This Easter themed activity we have done several times over the year but I’ve never blogged about it. I wanted to share some of the ways that I use some of the printables on the site. I love the change of seasons and that you can change up the activities as the season changes. We…
Peter Rabbit is a favorite story at our house. We have been reading the stories at our house for a long time. I loved all the activities from this month’s Virtual Book Club. I always love all the different activities everyone comes up with. Each activity is centered around the story of The Tale of…
Calendar cards are not something that everyone uses in their home. I know that a lot of people say that they don’t have space for the cards in their full size and can’t always find time to put them up. I’ve taken the Easter themed Calendar Cards created a fun activity for my youngest who…
We have reached the 9th pack of the Number Review Packs. This is the 33rd and final pack of the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. The themes from the 4 packs are mixed together in this review pack are – 17: bugs, 18: fruit, 19: veggies, 20: mermaid. This is the second review set with…
Word ladders are a great way for kids to explore new words. The newest addition for the learning to read printables is the R-Controlled Vowel Word Ladders. These go great with the R-Controlled Vowel Wall Cards. These make great literary centers for kids to work on words making the beginning and ending sounds while working…
We are long overdue for a seasonal gross motor post! I have not done a seasonal gross motor post in a while. I was doing the Old Lady Swallowed series for a while and I thought I would catch up with that series today! I love doing the gross motor and book pairing activities. My…
Several years ago my oldest came home from school and asked a question. “Mommy, am I being bullied?” At the time, it seemed like an odd question, totally out of the blue. I was in shock! I was scared! She was only in Kindergarten! She was my baby! After several deep breaths….trying to remain as…
I love looking for books and so do my girls. We have a fun time looking for new books every month! A lot of the books we pick out come from the library. WE make it to the library at least twice a week sometimes we make it more. I have a good relationship with…
We have reached the 8th pack of the Number Review Packs. This is the 32nd pack of the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. The themes from the 4 packs are mixed together in this review pack are – 17: bugs, 18: fruit, 19: veggies, 20: pirate. This is the first review set with 17, 18,…
We have loved The Tale of Peter Rabbit > at our house for ages! I think we have had at least 4 different types of copies of it. There are always copies at different places throughout the house. One part my girls always were upset about was that Peter never had any carrots. They always…
Ponds has been a favorite theme at our house for a very long time and Jump, Frog, Jump! has been a favorite book for as long as I can remember. It was one of the books my oldest came home from school and just had to read and I just had to get. It was…
I have found that making goals helps keep me focused on what I want to be doing. Yes, some of my goals are the same each month. But it gives me something I can look at check off and keep track of. Each month I do reflect on the goal and see if it is…
We have been loving all the different seasonal ABC finds! They have made some of our reviews for our ABCS loads of fun. I thought it would be fun to have an Easter themed one. These easy to use no prep print are nice because kids love doing seasonal activities. I have found that I…
Easter is really early this year and can you believe that I’ve never made an easter calendar? Yes, I’ve never made one. So for next month I thought I would add a calendar for Easter! I found these really cute eggs and I just had to make this calendar sets. I really love how the…
This is Set 7 of 11 in the Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words Packs. This month Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words: Of, Old, Once, Open. I made all of these sets so that they would work well with any other learning set that you would be using. They are fun and…
Another year and another update for the St Patricks Day calendar set! This is one that we have used just about every March for the last 3 years. It has been a fun calendar to use. It has been updated for the new pages and my girls love these new pages. I’m always looking for…
We have the next Digraph Coloring pages! I’m excited that we are finally getting to these. I’ll been putting these out as we use them. This month we have the digraphs: kn-, -ng, ph, qu-. These coloring pages are very similar to the CVC Word family Coloring pages and Blend Coloring Pages. I like that…
In honor of my daughters birthday, I did a Mary Had A Little lamb Pack! This is a fun little pack full of fun for the classic nursery rhyme. This is the latest edition of the fairy tale and nursery rhymes packs on the site. These are so much fun to use with kids. They…
This is the 31st pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a mermaid theme to the pack. This Romping & Roaring Number 20 Pack set 2 is part of the huge set. There are 33 packs total and 11 extras that…
We have been doing a lot of hands-on math activities lately. We love all the math addition pages in the themed packs. I wanted to have something we could pull out and use at any time. We have been exploring the starting of math for my kindergartener. She loves doing math when her sisters are…
Another year has passed, and so many things have happened in that time. It is amazing how much the blog and the printable collection grows every year! This last year was a big year and loads of fun for us. I every year I keep going I’m amazed at the friends and wonderful followers that…
We have tons of fun doing gross motor activities. We really enjoyed the Gross Motor Jumping Jacks Dice. It was something fun that we really enjoyed. We had so much fun I thought we would change things up a bit. The last activity we worked on arms and legs. Today we change things up and…
We have really enjoyed the different learning to read wall cards that we have had. The newest free wall cards are the R-Controlled Vowels. These match up with some of the other wall cards on the site like the CVC Word Family Wall Cards. They are easy to use and display for kids to see…
Sensory bins are always a big hit at our house. We also like one that are simple and easy to put together. This sensory bin is a quick to put together. Seasonal erasers are always easy to find and very cheap. I find bags of 60 or so erasers for a dollar often. This one…
Testing is one of those things that has huge amounts of mixed views. I was just talking to a friend whose daughter is worried about the big tests coming up. Kids do worry a lot about that test. I have found that every test is different and depends on what it is. There are big…
This is the 30th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a Pirate theme to the pack. This set matches up great with the Build Up Summer Learning Week 1 Pirate and the Pirate Pack. This Romping & Roaring Number 20…
We have been using lots of bookmarks at our house lately. The division bookmarks are perfect for working on division facts. The free division bookmark printables let you see the division equation with the answers for 12 equations for each number. These math bookmarks are great to use and fit in small hands while working…
Dr Seuss books are some of our favorites at our house. Every year we do something with at least one of two of the books. The Cat in the Hat is this months Virtual Book Club Book. I love the rhyming and learning you can do with Cat in the hat. I’m sure we have…
Every month I make goals and it really does help me keep my big goals and small to do lists that are part of those goals. This month I have another addition to the To Do List and Menu Printables! My girls suggested that I could have my own new theme for the month. It…
Each month I head out to look for fun books to read with my girls! I love finding new pictures books to read with all three of them. Yes that does include my older two girls that could read most of the books on their own. They still learn from me reading to them and…