Fall is one of our favorite times of the year! You can play in leaves, go apple picking, get a pumpkin and so much fun. We are always decorating our house in fall crafts and paintings. Today I have a fun watercolor and oil pastel activity that can be adapted for many ages. We did…
Colors are something a lot of prek and kindergarten kids work on. You start off simple and work into more. I wanted to add something fun for back to school time. I looked and saw I have these fun colored pencils and I thought it would be fun to use these for a fun easy…
I think math is something we are always working on. I know that learning some math concepts is hard. I also know that it is often taught in steps. I love using the ten frames to work on math and counting. Today I have a great free pencil ten frame addition cards. This is great…
School is a theme that can be used all year. I know that we always enjoyed having school themed as we got ready for back to school time. Multiplication is always an activity that we are always reviewing. There are so many ways to work on it. Today I have some free pencil group multiplication…
School is here or has started for a lot of us. It is a time to head back and these sets are great for a post-summer review or morning work! I know that I’m always looking for an easy way to work on a review for math. Since we are starting a new school year…
School and school supplies are one theme that can be used all school year! But they are great for back to school time. It is nice to have themes kids can use at any time. These school themed printables are the newest addition to the number color and trace sets! I love that they are…
I know that when my girls were younger, we were always looking for new number activities. I could never find enough. So I’m always looking for fun ideas to make counting books. Today I have a new free pencil counting book with chart! This is perfect for any time of the year but is great…
Of all the ten frame themes I think the school has been a favorite. There are so many school themes you can use. I love school supplies and it is something most people have on hand as well. I love that using ten frames builds up to learn to do so many other math skills….
Word paths have to be one of my favorite ways to work on reading. It is fun way to change up what they already know with something different. These are a great addition to reading centers or homework for kids to do. They make they look at different words and find the words that end…
It is that time of year again. It is back to school time and I know that people are always looking for new and different back to school ideas. This year I thought I would do some fun and different school themes. I’m starting off with a free school supplies easy reader book! We have…
Wall cards have been a huge learning tool at our house. We use them from learning to read to math activities. We are always doing something with the cards and we have loved the past sight words wall cards. Today, I’m adding the free Dolch Second Grade sight word list. The Free Second Grade Sight…
Gross motor at my house is a must. We are always doing something gross motor. It provides an outlet for my girls to get their wiggles out without feeling like it is a big huge chore to do it. And we LOVE that gross motor dice. We have used them inside and outside of our…
I did not announce it much bet we just spent the last 5 weeks traveling. It has been an amazing 5 weeks traveling across the United States. And one we will remember for a long time. We took the time to be a family and have time. We also limited out computer and internet time…
This month was hard to pick out books. Why, because we traveled the whole month! These are books we found in libraries on our trip. Yup, you can have fun and visit libraries while traveling. It was interesting to see the many different libraries and the different books they carried. Each one arranged books differently…
The ocean is one of our favorite themes. It has not mattered how old my girls have gots we are always looking for new ocean themed activities. Today I have the last of the summer themed number color and trace. We have a fun ocean theme for those kids that love ocean activities! This set…
What I love best about art projects is that time I get to spend doing them with my girls. We always enjoy doing this. Watercolors have been a favorite activity for us the last little while. We are always mixing up we are doing. Today a have an art project my 8 year old decided…
Watercolors have to be one of our favorite types of painting to do. We love painting activities and do them often. For the summer, we pulled out some cookie cutters we have had for a while and did an ocean themed cookie watercolor painting. It is super simple, and we love painting this way. It…
I love having different themes for working on numbers. The latest set I’ve made is for a beach theme. This is a fun set and loads of fun. These are a great way to work on numbers during the summer months. Plus beach of one of our favorite themes during the summer. This set is…
We have been working on arrays with math facts and with rows and columns. They are both fun ways to learn with. I have done several sets of task cards with these and I wanted to change it up! Today I have a shell themed array math fact book for kids to complete. It is…
ABCs are something you work on over a period of time. I love having simple ABC coloring page printables that kids can use. Plus coloring pages have to be a favorite at our house. We are always using them for something! These free ABC coloring pages are great for preschool and tot age kids to…
Sensory play is always important to have. On some of the long summer days that get a little too hot to be outside. I want to have something inside for my girls to do. We do sensory bins just for that. This is simple and easy to put together. It also makes a great beach…
Well, normally I tell you about my goals and what I’m doing. And this year I’m taking a month off. I have a few posts I have done already for July. But I’ve decided that I need a break and I want to spend time with my girls. A family is important and so is…
Every now and then we do a sensory bin that lends itself to doing other bin that is similar. And a rock and water bead is just like that. We have been doing a space-themed part to our summer and we wanted to do a water bead sensory bin again. We did a black and…
Summer happens to be our favorite time to read books. We are always at the library and bookstore looking for new books to read. It is amazing just how many new books come out each year. This month we have a few from the library and some we just had to add to our house…
Every summer I am apart of the summer book series at Rainy Day Mum. I love doing it every year. This year I picked the space theme and we all had tons of fun making the craft for the book. I hope that you enjoy our craft and the book choice that we did. We…
Sequencing sets have been so much fun at our house. We have loved these sets. I am highlighting some of the new space sets that are in the Sumer Sequencing Bundle. There are three sets: phases of the moon, the moon landing, and the planets. Easy of these sets if great for kids and loads…
Space is one theme we just love at our house. We have been doing space activities it seems like forever. I love looking at stars and constellations. They always make such great shapes in the sky. With that thought I made these free star themed shape playdough mats. So have some fun with the space…
Space is one of our favorite themes that we always seem to come back to. There are so many activities that you can do with it! Lately, we have been making wreaths to decorate the house with. We love having them around the house! Today we have a space-themed wreath that is tons of fun…
I know that we struggle to get math during the summer. It is one of the hard times to find a few minutes to do it. I also don’t want to dig around to find what I’m looking for. It is one reason I made these fun no-prep zoo math printables. They are simply just…
Sensory bins are a huge part of our sensory diet at our house. I’m always switching up the themes and ingredients. Today I have a fun bin that was put together really quick with a fun zoo theme. The zoo is one themed we have never done a sensory bin for but one of our…