We have been loving playing with watercolors and oil pastels. They are fun to mix in how you paint and coloring with them. The theme of flowers has always been one that I have loved. A year does not go by that we don’t do something with flowers. Today’s watercolor flower process art is a…
I love sensory bin! They are simple easy to use and are fun sensory play for kids. We always have a sensory bin up. We have repeated a love of the sensory bins we have done. It is fun to set them up and just let my girls have fun with them. Kid have fun…
I have always been a big seasonal activities person and so are my kids. Flowers have always been one of my favorite spring themes! We do so much with them every year. I know that a lot of the common digraphs that kids start learning are ch, sh, th and wh. So today I have…
I love it when the blossoms come out in spring. We have had a long winter and suddenly it is spring and there is color all over. We love looking at all the signs of spring. We have been seeing robins outside more and more. Plus a few of the flowers are starting to grow….
I have always loved having dot marker activities. They are a blast for kids to use. They work on fine motor and learning at the same time. We have always enjoyed the dot marker words and now I added something fun to it. You have a dot find with a sight word dot marker word….
Every month we look for new picture books. Sometimes we find old favorites and other times we find new ones we just grow to love. We still love looking at picture books. We always have a mix of books and where we find them. Some are on trips to different places and others might be…
Spring has so many great themes to work with. I know that the theme of rain has always been one that people have asked about. I’m always getting more requests for it. And today I have a fun rain and umbrella themed pack with loads of activities like fun prewriting, shapes, ABCs, numbers, easy reader…
We have the next set of the free Romping & Roaring Second grade Sight Word Packs out! Once of a month, four words from the Romping & Roaring Second Grade Sight Word Packs come out free. This month’s words are: sit, sleep, tell, their. These are great activities to work on learning sight words. When…
I love having seasonal changes. I know that my kids love to have seasonal changes as well. I love the spring is here and we are in for the seasonal change again. One of the themes of spring is rain. I know that means puddles, raindrops, and umbrellas. I know that they are great fun…
I have always love wall cards. Does not matter if they are on a wall or on a ring. They a such a great tool to learn with. I know that my girls have always love wall cards. I have a new set of wall cards for the Dolch sight words for the third grade…
I always love to look out at the blossoms as they bloom during the spring. It is always fun to see the different colors of blossoms and how pretty they are. I know that we spend a lot of time looking for signs of spring after a long winter. Today I have a fun fine…
Playdough mats have always been one of our favorite way to learn. It has been an activity that we have been using for years and hopes to use playdough for years to come. Today I have playdough mats for CVC, CVCC and CVCe words. These are a fun way to add in more words with…
Spring is always fun and there are so many different themes. I love that rain is one of the themes of spring. I like when I can mix in some hands-on learning for each season. I have a fun new set of addition task cards and worksheet. It is a free raindrop themed ten frame…
I think rainbows have always been a favorite for me. We have also done so many activities with them. We enjoy having the crafts around to look at the start of spring. I love when you have mix things together you have for something fun. Years ago I was going to scrapbook and it never…
Coloring pages are fun for everyone to use. We love having different coloring pages. I thought it would be fun to have some fun colors based on coloring pages. These cover the basic colors and learning color words in a great format that kids will love. Plus these color coloring pages are free! The Color…
I have always loved the idea of mazes. And the letter and word mazes have always been a favorite. I thought it would be fun to put some extra skills in mazes to make a great review for kids that love something different. Today I have some fun ABC letter mazes. These are great for…
We are looking forward to spring but still have some times where we can’t get outside and need to get the wiggles out. We have long loved having tape lines on the floor. They are a fun way to get kids working on coordination plus an easy way to do gross motor in a tight…
I love reading the fun stories about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I thought I would add a fun pot of gold matching activity with ABCs. Kids can have a blast working on their ABCs with this fun theme for St. Patrick’s Day! We have included links to some of…
I love the no-prep math packs. They make it super easy to just print and use. There is no fuss with cutting or pasting. I know there are times I just need something I can print and use and don’t have to worry about needing any extra steps. Today I have the next months theme…
There are always themes we do for spring and that is rainbows! I think the one sign of spring for me has always been rainbows. I love to look for them everywhere! This past summer we saw a wonderful double rainbow while we drove cross country. It was amazing to see how wonderful they look…
I have always loved gross motor. It was one of my favorite activities in school and one of my favorite to teach as well. I love finding new ways to get my girls up and moving. I also know that my girls have always loved the book Hop on Pop. I know that many time…
I have always loved reading The Lorax (Classic Seuss). I think we have read this book every year since my girls were litte. Now my girls read it to me and we still have a great time with our picture book and crafts. Today I have a fun process art craft that kids can do….
Every month we always look for fun picture books. They are great to read at any age. Plus you can always learn from them. You will find silly books, history books, wordless books and more. We are always looking for the next favorite book to read or collect at our house. We end up with…
We have the next set of the free Romping & Roaring Second grade Sight Word Packs out! Once of a month, four words from the Romping & Roaring Second Grade Sight Word Packs come out free. This month’s words are: pull, read, right, sing. These are great activities to work on learning sight words. When…
Dot markers have always been a hit at our house. We use them often. I love having different activities to use with the markers. I think my favorite has always been the dot marker words. We have used them a lot. Today I have a fun dot marker set with CVC word family words that…
Counting maths are one of my favorite activities to use. You can use them for counting number and work into more math activities. Today I have a free fishbowl counting mat that is great for PreK and kindergarten. I love that these mats have two hands-on activities for learning to count. This printable is apart…
Easy reader books are fun because kids can have their own book for them to read and color. It gets them excited when they can have a new book. I love it because they soon build up their own library of books that are theirs. Today I have a fun free easy reader book about…
We just love turtles at my house. I know my girls would love a turtle is I would let them. We have been working on r-controlled vowels. So I thought we would do a turtle pet theme for a fun activity. Hands-on sorting and recognizing sounds is a fun way to learn. Today’s turtle r-controlled…
Learning addition is always a simple concept but not all kids get the idea. It is great to have different ways to work on learning. I love doing matching activities when I can. We have done so many sorting activities our the years and love them. Today’s printable is a simple visual addition with matching….
I love having different themes to work on skip counting. We are always working on it somewhere. Skip counting is a great way to build up to multiplication and division. I know that some kids learn better with themes than with just plain worksheets. I changing up learning with these mats to see what they…