This is Set 10 of 11 in the Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words Packs. This month Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words: Then, Think, Walk, Were. I love using these sets with my girls. It gives me ten different pages that I can use with them. I can pull out the page…
As the years have come and gone we have loads of books that we have just loved to read. But one set of books my girls have all liked are the Elephant and Piggie Books by Mo Willems! Each of my girls has just LOVED these books. They have been fun to look for as…
We have been working various math facts with my youngest. She is just starting some simple math activities. We have been working her addition many different ways. Today, I wanted to show you one hands-on way that we have been using the addition flashcards and erasers. My girls have loved doing this type of math….
An email recently asked me about the book finds that I do every month. They asked if we went to the library every week. I said Yes, we go to the library every week! We don’t miss a week and sometimes we go twice a week. I was asked why we go. We check out…
Bookmarks have been really huge at our house the last little while. They are easy to look at the smaller than some wall cards. Plus they are easy to store on a ring. Fractions can be a hard idea to get at first. When you have a visual to look at it can help kids…
My girls just love it when we change up an activity that we do. At our house, we try and use something more than just one way! Today is a twist on something we have done many times. We have loved the Melissa & Doug Textured Stencils – Insects. They make such pictures. Plus we…
Flower crafts are always a big hit at our house. We love making and creating with them. We did a slight change from the Flower Wreath that we did two years ago. We took the felt buttons from our Flower Button Sensory Bin and made a wreath with them. This was a great way to…
We just love the playdough mats with tracing at our house. These have been a HUGE hit over the last year. Today we have the number words playdough mats with tracing. This is such an easy way to work on the words. We have loved having the CVC Word family and the sight words. Kids…
The CVCC Word Family Bookmark Printables are perfect for kids ot have a list of CVCC words that they can take on the go. These CVC words lists are great to use after the CVC Word Family Bookmarks. You have a list of CVCC words and a picture at top and all the words have…
One part of that has changed over the last few years is what are reading and doing. We have progressed to reading bigger books and series! My oldest is really into animals right now. She has been reading several animal series that she has loved! I thought this would be fun to share some of…
We have been on a huge Star War kick at our house. We have had tons of fun with the new various math activities with the Star Wars Themed Number Printable and the Star Wars Daily Math. We have been working on factions a little bit at our house and I thought it would be…
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We totally love Mo Willems books at our house! They are some favorites for sure. I was excited about Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems for this month’s Virtual book Club book. If you had not guessed, we love dinosaurs at our house and have for years. Today we have some…
These farm theme sight word cards have been around forever. I just realized that I’ve never blogged about them. They were a request from a teacher. I made all the Dolch Sight Words and Nouns for them. This has been a fun set for us to use as well. We have been using different themed…
We had so much fun with the Star Wars Themed Number Printables, I thought it would be fun to add some math ones! My girls love different themed activities. And I have one that is BIG into Star Wars right now. I also thought with May the 4th coming up these would be fun! To…
I had so many up and downs this month that I was not sure what would happen at the end of the month. April was good for me. I finally realized a few of my goals needed to change and make a big focus again. My goals really do mean a lot to me. They…
Every year we have teacher appreciation and it means something different to everyone. I worked as a sub for a few years and it was always a time that everyone made a big deal. What person does not want to be appreciated? I know that teachers work hard all year to help kids. We should…
We read loads of books at our house. Every week we go to the library and pick out new books. Every week we come home with 20 to 30 new books. It is often hard to pick out just a few of our favorites from the month. This month is a mix of library and…
Yes, it is that time of year again that my birthday is here! This is a good time for a sale and grab some of the full sets on sale! The sale will be for two days. You can everything in my stores 20% off! There are tons of new sets that you can get!…
This is Set 9 of 11 in the Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words Packs. This month Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words: Stop, Take, Thank, Them. These sets have been so much fun to use over the last few years. It is nice to have just the page I’m looking for based…
Wall cards are VERY popular at our house. I’m always working on ways to make learning fun. We have the Dolch Preprimer and Primer and loved them. I thought it was time to expand on these fun sight word wall cards. Today, I’m adding the Dolch First Grade list. What I really love about these…
My youngest and I have been having fun with these different easy reader books. The latest book is a Playground themed book set. This is a really fun set. I made this set to go for spring and summer. I put this out to be a full learning set with printables for the sight words…
This has been a pack I’ve wanted to work on for a long time. I love the story of Moses and it works so nicely into Passover. There are so many fun images to use for this pack. I can’t wait for you to see it! This was a quickly put together pack just in…
Flowers are a favorite part of spring for me. I love this flower calendar set. It is so pretty to use. We have loved this calendar the last few years. This set matches up with the months of May and June. This calendar set matches up with the Free Flower Learning Pack. I love when…
We read the book The Thing About Spring recently. It was part of a conversation about what is spring with my six-year-old. She said, “mom it is finally spring.” I said but the seasons started in March. She told me no it is like when the snow turned to water in the book for rabbit,…
Earth Day will be here soon and these writing prompts are great for kids to use. Earth Day is such a fun top for kids to learn about. There are so many things you can talk about. I thought I would add a few simple writing prompts for kids to have. These writing prompts work…
Spring is here and it is time for some more updated Weekly Reading Charts. This time, we have the chapter book and book bag. We really have enjoyed having the different options to pick from. I like that I have a wide range of charts to use with my girls. Plus it is nice to…
I’m so excited to introduce some new Alphabet Stomping Phonics Packs! These packs are a great way to build on the Romping & Roaring ABC Packs. These packs are all about building on the beginning sounds of the Alphabet! This new set is based a lot on the themed packs that everyone loves on the…
Spring is here and it is time for some fun Spring writing prompts! We have enjoyed some of the other writing prompts that I’ve made. It is nice to have something that is simple and easy to use. I really like writing prompts allow kids to be creative in their thinking and writing. I made…
My youngest just loves to play with buttons. We use them in a lot of our hands on activities. When we got the book Corduroy for this months Virtual Book Club. My youngest wanted to make sure we did some kind of counting with the buttons. This activity is easy to set up activity. It…