I have just loved the different interactive books you can use with kids. I wanted to do some for learning to read. I have a great set of CVC Interactive Word Books! These CVC Word books are great for beginner readers. They have simple sentences with CVC words and matching pictures. Each of the books…
A great theme for the fall is leaves. They start off at the beginning of the season and stay around for a while. That means them a fun theme to use in the fall. I wanted to make a new set of ABC clip cards and I thought to have some seasonal ones would be…
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. A lot of people have already made plans or are making plans for Thanksgiving dinner. When I asked what people made for the meal and the other everyone had something different to say. It is fun to see how different we all are. I still wanted to make a…
I love having themed sets to work with. The newest set is a Thanksgiving theme. With pilgrims, turkeys and Thanksgiving food! All put in an easy to use no-prep printable for addition and subtraction or multiplication and division. Loads of practice while having an easy to use theme for the month of November. Each of…
Easy reader books have always been one of my favorite learning to read activities. I love having new books for kids to read. Plus there are so many themes you do with books. Thanksgiving is coming up and we have always loved the book Turkey Trouble. I wanted a fun easy reader book to go…
November has always been a month about being thankful for who we are and what we have. The month of October we spent our free time sending pictures to a friend suffering from cancer. We made it our goal to let him know he was thought about. It was amazing how much it made him…
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: call, cold, does, and don’t. These are great activities to work on learning sight words….
Every month we look for fun picture books. We search the bookstores and library. It is fun to see what books we can find. We all look for them and read them together. Yes, we read picture books beyond preschool and kindergarten. I like that picture books teach us so much and we can enjoy…
The themed finds have always been a favorite for us. They work on so many skills and I love changing them up for the different seasons. Today I have some spider themed finds that work great for a spider or bug them or even Halloween. They are good to use to work on the tracing…
It always seems that we are always looking for new ABC ideas! Plus, with Halloween, spiders are a great theme. Today I have some fun Spider ABC finds for print and cursive! I know that we love dot marker finds, and these are loads of fun. You have uppercase and lowercase letters with print and…
The no-prep math pages have been so much fun. Plus kids love having different themes. Around this time of year, Halloween and candy are big themes. I wanted to make some math printables that were great for Halloween or anytime. I know that not everyone uses Halloween. These are a mix of addition and subtraction…
Halloween is so much fun with so many different themes. I know we enjoy black cats as a theme and so do many other people! Today I have some free black cat array cards and worksheets. I love changing up the themes as kids learn. There are so many ways to use arrays. This mini…
Bats are one of our favorite subjects at this time of the year. We are always watching movies, reading books and learning about them. Plus they are always cool to see at night as well. We wanted to have some fun with bats this year for Halloween. So we picked out our favorite bat book…
Puzzles have always been a part of our learning. I love how they take a basic skill and make it hands-on. I also love using them for skip counting. Puzzles make a fun addition to learning math. Today I have some free candy themed skip counting puzzles. They are great for all year and around…
Puzzles are always fun to use to build skills of different types. I love when you can teach someone with puzzles. I’m always looking for new ways to make puzzles. Today’s number puzzles use counting, number word, and number digit to help kids connect the three together. This is a part of the 5 Days…
There are so many ways to learn words. I love having different learning centers that kids can work on. Sorting mats are always great to use. Kids also love to have different themed that they can use with the mats. Today I have a fun set of mats that work on the ending sound of…
There is not a day that goes by that we don’t work on multiplication. It is one skill we are working on a lot. I love having a variety of activities that we can do. I also love no-prep printables. I thought it would be fun to have a free candy jar color by answer…
I love working different learning skills together. Today I have a printable that works on fine motor, shapes, and colors altogether. Candy is a favorite theme for Halloween and also around Valentine Day. I love that it is a theme you can use all year round. Today printable is a free candy jar shapes to…
It has been a while since I had a themed week. And candy is a great theme you can use almost all year. I know that during Halloween and Valentines you see a lot more candy things. And I wanted to add something fun and extra to the learning this year that could also be…
I have love changing up the seasons at our house. We love the different decorations that you can make. We have been in full fall decoration time. We love leaves and watching the seasons change. I love that all leaves and different and change in so many ways. Today I have a fall leaf theme…
Fall has to be one of my favorite times of the year! Every year we are doing something different with a fall theme. I love that I can have so many fun ideas I also know we have had a few fun projects lately. It has been fun to see what my girls can come…
Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I’m always making something for it. Today is have 3 new no-prep math sets for fall! You have general fall, apples, and pumpkins. These sets are a great way to work in math with something fun. These are a great activity for the early finishers or kids that…
Each month we love looking for new picture books. Picture books are great for all ages. They can teach so many things. We have never limited picture books to just preschool and kindergarten. I encourage my girls to read whatever they want to read. This months book are a collection we picked out at the…
My girls and I had a very emotional September. We had some ups and downs. We spent the month trying to catch a monarch caterpillar that was eating the milkweed in the flower garden. It seemed like it would never happen. And then we did finally catch it. We got a jar and raised it…
One of those skills that we always seem to be working on is reading, writing and building the sight words. It is something we often use no matter what time of year it is. The Sight Word Read Write and Stamp help build those skills by providing an easy to use format for kids. This…
There are so many different ways to learn. And hands-on learning is a favorite for many kids. Plus who does not love pirate treasure? Today I have a free printable with that works on sorting beginning sounds for kids. It works on the begging sounds for T and TR. Now you have a fun hands-on…
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: before, best, both & buy. These are great activities to work on learning the sight…
Football is a great fall and winter theme. The sports starts in September and goes until almost February! I know tons of kids just love it. That is one reason why I made a football-themed number color and trace. It is the newest addition to the Fall Number color and Trace Bundle! It is a…
Puzzles are such a fun way to learn. And it is fun to team puzzles up with different themes. Today I have a fun set of puzzles with a football theme with shapes. They are easy to use and great for to use during football season or really any season. They make a wonderful addition…
We have had a blast with the different ten frame addition cards. I wanted to add a few more of these. I also love how you can work from ten frame counting mats to addition or subtraction. I also love the changing of themes. It is football season and for those sports-loving kids here are…