My girls love having variety in the activities that they do. I know that we are still working on sight words and other skills. The themed finds have been so much fun to use. Plus ocean animals are a great theme that works for summer or all year round! The themed finds are a great…
Puzzles have been a favorite at our house for ages! We are always using them for something. We have loved the CVC puzzles and how we have the CVCC puzzles. I love how puzzles are a word building activity for kids. They make spelling a hands-on activity for them. I use these a lot with…
The Fourth of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. We are always doing something for it. We have enjoyed the different packs that I’ve made over the years. Today I wanted to add an easy reader book to the 4th of July printables. An easy reader book is one fun way that…
I know that my girls have enjoyed several of the hands-on learning printables over the years. Each of them learns a different way. I have enjoyed the challenge that those learning types have created for me. Digraphs can be hard but fun too. One of our favorite digraphs is “sh” for shell when we have…
Everyone has been asking for more easy reader books. Easy reader books are fun to use with kids when they are learning to read. Summer is almost here and the beach is a great theme for summer. There are so many great beach words that have different endings sounds that are fun to use. I…
Building different words have been one of our favorite activities to do. And bugs has such a great ending of “ug”. I thought it would be fun to make some ug word family activities for our bug week! Hands-on word building mats are a great way to work on different words. These cute fireflies -ug…
Rhyming is one of the basic activities you do while learning to read. It is fun to team this up with a fun theme. Garden has many different words that have fun endings. They make a great way to work on rhyming with drawing and writing for kids. I’ve made a fun printable to work…
Every subject has loads of different sounds that kids can learn and work on. Beginning sounds are one that we are always working on. There are single sounds, blends digraphs as more. I love matching the beginning sounds. There are so many great words in a garden theme. Today’s printable has a fun matching game…
Garden has to be one of my favorite themes from the different seasons. I know that it is one that I have yet to do much with. I love the different types of easy readers you can have for kids. We have loved the ABC themed readers. Today, I have a garden themed ABC reader….
This month’s theme week is going to be a garden theme! This was a decided on a collection of votes from facebook! Both 3 Dinosaurs and Royal Baloo followers voted on it. We are excited about this week. It is such a fun theme and one I have not do yet! I can’t wait for…
One thing I have learned about reading over the last few years is that no child learns or reads the same way. Each of my girls has learned to read in different ways. I have worked with them over the years to make things that match up with what they need for their reading. One…
One common thing for spring is rain. And rain is a vowel team word. It is fun to change up activities to match words. Today printable is a word building activity for the “ai” vowel team words. This is a fun hands-on mat for reading, building and writing the words. I have found that I…
Spring has some many fun themes. I love that you can do it many different ways. Plus simple, easy reader books are fun for kids to have. I know that kids love books and things that are theirs early. My girls always loved when I could make something into a book for them. It is…
As kids get older, they start learning different types of word combinations when learning to read. Trigraphs are something you build off of blends. It is when you have three consonants together. It is an older elementary learning to read lessons. I know that my girls love to have a few hands-on activities with reading….
This week we have another fun 6 days of printables from 3 Dinosaurs and Royal Baloo! We have so much fun doing these themed weeks. This week’s theme is spring! I can’t believe that we are almost to spring already. There is going to be a mix of activities. You might have some tot through…
Spring is just around the corner and it is time for some fun spring time printables that are no-prep. We love the dot marker find activities and changing for each season is loads of fun. I love that I can just print and go! Today we have some flower themed finds. This collection has ABCs,…
After a HUGE amount of requests the next Dolch Sight Word Playdough Mats with Tracing. This time it is for the Dolch Second Grade Sight Words. We have really enjoyed this style of the playdough mats. These mats are great for putting sensory and writing together. I know a lot of kids learn great when…
Medieval and fairy tales are some of our favorite themes at our house. My girls are always picking out something fun to read or talk about medieval subjects. Some of our favorite books have this theme as well. Easy reader books are a great way for kids to learn to read and have fun themes….
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…
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…
Space is one theme that we use year-round! It is an easy one to use. I’m always changing up our learning plans, and We have enjoyed themed finds at our house. We have been having so much with our space theme. I thought it would be fun to have some space themed finds to help…
Kids love having games that they can play. Matching games can be fun for kids that like them. My youngest just loves games that you get to match something. We have been working on loads of learning to read games over the years. We have done several games with matching the rhyming words. I have…
We love changing up our themes during the year. We use the sight word cards all the time. They are fun to use, and my girls love the building mats. Our latest theme is Space! It is a great themed that can be used all year. Plus is ideal for those space lovers at your…
Winter is such a fun theme! There are so many different ways to learn about winter. I’ve been adding a few easy reader books for the seasons over the last few months. I wanted to add a few books for winter! I have two different sets of winter easy reader books: Winter Activities and Winter…
Every now and then we find something my girls just love to use. The no-prep trace, find and color have been tons of fun! We have really enjoyed them. We have been working on a few blends and I thought it would be fun to have something seasonal for them. We loved our seasonal Thanksgiving…
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…
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…
Easy reader books for different seasons are for kids to have. They are always trying to learn and try new things. Thanksgiving has many different themes for the holiday. Today we have a fun Pilgrims Easy Reader Books. These pilgrim-themed books have several version to match up to the level of your kids reading levels….