My kids and I have been playing an old rhyming game lately and it's inspired me to create a similar printable game. In this game, children will practice rhyming words and finding matches. It's perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, or any beginning reader! This Rhyme and Match game is a simple one, and it's also a really fun way to practice rhyming! Along with rhyming, children will work on matching. Matching is a skill that helps improve concentration, visual memory, short-term memory, … [Read more...]
Cookie Shapes Matching Activity
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure policy for details. Who doesn't love freshly baked cookies?! Although this activity doesn't involve eating cookies, it's still pretty fun and it helps little ones learn about shapes! This Cookie Shapes Matching Activity is all about learning 2D shapes! Students will take a paper cookie and match it to the correct shape on the cookie sheet. Cookie Shapes Activity: Here's how to set up the activity. Print … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Letter – Free Printable
Mother's Day is just around the corner! If you're looking for a free, homemade gift that your kids can give, this Mother's Day Letter is perfect! This printable letter is great for kids to fill out and give to moms and or other loved ones on Mother's Day! I've heard from so many of you that moms LOVE to receive this printable letter as a gift! I created this Mother's Day letter for children to fill out for a mother or grandmother. You can have your child fill in the blanks and sign it at … [Read more...]
Hands-On Printables for Beginning Readers
Are you teaching students to read? Having the right resources at your fingertips is so important and will make your life so much easier! If you have beginning readers and you want to help them with their reading skills, this post is for you! These printable activities help students learn to read in a fun way! Alphabet Activities If we want students to be good readers, they first need to know the letters of the alphabet and letter sounds. Check out this blog post for my favorite ideas … [Read more...]
Earth Day Activities for Preschoolers
Earth Day is a great time to celebrate our great planet! Ever since 1970, we have been celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd. It's so important to teach preschoolers the importance of caring for our world. Earth Day is a good time to talk about pollution and habitat destruction. It's also an opportunity to do helpful activities, such as picking up litter and planting flowers. Today I'm sharing Earth Day Activities for Preschoolers. I hope these activities inspire your little ones to help … [Read more...]
Christ-Centered Easter Printables for Preschoolers
I cannot believe we celebrate Easter this week! It definitely seems early this year, but that's okay with me because it's one of my favorite holidays. While Easter baskets and eggs are fun traditions, our family puts a big focus on Christ's resurrection during Easter. To make this part of our preschool at home lessons, I put together a packet of Christ-centered learning printables. I'm excited to share that I'm offering it FREE to you all, too! In these Easter printables, you'll find the … [Read more...]
Digraph Flip Books
Teaching beginning readers about digraphs can be a challenge. A digraph is two letters that make one sound. The fact that each letter doesn't say a sound can be really confusing to students. For example, we know the /s/ sound, as in snake, and the /h/ sound, as in hat, but together the -sh combination, or digraph, makes one new sound, /sh/ as in share. To help kids practice reading consonant digraphs, I put together some printable flip books. These flip books focus on the most common digraphs: … [Read more...]
Beginning Blends Flip Books
Learning to decode blends is an important step in learning to read. A blend is two consonants put together to make one sound. With blends, both letters keep their sound. For example, if you say the word drink you can clearly hear the beginning sounds of d and r. Blends can be found at the beginning or end of words. Blending is important because it helps students decode unfamiliar words using letter-sound patterns when reading. Today I'm sharing a printable to help children practice reading … [Read more...]
Magna Tile Number Cards
Disclosure: This post contains links to Amazon. See this page for more details. There are so many fun ways to teach numbers to kids! One hands-on way is with Magna Tiles. Building numbers with these magnetic blocks help kids learn to recognize numbers and practice making the numbers. Today I'm sharing 21 Magna Tile Number Cards that can be used at a math center for learning at home! This printable set includes pages for numbers 0-20. Each page shows the number, pictures that match … [Read more...]
Q-Tip Snowflakes – STEM Activity
Happy winter! It's freezing where we live. As I write this blog post, my two youngest boys are outside shoveling the sidewalk! Although having a lot of snow in the winter can be a lot of work, I've always thought snowflakes are pretty amazing. Just learning about the life cycle of snow is really fascinating. Today I'm sharing a fun STEM activity that involves Q-tips. You can arrange them to make some really neat snowflakes! For this activity, you'll need the following: … [Read more...]
