My girls have wanted to try the perler fused beads for a long time. They have always looked like such fun to do! We got some for Christmas and they asked to make some planets for our space themed activities. I thought why not. Kids can be very creative when they have ideas. I also…
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 have been LOVING the gross motor dice. Even more, now that it is cold and snowy outside and we are always looking for a way to keep moving. With a week of space printables, my girls asked for a new gross motor dice. They love changing these up as much as they can. The…
One of our favorite subjects in the space theme is the moon! The moon and the phases of the moon is something you can study at any time and learn a lot from it! It is great science activity you can do. I also like that you can watch the moon at any time during…
Puzzles are an excellent way to work on different types of learning. I love using them for math and language activities. We loved the winter skip counting by two puzzles, and I thought some other skip counting puzzles would be fun. This time we have free space skip counting by five puzzles. I’ve never had…
Bookmarks have been really huge at our house. We just love using them. I’ve made some really fun bookmarks over the years. Today is another fun one similar to the dinosaur information bookmarks. A fun new information bookmarks about the planets. This is a fun way to involve kids in learning about the planets around…
My girls are HUGE space fans. It has been a theme they have always loved. We have really enjoyed the dinosaur multiplication cards and I thought it would be fun to have some division in another theme that they just love. Clip cards are great for working on a subject like math while getting in…
We are always doing some writing activity. I like to see how creative my girls can be. They always have great ideas for writing. They asked if I would make some space themed paper for them for our space week. I thought it would be fun to fun to have! It is fun how just…
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…
Another great week is coming, and this time it is SPACE! I’m so excited about the week. There is a mix of fun space themed printables coming your way! This is going to a fun monthly series that you can check out! We have a year of themes picked out and can’t wait to show…
The sixteenth free pack is out today in the Alphabet Stomping Phonics Tot-Preschool Pack. Since the Tot-Preschool are different packs from the PreK-Kinder packs, they come out on a different day. The tot-preschool sets are a great compliment to the PreK-Kinder sets. It means you can have two different levels of learning using the same…
Every now and then we do crafts that change things up. I always love the ideas that my girls come up with. Their suggestion was that we use washi tape for making snowflakes. This is a simple way to make snowflakes and work on fine motor at the same time. And these is a simple…
I loved the layout that I did with all the themed packs. That is one reason why I put that into these Alphabet Stomping Phonics packs. Today’s free pack is for the letter p. I like that these sets offer hands-on and well as no-prep printables that kids can use to learn their letters while…
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…
2016 has come to a close, and we have read loads of books that we loved! Each book we find is one that we have grown to love over the time we read it. Each month we look for books. A lot of our books we find at the library. We love going to the…
For the last few years, I’ve been posting my goals each month. I have enjoyed it. It makes me more responsible for completing my goals, and I get more done. I’ve made me a lot of printables to help with this goal. This year I wanted to add something different. I’ve been printing my goals…
Working on ABC writing is something you do for a long time. Plus after you have print writing, you then are learning cursive. Kids love fun and creative ways to learn their writing. not all kids learn the same way. Each of them learns in different ways. This is a fun set of free winter…
Counting is one of the basic skills the builds math skills later. It is one you build with counting in different ways. I love that these winter counting mats work on counting in two different ways. You start with the ten frame and then build the picture on the side. These have been really popular…
Every month we always pick out our favorite books to share with you. Why do I always do this? Because you never know what fun book you might find to read. Plus not all picture books are for preschoolers. Picture books are good for reading a long time. Every month we look at the picture…
We use writing paper a lot at our house. We are always working on some writing project. This month we have been doing loads of sight words. I love changing up the paper. Since the first day of winter was yesterday, I thought one with kids doing different winter activities would be fun! I do…
One of the skills that you work on in first grade is some basic skip counting by 2, 5 and 10s. I love changing up how we do this. I have put several of skip counting puzzles in some of the themed packs. We have loved using them. But we have never had a full…
Working on math facts is not always easy. There are sometimes limited ways to do them. Not all kids learn the same way. While some work great with flashcards others don’t. My girls love getting a great from just straight out doing flashcards for learning. I try and change up what we are doing. This…
During winter keeping my girls active can sometimes be a challenge. But by adding simple gross motor dice they get moving and have tons of fun with it! You never know when you are going to be stuck inside because of snow or cold weather. There are times my girls want to move but don’t…
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…
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…
Guess what another fun theme for a week: Winter! Royal Baloo and I have come up with a fun week of printables. There are so many different and fun winter themes! We have had fun with some of the series we have been doing. So we thought it would be fun to have a themed…
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 know that my girls love having consistent while they are learning. I often found when something works for them I would make several different seasons of the activity. That is why I’ve been going the counting mats over the different seasons. This free Christmas counting mats were something that someone had requested because her…
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…