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…
There are many great themes for kids to learn with. I know that we have always loved animals from all over. And this free Arctic Pack is a great way to learn about a new set of animals that live in winter most of the time. We love studying with arctic animals in the winter….
This is Set 6 of 11 in the Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words Packs. This month Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words: Know, Let, Live, May. The Romping & Roaring Sight Word Sets were made so that they can be used with any system. Each of the words is in a pack…
A few months ago we did an activity for the book Madeline. We love the activities. One part about the book that I just love is that it takes place in Paris, France. There are so many things you see in the book. One part that we liked was the Eiffel Tower. There is so…
The free multiplication bookmarks are a great way to work on multiplication math facts. Each multiplication bookmark is small and easy to use and are perfect for kids to carry around with them. They give you all the multiplication facts for one number on the bookmark. You can use them for multiplication review, help with…
I just love calendar pages to have with kids. There are so many ways to use them. I always look forward to creating and updating each of the sets. For February, we have the updated Calendar pages for 2016. This has the same pages and before plus the two new pages for kids to work…
Model magic is one of our favorite craft to do. We do something in it at least once a week. I love that it is such an easy thing to work with. We are on a snow and winter theme at our house. We have been reading a lot of snowmen books and doing some…
A Start to the new year sale! Teachers Pay Teachers is have a special sale. The sale runs January 20 through 21 Only! Teachers Pay Teachers is having a sitewide sale. That means my store will be 20% off and if you use the coupon: START16. You get up to 28% off on the store….
The Free Number 19 pack is a part of the Romping & Roaring Number. This Romping & Roaring 19 Pack has a vegetable theme. It works on learning the number 19 with a mix of number 19 printable worksheets and number -19 hands-on activities. You will find the numerical number and the number word activities…
We have reached a new season, and I thought it would be fun to have another math game to practice our math with. This free Roll a Winter Scene is a great hands-on way to work on different levels of math. Each of the rolling math games, that I have made, are easy to use…
Groundhog Day is a fun theme to do in late January and early February. We always look forward to doing activities around it. There are so many fun activities that you can do. We had a ton of fun with the Groundhog Day Pack last year. Every year I look to see what new books…
Every season I’ve been doing updates for the CVC and CVCC word family writing ideas. For winter, we are doing a snowman theme. I’ve been very excited about the writing project. It is always fun to have seasonal activities to work on. We have been doing a lot more seasonal activities at our house and…
I’ll be honest this month’s Poppins Book Nook theme: Countries Around the World, is not really one I have explored with my girls. I had to head to the library to look at books for the theme. It was fun to look through the books and see what there was. I was surprised just how…
I was having a conversation with a friend about colors words and how not all kids know those words. I thought it would be great fun to have packs that just focus on color words! There are so many fun ways to work on learning your colors words. I find that knowing the words and…
We are starting the Digraph Coloring pages! I’m excited that we are finally getting to these. I’ll be putting these out as we use them. This month we have the digraphs: ch-, -ch, -ck, -gh & gh-. These coloring pages are very similar to the CVC Word family Coloring pages. I like that you have…
I just love having seasonal activities to work with. This year we are doing lots of snowflake and snowman themed activities. We have had so much fun with the Snowflake ABC Find that I thought it would also be fun to have some for the Dolch Sight Words. You will find the sets below for…
A few years back I opened my oldest backpack to see a paper that said project. It was well before we had got to doing craft or did projects at home. I was in a panic about what in the world we were going to do for this project. I got all frustrated about the…
I’ve made several different types of wall cards on the site. We have enjoyed having them to use. I thought it was time to add another type of card: Addition Wall Cards. These show all the ways to add up to one number. I put in the numbers from 1 to 20 for kids to…
This is the 28th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a fruit theme for the pack. This Romping & Roaring Number 18 Pack is part of the huge set. There are 33 packs total and 11 extras that are really…
This year we have been doing something different after school. We have done tons of activities, but a lot of them have been just simple challenges to try something new of different. Kids love to be challenged in fun ways. We have been using the Keva Plank Set. We normally do lots of building up…
Today I’m joining others in sharing our top post from 2015. I really like seeing all the posts. There were several posts from 2015 and late in 2014 that were favorites of mine. I can say that all of 2015 that CVC Word Family Wall Cards was the top post. My girls and I have…
One thing I love about doing the Virtual Book Club for kids is that it gets me thinking about what activity we will do with the book. This month’s book is The Little Engine That Could: 60th Anniversary Edition. This is a classic book with a great story. There is so much you can learn…
Where did the last year go? I think I blinked and the new year was here! I’m really looking forward to 2016. 2015 was a very hard year for me. I’m was physically unwell and struggles with different things at home. I can say that having my monthly goals helped me take a step towards…
Each month we always look for new books to read. We explore the library, bookstores, museums and gift shops for book ideas. It is fun to see books my girls and I find. Their ages has them always pick out different books than I think they would. I never stop looking for fun books to…