If you have any difficulties downloading or printing this file, please see my PDF troubleshooting page. This Phases of the Moon Worksheet contains 5 pages. The first page is a control page with pictures and labels of each moon phase. The next two pages are cut and paste worksheets for kids to add labels to pictures of the moon phases. The last ... Continue Reading
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Phases of the Moon 3-Part Cards
If you have any difficulties downloading or printing this file, please see my PDF troubleshooting page. This Phases of the Moon 3-Part Cards Pack contains 4 pages featuring 8 different moon phases, including: New moon Waxing crescent First quarter moon Waxing gibbous Full moon Waning gibbous Third quarter moon Waning ... Continue Reading
Planets Do-a-Dot Printables
If you have any difficulties downloading or printing this file, please see my PDF troubleshooting page. This Planets Do-a-Dot Printables pack contains 19 pages of planet themed do-a-dot worksheets. As kids complete these worksheets, they will work on one-to-one correspondence, shapes, colors, patterning, letters, and numbers. These worksheets ... Continue Reading
Astronaut Do-a-Dot Printables
If you have any difficulties downloading or printing this file, please see my PDF troubleshooting page. This Astronaut Do-a-Dot Printables pack contains 18 pages of astronaut themed do-a-dot worksheets. As kids complete these worksheets, they will work on one-to-one correspondence, shapes, colors, patterning, letters, and numbers. These ... Continue Reading
Chinese New Year Printables Pack
This year, Chinese New Year begins on Thursday, February 19. This year ushers in either the year of the goat or the year of the sheep; the answer depends on who you ask. (This site has a good explanation of why some people say it is the year of the goat and others say it is the year of the sheep.) The last two years I organized a ... Continue Reading
Valentine Printables Pack with more than 70 Valentine activities for kids!
Are you looking forward to the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday? Before kids, I mostly thought of Valentine's Day as a romantic holiday. But since having kids, I have re-discovered the joy of celebrating Valentine's Day for its message of kindness, friendship, and appreciating love in all its various forms. To celebrate the kind ... Continue Reading
Best gifts for teaching letters
Sometimes I absolutely marvel at the fact that kids ever learn to read. This is especially true for learning to read in English, with all of its funky spelling rules and numerous exceptions. (Sometimes I wish we all spoke Spanish, which is a MUCH easier language to learn to read!) But somehow, year after year, kids learn to read. And research shows ... Continue Reading
Best gifts for developing children’s math concepts
Did you know that even young babies are capable of completing basic addition and subtraction problems? (If you want proof of this, see this article and this PDF.) I am fascinated by all the early math concepts that children can develop through play, as well as the connection between children's early understanding of math and their later math ... Continue Reading
Best gifts for encouraging sensory play
Sensory play refers to any type of play that stimulates the senses. This includes the five main senses of touch, smell, sight, taste, and sound, as well as the vestibular sense (sense of balance) and proprioceptive sense (sense of where each body part is in relation to the rest). In a previous post about sensory play, I wrote at length about how I ... Continue Reading
Trace the shapes art project
This trace the shapes activity was a fun way to combine learning about shapes with art and fine motor skills development. Note: For more ideas to help kids learn their shapes, see my Teaching Shapes to Kids page. Or for more arts and crafts activities, see my Arts and Crafts page. I placed this activity on our Montessori shelves. On a tray, I ... Continue Reading