to help someone?
- Is it easy to help? Is it hard?
- How much time does it take?
- Can children think of help that they are given each day, and who helps them?
I hope you enjoy using these readers!
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Hi Anna,
Camping is something we always did with our kiddos and all of their cousins! There are some great tips for camping:
-Freeze water bottles and use them in the bottom of the ice chest instead of ice.
-Cook meats/sauces ahead and freeze at home, Bring frozen in zip locks,,,keeps other items cold and saves cook time over the camp stove
-Freeze one juice carton and one milk carton, they will thaw by the end of the week if you are on a long trip.
-If you are tent camping, bring a small tent to be the toy/reading/play tent…keeps the sleeping tent neater and avoids dirt tracking in to sleeping quarters
-bring a small blow up pool for water play and bathing at the camp site
-put clothing for the day per child in zip locks…easy for the whole outfit to be found by child or hubby to help with getting clothes on in the morning and if the suit case is emptied it easier to pickup zip bagged sets than a pile of separate clothes
-have kiddos make “shake pudding” for desert while dinner clean up is happening…recipe on side of pudding box
-make coffee can ice cream on night…just roll the can back and forth to make the ice cream once again kiddos roll it while clean up is being done
-use the grill cheese sandwich grillers to make cinnamon pastries if you allow such things with the crescent roll dough , butter spray and cinnamon.
We camped many summers for a week or more at a time up in the mountains and lake side many wonderful memories to cherish.
Thanks for those tips, Helen! We survived our trip. 🙂 I froze some water in milk jugs for our cooler, which worked great to keep our things cool, and I cooked and froze the taco meat ahead of time. We will have to get some of those grillers to make sandwiches. We kept it “simple” this time, although nothing is all that simple about camping with little kids and a baby, ha!