I have always loved the moon landing. It has always been one of my favorite parts of space. It was amazing we went to the moon. Left footprints all over and brought back rocks to study. Since we have the anniversary of the moon landing this year, I thought it would be fun to have…
Space has always been one of our favorite activities over the year. We are always doing something for it. I’m always happy to get a chance to guest post on other blogs. Today I have a great post on a mixed art project with a great space theme! It is a change up on an…
I think a favorite activity for us during the summer is looking at the night sky. We do it a lot. Plus we try and keep track of any space activity we can check out as well. We decide to make our own night sky with stars and a moon and have some fun with…
I’m always excited to have a few people guest post on the site. Today’s post comes from Mama Smiles a blogger and I have always loved her activities. Today she has a few great space ones to share with us! We know a little bit about space, but the wealth of things we still need…
I love that a huge part of our June is the start of summer reading. That means loads of books to read and looking for the new picture books and other books to read. We always look for new picture books. You never know what picture book your kids will love until you open it…
I love counting books. They are always fun to have. Plus I know that everyone works on counting throughout the year. I wanted to add a fun twist to this fun fireworks counting book. I added color words for the fireworks. These are a simple way to work on number and colors at the same…
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: why, wish, work, would. These are great activities to work on learning sight words. When…
Summer writing can be hard to sneak in! I know that I’m always looking for fun summer themes! Ocean animals have always been a favorite for us. Today I have a fun ocean animals acrostic poems with an added sentence writing activity. A great way to sneak in some writing fun while learning about ocean…
We had so much fun making the Ocean ABC Spin and color I thought it would be fun to have a math version kids can do as well! Addition is one math skill that people are always asking me to make more of. I love that you can have a little fun during the summer…
I think the ocean has always been a favorite for us. We have always been learning about or doing something with it for years. Last year we had fun with a crab-themed gross motor dice. And I thought it was time to have a full ocean gross motor dice. This free ocean gross motor dice…
I love having different seasonal activities that I can do with kids. I know that the ocean has always been favorite for us. I also know that I’m always looking for fun or different tracing activities. Today I’m taking those items and putting them together in two different types of letter tracing activities. You have…
There are so many themes to use during the summer and the ocean has always been a favorite for us. I know that at times I want something simple and easy to use to review ideas. And I know I never had enough ABCs when my girls were younger. So today I have a simple…
There are many different types of math that kids will learn. One of those types of math is rounding. You start simple with rounding and work up into different areas of place value for it. Today I have a simple ocean fish rounding bye place value to work on three levels of rounding from the…
I know that during the summer I want something easy and fun to use to review math facts. I also know that the ocean is one of our favorite themes to use during the summer. We are always doing something new in it each year. This year I wanted to have some fun no-prep math…
I find that kids like a change in the activities they are doing. I know that kids love having their seasonal changes and the beach is one of our favorite ones to learn with. Kids can have loads of fun practicing with these free beach prewriting activities. Plus see a few fun ways to use…
Summer is here and we are always looking to do something different at our house! This year we are doing some reading challenges to help with the summer. Every summer we try and read as many books as we can. It is fun and the girls and I love it. To help with some of…
Summer has so many fun activities that kids can do. I thought it would be fun to have another graphing activity for the summer. Plus I’ve been asked to make more fun sets like these. And I know that during the summer I was always looking for math ideas to do. So today I have…
Puzzles have been our favorite way to do spelling for a few years. I love that they can be so flexible in how kids learn. They can make spelling a hands-on activity as well as writing. You can just do the puzzles and enjoy learning the spelling of the words. The Summer Spelling Puzzles Printables…
There are so many great summer themes. I love that you use so many during the summer. Today, I have some fun summer themed skip counting puzzles. These puzzles are great for hands-on learning for kids of different ages. They are great for building different types of learning skills. These puzzles are loads of fun….
Every summer we try and do writing projects. And I know that it is not always easy to get them in. We struggle a lot with ideas of what we will do. And last summer I thought it would be super hard since we drove across most of the United States. How was I going…
I love the time just before summer starts. We are always looking for new books to read and it is a great time to check out new picture books. Picture books can be great for many different ages. And they cover great themes. I know that was certain picture books that really got my girls…
Summer has so many great themes. It is hard to pick just one that we love. Plus it is time to having fun and enjoying things. I know that we have loved the easy reader books for each season. I love having new counting books. They are fun and it is nice to change up…
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: use, very, wash, which. These are great activities to work on learning sight words. When…
For a lot of us, summer is already here! It is amazing how fast the year goes by. I know that I start thinking about summer reading and what we are doing each summer. I’ve made several reading charts over the years. I love using them and they can help some kids with their reading….
Mazes have always been one of the fun ways we have learned. We love them in various activities and now we have a number set. I love adding new printables to our collection to use. These are fun no-prep printables that work on numbers. They are a great way for kids to work on learning…
Every summer we make a bucket list of things we want to do. Each year we always have different ideas of what we should do. Last year we did a cross country trip and wrote about things we wanted to try and see. We crossed off our list as we went. I know that writing…
Puzzles have been some of my favorite learning tools. I have always loved having them. These simple puzzles are great for different ages and work wonderfully for learning sight words. These ladybug puzzles are perfect for a bug theme during the spring and summer. These are a great addition to the bug theme printables on…
Some math concepts are so hard to understand. I know that the idea of even and odd is one of those hard math activities. I have kids that always learn better when they have a math aide. The Even & Odd Math Help Mat Printable is the newest math help mat I have made. It…
There are so many math concepts that kids work on during the year. One of them around second grade is even and odd. I know that this can be a struggle for kids. I wanted to have more fun with exploring even and odd in the next few months. Today I have fun task cards…
Every now and then I run across something that I made ages ago that I loved and never put out. Today is one of those printables. My youngest was in love with ladybugs so I made these counting floor numbers for her to count with. They are a great way to work on numbers and…