Earth Day has so many fun themes that you can work with. I love that so many themes are flexible in how we use them. There are some math concepts that people have been asking for. I know one that we have been working on is greater than & less than. It is one that…
Earth Day is almost here and we are busy using up the arts and craft supplies at our house. We decide that we would not buy any new craft supplies during the months of March April and May. It is our part of the Earth Day. Today we have a Washi Tape Green Tree. I…
The Earth Day Ten Frame Cards are a great way to work on counting and math at the same time. It is an activity you can do so many different ways and is flexible for different learning styles. These work great for one to one correspondence with a fine motor activity. They are a fun…
Looking for a fun Easter decorating activity then try this. It was a fun last minute idea that my girls wanted to do. We enjoy doing a lot of project with different materials. We have done a lot with Washi tape crafts and loved to create things with it. The Washi Tape Easter Eggs makes…
Kids love activities that can be hands on. I love these counting mats. They are easy for kids and they love seasonal ideas. These mats are great for Easter. These Easter Egg counting mats are great for kids that want or need a hands-on activity to learn about counting and math. I love that these…
My girls still love sensory bins, and water beads happen to be some of their favorite things to play with. They find them calming and relaxing. We also love changing up the sensory bins for the seasons! This bin is loads of hours of play, plus it is fun to dig through the bin and…
Spring is coming and one of our favorite themes has always been rainbows. Plus this is one that also works for St. Patrick’s Day! I follow my girls lead on a lot of projects that we do. When they ask if we can do a craft we pull out the supplies and see if we…
We love doing crafts as months change. Valentines is one of our favorite holidays to do crafts. We have done several over the years. My girls had so much fun with our Christmas Washi Tape Wreaths; they asked to make another washi tape wreath. This is a simple Valentines Washi Tape Wreath that kids can…
It seems that holidays are a great time for placemats of all kinds. I was looking around and saw I did not have a Valentine’s themed set! I thought this would be a perfect time to make some. I know that at times I’m looking for ways to keep my girls at the table longer…
Reading is something we are always doing and changing. We totally loved the transportation reading charts. We had so much fun. The charts keep my girls reading and working toward goals. It is amazing how fun it is to fill up a chart and get a fun reward. These charts are similar to the summer…
Kids love to have books of their own. I know that my girls love having their personal books they could read. There are so many different ways you can make books for kids. Today we have a fun ABC themed book for kids in preschool to early kindergarten. Kids can have fun learning some letters…
I’m always looking for new ways to do sight words. We have done several sensory bags but I don’t think I’ve ever posted about them! This time was a sensory bag puzzle challenge! My girls love playing in a sensory bin and sensory bags. We have done a lot with them. I love putting them…
There are always kids who just don’t do well with flashcards. No matter how many times we drill them on the same cards they just don’t get it. Hands-on mats are an excellent visual way to get them learning their math facts. I just love these mats because they show the ten frame that will…
Counting is a basic math skill that helps when kids learn addition and other math skills. It is one type of learning that kids need. And I know my girls always loved to learn with different themes. You start with the ten frame and then build the picture on the side. These have been popular…
We have another fun week of themed printables here. This time we have Valentines as our themed week. Valentines is such a fun theme to work with. This is going to be our week series for February. We are starting early because we wanted to make sure you got these before Valentines and had loads…
Hanukkah is almost here and I have had a request to add some fun placemats! It is fun to add something different when celebrating the different holidays. I know that my girls don’t always want to sit while waiting for a meal or when they are finished. By adding a placemat they can color or…
Every now and then it is fun to change things up. I love doing gross motor and book activities. We have done several over the years. This year I’m adding a Christmas book: the Polar Express! This book is a christmas favorite at our house. I wrote this guest post for Rainy Day Mum! You…
I love changing up what we are doing and working on something new. Christmas comes but once a year but the Nativity is one of my favorite parts. I’m always looking for fun ways to work on it. Every year I work on something for my girls to learn with. The Nativity is such a…
I’m always looking for something fun and easy for my girls and me to make. And this wreath was a perfect post school craft for us to do. A lot of times we are just looking for simple and easy plus fun for all of us. If you saw our washi tape Christmas trees we…
Christmas is one of my favorite seasons. It is always fun to create and make fun activities for it. I’m always looking for something new to do. We have really enjoyed the seasonal finds each month. It has given us a fun way to work on many different subjects. ABC Letter, Numbers, Shapes, Skip Counting,…
As we enter the holiday season, it gets colder outside, and my girls just love to be moving around. Every year we do different types of gross motor activities. I love to change up what we do. These dice are an easy way to let them get some gross motor in when they need to…
Every year, we have done some types of Christmas crafts during the season. We have tons of fun making them and enjoy it. This year, we made some Washi tape Christmas Trees. It was a suggestion from my 11-year-old that we make a Christmas tree craft. She also said it might be fun to use…
Christmas has to be one of my favorite times of the year. I just love it! And this year I’m adding a few easy reader books to make the season a little bit fun! This is the first of the easy reader books that will be coming out. This one has a fun Christmas Cookie…
At a particular time in school, you start learning short and long vowel sounds. They are sometimes easy and sometimes hard. It is something that is fun to review now and then. We have been working on CVC vs. CVCe at home. This Christmas tree sorting is a lot of fun for this activity. Plus…
My girls are always looking for bookmarks for their book. We can never have enough of them. We love changing up the bookmarks with each season. My girls asked for some Christmas themed ones. It is always nice to just be able to print a bookmark when we need one. Plus kids love changes in…
Writing is something kids are always working on. It varies as they get older but there is always writing to do. Christmas it just around the corner and I thought some fun Christmas writing paper would be fun! I love that by changing one thing it can make learning fun for kids. Plus we are…
There are so many different sounds work on when kids are learning to read. Words that have blends is a big part of that. Since I’m doing Christmas printables, I thought it would be fun to have one for a blend we hear at Christmas time. That is the “tr-” for the tree. Today I…
Every year I learn something new when I’m working with my girls on math. The last few years was the idea of grouping and arrays for multiplication. It is a hard concept for some kids to understand. There are groups of numbers that make more numbers. I showed some of this in the Winter multiplication…
I know that not all of my girls learn the same way. One learns great with flashcards, another with worksheets and one needs anyway I can teach it for her to learn. I have made different things to meet those needs. Today is a free hands-on Christmas tree fraction activity that we did with stormtroopers…
There are always kids who just don’t do well with flashcards. No matter how many times we drill them on the same cards they just don’t get it. Hands-on mats are an excellent way to get them learning their math facts. I just love these mats because they show the ten frame that will be…