The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is an activity I call Table Top Letter Search. Kids love games like hide and seek because they enjoy the challenge of having to find things. Table Top Letter Search takes advantage of kids' love of treasure hunts and other finding games to help them practice letter ... Continue Reading
Safari Do-a-Dot Printables {free}
Take a journey to the African continent with my latest do-a-dot pack featuring intrepid safari adventurers and plenty of wild animals! My Safari Do-a-Dot Printables will delight children ages 2-6 while also supporting the development of important early skills. My Safari Do-a-Dot Printables pack contains 18 pages of do-a-dot ... Continue Reading
A fun way to introduce your kids to the concept of probability
Probability is the likelihood of something happening. An understanding of probability is useful in many domains of life. For example, we can look at the weather forecast to determine the likelihood that it will rain so we can make an appropriate decision about whether to carry an umbrella or not. Or we can listen to the traffic report to determine ... Continue Reading
Toss the Balloon Letter Game {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}
The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is an activity that will get kids jumping and moving all around. XGirl is very kinesthetic. She loves to move! Any activity that incorporates running, jumping, spinning, rolling, or other movements is always a hit with her. I came up with this activity as a way to help ... Continue Reading
Knights and Dragons Do-a-Dot Printables {free}
Prepare to be transported back in time with my Knights and Dragons Do-a-Dot Printables Pack! This pack is for all the kids who love fire breathing dragons, brave knights, and other adventures from medieval times. Your little ones will have fun while learning at the same time. My Knights and Dragons Do-a-Dot Printables pack contains ... Continue Reading
Watermelon oobleck {summer sensory play}
Watermelon is, in my opinion, the fruit that says "summertime!" more than any other. Sweet, juicy watermelon is a delicious treat on a warm summer day. And because watermelon is so juicy, it makes up a delicious batch of watermelon oobleck for some summer sensory play! What is oobleck, you might ask? It is a non-Newtonian fluid, which is a ... Continue Reading
Aluminum foil letters {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}
The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is an activity that uses the tactile sense to build children's knowledge of letter shapes. It also includes a fine motor component to support the development of children's finger muscles. This aluminum foil letters activity is simple to set up and will be enjoyed by ... Continue Reading
Upcycle your old and broken crayons!
If you are like me, you probably have a ton of half-used and broken crayons laying around. We recently found a way to upcycle these crayons into something new, super cool, and way more appealing to use. Note: For more awesome arts and crafts ideas, see my Arts and Crafts for Kids page. We started with a pile of broken ... Continue Reading
Roll a letter phonemic awareness game {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}
The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is a simple game that helps develop children's phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness refers to an ability to hear and manipulate the individual sounds of language. One part of developing phonemic awareness is learning to identify the first sound of words. For example, kids ... Continue Reading
Sight word magic
QBoy has been working on developing his sight word knowledge this year. I find he doesn't have a ton of patience for just sitting around and doing worksheets - not that doing tons of worksheets is my style anyway. But with QBoy, I have to continually find new ways to entice him to practice his sight words because, quite frankly, most of the time ... Continue Reading
