There are so many different sounds work on when kids are learning to read. Words that have blends is a big part of that. Since I’m doing Christmas printables, I thought it would be fun to have one for a blend we hear at Christmas time. That is the “tr-” for the tree. Today I…
Every year I learn something new when I’m working with my girls on math. The last few years was the idea of grouping and arrays for multiplication. It is a hard concept for some kids to understand. There are groups of numbers that make more numbers. I showed some of this in the Winter multiplication…
I know that not all of my girls learn the same way. One learns great with flashcards, another with worksheets and one needs anyway I can teach it for her to learn. I have made different things to meet those needs. Today is a free hands-on Christmas tree fraction activity that we did with stormtroopers…
There are always kids who just don’t do well with flashcards. No matter how many times we drill them on the same cards they just don’t get it. Hands-on mats are an excellent way to get them learning their math facts. I just love these mats because they show the ten frame that will be…
Math facts are something kids need to learn. They most often have to memorize the facts by repeating them over and over. It is not always fun to do. Plus you have to work on how the different math facts work together.This no prep Christmas math facts printable is a great way to work on…
Math facts are something we are always working on. It seems that no matter how many times we work on them we still need more practice. I have a mix of where my girls are in their learning. I’m always looking to see what fun ways we can work on them. They have just loved…
After using clip cards the last month for math, my girls asked me to make more. I thought we would try some for skip counting. The free skip counting clip have a fun Christmas themed to them. This is the start of the 12 days of Christmas Printables! Clip Cards are great for working fine…
I love having no-prep printables for Thanksgiving. These ABC, Numbers, and Shapes finds have cute turkeys and make learning fun during Thanksgiving! You can work on tracing and finding. There are letter finds, number finds and shape finds but with cute turkeys. They are simple and easy to use! Just print and go! We have…
This is the eleventh and final set in the Romping & Roaring Color Word Packs. The word color word pack is white. Each of these packs is full of ways that kids can work on their color words. I put some of our favorite activities into these packs. This pack is the 11th of 11…
Writing activities are always something I am looking for different ways to do all the time. I thought it might be fun to have a thankful writing journal for my girls. All too often we don’t think about all of the things we are thankful for. Part of my goals for the month is to…
It is fun when you can combine learning your ABCs with fun activities that hard hands on and no-prep all in one set. It is one of the reasons I love this new series. So many activities to pick from you meet the needs of my girls. The fourteenth free pack is out today in…
Learning letters can be hard at times. But when you have fun activities for each letter if can make learning fun. I love how flexible you can be with these activities in the Alphabet Stomping Phonics. The fourteenth pack is out for the Alphabet Stomping Phonics PreK-Kinder Pack. This is a series and one letter…
There are so many different ways to work on multiplication and it often seems overwhelming learning them. One way to work on this is to show how addition and multiplication work together. I know that when I’ve been relearning the new systems from the school, it was not easy. But I do enjoy seeing that…
It seems some days that we are always working on some math fact work. I like that these free winter spinning math printables help kids work on their math facts and have fun. Plus I love that I can change these up as the seasons or favorite theme change. Each of these mats is made…
Learning addition is sometimes easier than subtraction. Subtraction or take away as my girls always refer to is now always easy to remember. But is it something you work on. Today we have some free winter themed subtraction clip cards. I have found that clip cards a fun for kids and they love using them….
Once you progress from simple counting, you head to addition and subtraction. Some kids get the idea right away, and others don’t. These free Thanksgiving addition and subtraction mats give kids a hands-on way to work on their math. I always want to change up our learning. These mats have been helpful for my youngest…
Thanksgiving is always a fun theme to create printables around. There are many different parts of the story we can learn. The first Thanksgiving good learning tool for younger kids. The pilgrims and natives met to feast on the harvest of the summer. I made these free thanksgiving counting mats reenact that time. Kids love…
I always find it frustrating when I have something I want to work on but can’t always find the right sheet for it. We have been doing a lot of digraphs over the last few weeks and changing things up make it fun! Everyone loves to have something for their current level of learning. The…
After having so much fun with the coloring pages for the Thanksgiving ABCs. We wanted to do more activities like it. I thought it would be fun to do some CVC Word Family Activities. There are never enough activities for kids to do learning or reviewing word families. No prep activities have been loads of…
There are so many times I’m busy doing something and I just want something I can print and just use. I love hands-on, but no prep is nice as well. As we get closer to certain holidays, there are loads of letters that we can work on. For Thanksgiving, we have done a lot of…
Over the last few years, I have learned that my girls love calendars. Even though my girls are older they still love having their themed calendars. It is one reason I update the seasonal ones for each year. For November we have the free Thanksgiving calendar set. Thanksgiving is a great time of the year….
Every day we are doing some writing. It could be a journal, practicing our sight words or vocabulary words. There is never a time that all three of my girls are not writing. I love that themed paper can change up the everyday activity and make it fun. This transportation themed writing paper is great…
While we were traveling this summer we stopped a lot of different places to eat. Because of my oldest having celiac, we ate at a lot of the same places. So they tend to get bored of having the same coloring mats. I started making fun ones for them to do. It changes it up…
One thing I love about the summer is the summer reading that our library has. It is fun, and my girls have just loved doing it. Now that we are in school and they are reading the same stuff they read during the summer but always seems to be twice as hard to get them…
If you have not guessed by now, I LOVE bookmarks. They are fun to have and use, and we are always looking them. I also love to create themed that my girls want to use as well. My youngest is very much into all things transportation. She loves playing with cars and planes. We are…
There can be huge struggles to get my youngest to do any type reading. It took a long time to realize that giving her a book in her favorite theme helps. But a transportation easy reader is something she just loves! We always want kids to read various books to build their learning. I like…
Math can be such a hard thing to work on. It is not always fun to work on it. Clip cards can really help with it. Plus my youngest pointed out that I’ve not made clip cards for her! So today we have some fun transportation themed addition clip cards. Plus they are Free! Clip…
Writing can be a challenge for kids, but writing on themed paper can make it loads of fun! I’m always working on different ways to get the creative writing in and the practice of writing different words for my girls. Since my girls love dinosaurs and I’m not sure how in the last few years…
This is the tenth set in the Romping & Roaring Color Word Packs. The word color word pack is black. Each of these packs are full of ways that kids can work on their color words. I put some of our favorite activities into these packs. This pack is the 10th of 11 color word…
One of the dreaded things in our house is practicing multiplication math facts! My girls have gone out of their way to avoid having to do them. So I’m always looking for something fun to do them. The free dinosaur themed clip cards are a great way for kids to practice and get some fine…