I’m always trying to get the wiggles out and what is better than a bug themed gross motor for wiggles. My girls love the dice that they can pull out and do whenever they want. We have had fun with the other gross motor dice. When I asked my girls about what we might be…
May’s Theme for us is going to be Bugs and Insects! I can’t wait for you to see all the fun ideas and activities we are going to be doing. This was one of the themes that people voted for and I have loads of ideas in the works and I can’t wait for you…
May will be a month of major changes for us. We are knee deep in boxes and changing things up. Wait! Did you say boxes? Yes, I did…we are moving and that means boxes and a very busy life. May is going to be big changes for us. Change is not always easy and we…
The ABCs should not be hard and having a mix of activities is nice. I based the Alphabet Stomping Phonics on the themed tot packs that so many people love. There is a mix of hands on the no-prep to meet the needs of different types of learning styles. Plus that matches up with the…
Every month we look at the library and bookstores for new books to read. It has always been a fun adventure. You find new authors and new books from favorite authors. You never know what you might find you have never read before. When we visit the library we will often ask about what new…
Every year on my birthday I have a sale in both of my stores! Everything is 20% off and gives you a chance to get some of the new sets at a lower price! I’m always working on requests and putting them up for sale as I finish them. Be sure to check out all…
The Alphabet Stomping Phonics packs have been a favorite for us because they work on so many different skills while working on ABCs. These were made to mimic the themed packs on the site that everyone loves but giving us the ABC activities we were looking for. Each of the packs has a mix of…
As you learn more in addition and subtraction, you start getting to add bigger and bigger numbers. You start out with single numbers that with work great with the basic number bond mat to explore. After you get working on those bigger numbers a 100 chart is a great help when moving to two digit…
We have had tons of fun with the different ABC finds! I thought a bug one would be perfect for the spring. I know that bugs are one of our favorite themes. ABCs are something you work on year round and it is nice to have a change while kids are learning. This bug find…
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…
When working on learning letters it is nice to keep things consistent. I know my girls like to keep to one system when learning. It is why so many of the themed packs have some of the same pages. That is one reason why the Tot-Preschool has the same activities and matches up to the…
When you look at learning letters you love to have a mix of activities you can pick and choose from. The Alphabet Stomping Phonics Packs are perfect for this. You have a collection of hands-on activities like playdough mats and matching games. Plus no-prep activities like tracing sheets and which is different. I made these…
We have been loving the different math puzzles for skip counting. I thought it would be fun to have some another math subject: fractions. Puzzles are a fun hands-on way to learn different concepts. We have loved learning with them. And now we have fractions with a garden theme. These are hands-on and easy to…
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…
Gardens have wonderful rows and plants within the rows that work so well for learning area and perimeter. Geometry is one of those math concepts that is taught over time. It is math about: questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. These free Garden Themed Area & Perimeter Cards…
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…
Math centers are something you can never have enough of. I know that I’m always looking for different ways to use the printables that we have. Or maybe something to fill a need that we don’t already have. That is what today’s printable is! We have loved the last few sets of math cards that…
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…
April has always been the real start of Spring for me. It is also has been one month where I do my most cleaning. This month it will certain be true. I’m working on re-organizing my house and seeing what still fits and what needs to be changed. It has been a challenge for the…
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…
Every week we pick out picture books from the library. It is fun for all of us. Yes, my girls are not in preschool or kindergarten, but that does not mean we can’t read picture books! Picture books are fun for all ages. Each month we pick out some of our favorite books we have…
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…
One thing I have learned about food allergies is that not everyone understands them. Not everyone understands there are a different variety of allergies. They can be really bad with epi pens or giving them the item will just make them sick. I want you to understand that coming from a mom whose daughter has…
Spring is one of our families favorite time of year. We love the many different changes you can see. The blossoms on the trees are some of our favorite changes. It is so neat to see the different trees and blossoms as they bloom. We enjoy taking walks in the spring to see them. And…
Spring is here, and we are always looking for fun ways to review our multiplication and division! I know that we are always working on these math facts and having something different is nice to change things up. I thought this spring set would be a nice change. I have included some of our favorite…
I know that my girls love having some of their same activities to learn with. They would stick with the different ABCs while we worked on them. I also know that my girls would grow out of some activities and need something harder. It is one reason I love to have the two different sets…