We just love reading books and every year we work on looking for new and different books. Today I have some of our favorite colors books. I find that learning about a subject multiple ways is always fun. Each of these books is a book that we have liked and read many times. I also…
At this time of year, there are lots of holidays celebrated and they vary from family to family. We all celebrate different holidays during the year. This does not mean that the school will be celebrating the same holidays. It is important to be informed about what is going on at school. Ask What Holidays…
We have reached the sixth pack of the Number Review Packs. This is the 25th pack of the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. The themes from the first 4 packs are mixed together in this review pack – 13: shapes, 14: transportation signs, 15: cooking, 16: zoo. This is the second review set with 13,…
We are back into the CVCC Word printables again. Today we have the CVCC Word Family Cards & Writing for: -ack, -eck -ick, -ock, -uck. These are fun to progress from the CVC words to CVCC. A lot of these words are great ending blends. We have included links to some of the products and…
This time of year is full of feasts of many different kinds. There are holidays around the world with different kinds feast. There are some holidays that I know my girls, and I don’t know about all of them and this is a chance to look into more of them. There are so many books…
I love that this Veteran’s Day Printable Pack that kids can use to help learn more about veterans and soldiers. You have a mix of hands-on and no-prep veterans day printables for different levels of learning for tot, preschool, prek, and kindergarten. These are great to learn about the different types of veterans. It is…
The CVC Word Family Small Books are so much fun to have. My youngest just loves using them. These books are great for kids to look through and read the words with the pictures. The short a is already out and the next set is out short e. These books don’t need staples or glue…
My youngest just loves making patterns. We are always doing them. We have done them on craft sticks since she was young. It was our family doctor that started them doing it. We would visit and he would give them a tongue depressor and crayons to play with. It has always been something they look…
We are always changing things up at our house. My youngest is not just starting into her sight words. Each of my girls learns a different way. I have been using some of my sight word printables and This Reading Mama’s Reading the Alphabet Bundle Pack. It is fun to put different things together. One…
Every month I set goals. I have found them very important to me. I’m always reviewing and seeing what works and what does not. Yes, some of the goals are the same each month. I do that because it makes me remember what I’m going to focus on and how it is important. Goals should…
October was a huge month for our book finds! We had so much fun looking and reading the books. It is always fun to find a new book and read it with kids. We are always looking at the bookstore and the library. I find that having hands on looking at books is great for…
This is the 24th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a zoo theme for the pack. > This Romping & Roaring Number 16 Pack is part of the huge set. There are 33 packs total and 11 extras that are…
October’s themes for Poppin Book Nook is artists. We have had tons of fun with this theme. The girls and I decided we would do some exploring of different types of artists at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. What better way to explore artists than to take a trip where you can see…
I have had lots of requests for a set of just the Color by Letter page from the Romping & Roaring Sight Word Packs. I have finally got around to putting those pages together. These are so fun and easy to use. This has all 40 words from the Dolch Preprimer Sight Word List. Each…
A great free pack to go with a scarecrow theme from a fun book: Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Pack. You have loads of fun activities and scarecrow themed printables for kids to learn print and cursive while having fun during the fall and Halloween. This is a great printable pack…
Every year I update some of the calendars. The holiday calendar cards always seem to need to be updated. The Thanksgiving calendar cards are no different. They are fun to use. Plus you can always use them for math cards if you don’t need a calendar. There are the same calendar cards from the last…
This is Set 3 of 11 in the Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words Packs. This month Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words: Every, Fly, From, Give. 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…
We have had tons of fun with the rolling math activities. I thought it would be fun to have another one with a fall theme. This one is a Roll a Pumpkin Patch! I thought this would be perfect for fall. This one has the same counting, addition, and multiplication that kids are working. I…
I know that where most of my followers are it is not spring, but there are some in the southern hemisphere and every now and then I do try and remember them! I’m updating the Flower Calendar for the Southern hemisphere for November and December 2015. This flower calendar set is one of my favorites!…
Each year new pages are added and some updated. This year the Leaves Calendar from two years ago is getting updated. A lot of fun pages for the single page have been added. There are two sets of calendar cards. The first set has six different leave theme images. The second set has an AAB…
Each year that goes by I’m always adding different things. We have been very big into writing activities at our house. I added some Apple Writing Prompts and now I’m adding Halloween Themed ones! These are fun to have for kids to do. I like having different subjects for them to have for activities. I…
We have been working on shapes again. We love having different ways to work on shapes. The free shape lacing printables are to help out with that learning, plus get a little fine motor in as well. The shape lacing printable is an easy shape activity for Tot, preschool, and kindergarten. The Shape Lacing Printable…
I’m always looking for fun ways to work on basic gross motor activities. I love changing things up all the time. This is our fun activity we did with these: jumping jack dice. This has been a part of our 30 Days of Moving with Kids. It was a fun way to add something different…
This is the 23th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a cooking theme to the pack. This is the second of the two 15 packs. This Romping & Roaring Number 15 Pack is part of the huge set. There are…
Every month we have a great theme and I’m looking forward to this one! There are so many great artists that you can study! We take several trips to different art museums in our area. They are fun to go to and explore art. My girls and I have learned to love many different kinds…
Almost every month we do reading charts. Yes, even my oldest uses 100 reading charts. We always use them different ways. I’m always changing how we use the charts. These Halloween Themed Reading Charts are great for the month of October. Kids love to have different themes to use. My girls are always asking for…
The free printable Pirate Pack is a great pack for the summer or Talk like a Pirate day! You can learn pirate words and work on print and cursive writing. You have loads of no-prep pirate printables and hands-on pirate printables for kids to use. You will find tot, preschool, prek, kindergarten, first grade, second…
Every now and then I look through my printables to make sure I have things out. I found this one that I had not that we have been using for the last year. I love the spinning division because you to work on one number dividing at a time. These are easy to use and…
Sight words are something we are always learning. My girls are each working on different words at different levels. We have been on a bookmark theme at our house for a while. I thought it would be fun to do some sight word bookmarks. There are two different kinds: one that is free that has…
We always have fun with gross motor movements at our house. I’m always looking for different ways to add it. One really fun way is to add gross motor movements to books we read. This is super easy and fun at the same time. I have blogged about a few of them over the last…