Every month it is a blast looking for new picture books. Yes, all of us look for them even my oldest who is 13 now. We look at the library and the bookstores to see what fun new books we will find. We always have books on loan from the library that are picture books….
Ten frames are always fun to use. I love how easy they are to work on counting or math. These free New Years Ten Frame work great for one to one correspondence and are good for a little fine motor work. The cards are a fun, hands-on number activity and a lot of kids love….
Fireworks are always a big of many celebrations. We always love to watch the ones go off at the start of the New Year! They are always so bright in the sky and full of color and wonder. I love to look at them as they go off. Today we have a fun watercolor &…
I love having easy reader books. They are always fun for kids to have. I’m always looking for new ways to use our books. Today I have a fun New Year’s Eve themed easy reader books. Easy reader books are fun because they work in simple sentences that kids can read over and over. They…
Graphing is always a fun skill for kids to work on. I get asked for loads of different types of activities and graphing has been one of them. Today I have a free New Years theme roll & graph. The set has graphing or tracing number options a great way to work on math with…
I have always loved easy reader books. They can make learning so much fun. I’m always putting them together for something. This telling time book is for New Year’s Eve, and it has a hourly clock theme. It is always fun to countdown to New Years and I wanted to use a fun book that…
We have the next set of the free Romping & Roaring Second grade Sight Word Packs out! Once of a month, four words from the Romping & Roaring Second Grade Sight Word Packs come out free. This month’s words are: gave, goes, green, its. These are great activities to work on learning sight words. When…
These fun free number dot marker printables are a great way for kids to learn their numbers from 1 to 20. Plus they do it while having some fun fine motor work. From the start, my girls always love dot markers. They are such a great way for kids to learn. I love that they…
We love doing watercolor paintings. I’m always looking for something different and fun to do them. Christmas it a favorite time of year for us. We are always doing crafts and activities. Today I have out watercolor Christmas Trees! These were fun to make and one that many can do and enjoy. It is a…
At some point and time, we always go from just writing what the clock says to how much time passed from a start point or an endpoint. This can be a real struggle for some kids. I know that my girls have been hit or miss about the idea. I always like to have something…
Sensory play has always been a part of what we do at our house. I always have a sensory bin or gross motor activity they can do based on their needs of the day. And sensory bins are a great way to calm down after a busy day stressful day or at a time when…
I love seasonal changes and it is nice to mix things up as well. I have this fun last minute array set for Christmas! It is all about reindeers! I like having something we use a change a part of it. Today I have some reindeer array clip cards. It takes something we do a…
Playdough mats are great for learners that are hands-on or just love sensory. They are easy to set up and great for repeat use over and over. I love using them and we are always using different ways. These free number playdough mats are a fun way to get kids learning their numbers from 1…
One of our favorite themes for Christmas time has always been the gingerbread man! They are fun to decorate and plus a great story to go with them. Today, I’ve added two new sequencing sets to our winter bundle for Making a Gingerbread Man and The Gingerbread Man Story. Two fun ways to explore these…
Christmas is our favorite time of the year. We are always doing activities for it. This year we are doing another book count down. We have been doing a craft with a lot of our books. Every day we are picking out a new book to read and trying to match up crafts with the…
Christmas is a favorite time of year! I love doing Christmas activities. I also have a few favorite themes. And this year’s theme has been gingerbread! It is a great themed and I can’t believe I’ve never done anything with it! I have two new no-prep math packs today. They are for addition & subtraction…
The free Christmas Light Shape Tracing printable is a fun printable to help with some Christmas fine motor skills. It is like having a string of lights in a shape. I always have people looking for more Christmas fine motor skill work! It can be boring to always trace the same lines and kids love…
Every year we make new wreaths to hang around the house. They are loads of fun to have. This year we change it up and went with a favorite at our house of torn paper wreaths. Even with older kids, I love having fine motor activities that don’t look like we are working on a…
Winter always gets colder and I can tell you that we go outside but sometimes we like to stay inside and get our wiggles out! Today I have a great story tie-in for a gross motor activity with the Gingerbread Man, the free Gingerbread Man Story gross motor dice! This is one of our favorite…
I love clip cards and we have done a few other the years. I love having early learning to read activities as well. We are always working on rhyming skills. CVC word family words are one of the most basic to start with. There are so many great CVC words that you can use. Today…
I have an easy reader book about gingerbread men. It is a free my gingerbread man easy reader book. It is a fun way to read and have a little fun with the season. You can see many different ways the gingerbread men are dressed up. Easy reader books are always a great way for…
I know that skip counting is a skill we start early in 1st grade and keep working on for a while after that. It is easy to see where skip counting comes into so many math skills. Today I have a fun skip counting printables that have a fun gingerbread theme. The free gingerbread themed…
I never get tired of easy reader books. They are great for kids, teachers, and parents. They are always great to bring out something in a story or work on a theme. Today I have some a free ABC lowercase easy reader book for the Gingerbread Man story. These make a great way to review…
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year! We are always doing loads of fun activities for it. And this year is off to a great start. Another love of mine is doing gross motor. We love doing gross motor activities. Plus when it gets colder outside it is hard to get out…
Christmas time is a favorite for me and it has been a bit since I did a themed week. Well, I’m somewhere never done anything with the gingerbread man story! I guess that this week is to help with that! This is going to be a fun-filled week with loads of printables to help with…
I know that you can never have enough variety in your ABC printables that you use. I love having fun tracing pages that kids can use. Plus you can never have enough variety of these types of pages to help kids out. These free ABC handwriting printables are a good no-prep printable to work on…
Because we are headed into winter it is time for new school lunch planning menus. We love these during the fall and want to keep using them. I love having seasonal changes for us to do. The menus are a great way for kids to keep track of what they need to help make their…
Picture books are something all ages can enjoy! We always love reading them. I’m always enjoying looking through them. Plus we love seeing what new books we can find. This month we have a collection of books from the library. Yes, we visit the library often. Most times at least once or twice a week….
During Hanukkah, there is loads of dreidel spinning. I thought it would be fun to change it up this year and add something fun. Today I have a free Hanukkah spin and trace ABCs set in print and cursive to use with a dreidel. Something fun and different while learning and having fun. If you…
Hanukkah is a great time for kids to do some simple math with a dreidel! We love spinning the dreidel the 8 nights of Hanukkah. It is always fun to play the game but this year I wanted to have some fun with some graphing. It is a fun to see the graph fill up…