It's Friday, which means it's time for me to share another set of sight word booklets! Today's sight word is "was" and I have three printable booklets to share with you. One of the booklets is in black and white, to make it easier for printing or to use for coloring. In this download, there are these 3 booklets: The Weather His Feelings Movement Each of these sight word readers focus on the word “was”. They also use words that were learned in previous sight word readers. The … [Read more...]
How to Get Control of the Chaos & Clutter
Hi 👋🏻 my name is Mor and I’m a hoarder off all things book 📚 and educational materials. Can you at all relate?!? [sigh] Seriously now.... I’m totally type A, OCD, and organized by nature, but while I try to adapt the minimalizm approach in most aspects of my home & life, I’ve been feeling swamped and overwhelmed by the amount of “stuff” I’ve accumulated from my classroom teaching days & homeschooling years. I’ve been in a homeschooling funk for quite some time now.... I used to … [Read more...]
Sight Word Readers for the Word “He”
A couple years ago, I started sharing sight word readers booklets. I shared 43 of them and used all the sight words on the Pre-Primer list. I've decided to continue sharing booklets, due to multiple requests to add to my collection! Every Friday I will share a new sight word booklet. Today I'm starting with the first word on the Primer list, which is "he". Just like in the past, the printable will include three booklets. The only thing I'm changing is that one of the booklets will be in black … [Read more...]
Brain Breaks for Kids
It’s vital to use brain breaks throughout the school day with children. These types of activities are used to activate, energize, and stimulate a child’s brain. When you incorporate brain breaks into your day, this helps improve a child’s ability to concentrate when you go back to classroom work. Research shows that children should have some sort of brain break every 25-30 minutes. You could use songs or chants with actions, games, fingerplays exercise, and more! Just a quick 5-10 minute break … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Celebrate the First Day of Preschool
The start of preschool is just about here! Whether you send your child to preschool or teach preschool at home, it is a special day. To help make our day extra special, I came up with 4 fun ways to celebrate the first day. 1. Make ABC pancakes This is so fun! Surprise your preschooler in the morning with pancakes in the shape of alphabet letters! To make ours, I used pancake mix and used a tablespoon to write the letters on the griddle. It did not take long to cook, so make sure you flip … [Read more...]
20 Insect Activities for Kids
In real life, bugs and insects make me squirm! But the funny thing is, I love activities and crafts about insects. Since my dad owns a pest control, I've learned a lot about them over the years. It's been fun to pass on that knowledge to my boys. If you're looking for insect activities for kids, you're in the right place! Today I'm sharing 20 of my favorite insect activity ideas. To find more information about the activities, just click the links below! Insect Sensory Bin from Teaching … [Read more...]
7 Tips for Homeschooling in a Small Space
For 4 years now, I have taught 3 kiddos preschool to 1st grade within a jail size space. Admittedly, I had times when I wanted our unused nursery to be turned into this idyllic school room with individual desks, a big dry erase board, file cabinets of school supplies, and don't forget the coveted Montessori shelves. I truthfully envied pictures posted of beautifully put-together rooms. Instead of staying stuck in my comparisons, I decided to embrace my space and began to make my area beautiful … [Read more...]
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World – Book Activity
The cutest apple book I’ve ever read is, “How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World”. There are so many things I love about this book, but what I love the most is how you can use this book to cover so many subjects: world geography, literacy, math, science, art, fine motor, and more! So let’s begin… World Geography & Literacy The book is about a little girl who desires to make an apple pie. She needs the ingredients, but her local market is closed, so she travels the world for each … [Read more...]
Homemade Dig It Bars – Fun Excavation Activity
Whenever we pass by the toy section at Target, my kids beg me to buy the dig it kits. They've even saved their money to buy the kits. They love excavating and finding treasures inside! In my opinion, they are quite overpriced! It got me thinking about how I could create homemade dig it bars. We couldn't come up with a recipe that's exact, but we came up with something similar that is a fun alternative. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here's … [Read more...]
10 Apples Up on Top Preschool Activity
I found apple clothespins at Target a few weeks ago and I couldn't wait to use them with the book, 10 Apples Up on Top! This is one of my favorite books to read, especially in the fall with preschoolers. But my boys actually like to read it year-round. It's such a cute story and great for practicing counting! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here's what you need for this activity: apple clothespins (from the Bullseye's Playgound section … [Read more...]