Fourth of July comes once a year, but so many of its themes are used all year long. I made these fun Fourth of July Ten Frame Cards for kids to use and learn numbers. These work great for one to one correspondence with a fine motor activity. The cards are a fun, hands-on activity…
I know that my girls have enjoyed several of the hands-on learning printables over the years. Each of them learns a different way. I have enjoyed the challenge that those learning types have created for me. Digraphs can be hard but fun too. One of our favorite digraphs is “sh” for shell when we have…
We love the hands-on mats for working on our numbers and math. My girls are always asking for changes in the seasons. The I just love these mats because they show the ten frames that will be used in a lot of school systems. Plus they give kids different ways to do their addition and…
There are times during the summer that is is just hot, and we can’t always get outside to run around. My girls always want some way to get their wiggles out. The Beach Themed Gross Motor Dice is a perfect summer gross motor activity! You can get your wiggles out with some beach themed movements….
Everyone has been asking for more easy reader books. Easy reader books are fun to use with kids when they are learning to read. Summer is almost here and the beach is a great theme for summer. There are so many great beach words that have different endings sounds that are fun to use. I…
Beach is a perfect theme for the summer! I love that there are so many different beach activities you can do. I’m excited to have 5 days of Beach printables with Royal Baloo and JDaniel4’s Mom. All three of us are very excited for this week. The series will have math, language, and more! I…
I love that this set has different learning levels and it can be used as a starting point for kids to learn their ABCs with a mix of hands-on and no-rep activities for Tot & Preschool age kids. The set was made so that different ages could work together to learn the same letter at…
My favorite part about these packs is that they are flexible and can be used so many different ways. They were made similar to my themed packs that everyone has loved. They offer hands-on and no-prep activities that kids can do to learn their letters. It covers many different types of learning styles and can…
Museums have to be one of my girls’ favorite places to visit. We are always making a trip during school breaks and vacations. They are a great place to explore art and history. I’m always looking for ways to change up our visit. The Museum bookmarks are one of our fun ways to do that….
I’m very happy today to have Deirdre here guest posting! She is a great blogger and has loads of wonderful ideas! Plus she has a printable for us today! My name is Deirdre Smith and I blog at JDaniel4’s Mom. I am the mom of a nine year old boy named JDaniel. My blog shares…
I know how important it is for kids to work on things together. I know my girls always wanted to have activities they could do together. That is why there are two levels of the Alphabet Stomping Phonics Packs. You have the older set and the younger set of activities. It also allows for kids…
The Alphabet Stomping Phonics packs have great activities for many different types of learners. I love that I can use an activity they love over and over or introduce an activity that might like more. Today we have the Alphabet Stomping Phonics W PreK-Kinder Pack out. It has a mix of hands-on activities and no-prep…
Building different words have been one of our favorite activities to do. And bugs has such a great ending of “ug”. I thought it would be fun to make some ug word family activities for our bug week! Hands-on word building mats are a great way to work on different words. These cute fireflies -ug…
It always seems we are working on some type of math fact and division is one we don’t do as much as multiplication. I wanted something fun to do beyond the flashcards and spinning. I have a roll and cover for multiplication and we loved it. I thought it would be fun to have one…
Counting mats are something I used to always want with my girls. I could never find the right mat to go with the themed I was looking for. One of the popular themes year around is bugs. I thought making these bug counting mats would be a fun addition to the site. Plus they have…
The ABCs should not be hard and having a mix of activities is nice. I based the Alphabet Stomping Phonics on the themed tot packs that so many people love. There is a mix of hands on the no-prep to meet the needs of different types of learning styles. Plus that matches up with the…
The Alphabet Stomping Phonics packs have been a favorite for us because they work on so many different skills while working on ABCs. These were made to mimic the themed packs on the site that everyone loves but giving us the ABC activities we were looking for. Each of the packs has a mix of…
As you learn more in addition and subtraction, you start getting to add bigger and bigger numbers. You start out with single numbers that with work great with the basic number bond mat to explore. After you get working on those bigger numbers a 100 chart is a great help when moving to two digit…
Earth Day has so many fun themes that you can work with. I love that so many themes are flexible in how we use them. There are some math concepts that people have been asking for. I know one that we have been working on is greater than & less than. It is one that…
The Earth Day Ten Frame Cards are a great way to work on counting and math at the same time. It is an activity you can do so many different ways and is flexible for different learning styles. These work great for one to one correspondence with a fine motor activity. They are a fun…
When working on learning letters it is nice to keep things consistent. I know my girls like to keep to one system when learning. It is why so many of the themed packs have some of the same pages. That is one reason why the Tot-Preschool has the same activities and matches up to the…
When you look at learning letters you love to have a mix of activities you can pick and choose from. The Alphabet Stomping Phonics Packs are perfect for this. You have a collection of hands-on activities like playdough mats and matching games. Plus no-prep activities like tracing sheets and which is different. I made these…
We have been loving the different math puzzles for skip counting. I thought it would be fun to have some another math subject: fractions. Puzzles are a fun hands-on way to learn different concepts. We have loved learning with them. And now we have fractions with a garden theme. These are hands-on and easy to…
Rhyming is one of the basic activities you do while learning to read. It is fun to team this up with a fun theme. Garden has many different words that have fun endings. They make a great way to work on rhyming with drawing and writing for kids. I’ve made a fun printable to work…
Every subject has loads of different sounds that kids can learn and work on. Beginning sounds are one that we are always working on. There are single sounds, blends digraphs as more. I love matching the beginning sounds. There are so many great words in a garden theme. Today’s printable has a fun matching game…
Math centers are something you can never have enough of. I know that I’m always looking for different ways to use the printables that we have. Or maybe something to fill a need that we don’t already have. That is what today’s printable is! We have loved the last few sets of math cards that…
Garden has to be one of my favorite themes from the different seasons. I know that it is one that I have yet to do much with. I love the different types of easy readers you can have for kids. We have loved the ABC themed readers. Today, I have a garden themed ABC reader….
This month’s theme week is going to be a garden theme! This was a decided on a collection of votes from facebook! Both 3 Dinosaurs and Royal Baloo followers voted on it. We are excited about this week. It is such a fun theme and one I have not do yet! I can’t wait for…
Kids love activities that can be hands on. I love these counting mats. They are easy for kids and they love seasonal ideas. These mats are great for Easter. These Easter Egg counting mats are great for kids that want or need a hands-on activity to learn about counting and math. I love that these…
I know that my girls love having some of their same activities to learn with. They would stick with the different ABCs while we worked on them. I also know that my girls would grow out of some activities and need something harder. It is one reason I love to have the two different sets…