My girls and I had a very emotional September. We had some ups and downs. We spent the month trying to catch a monarch caterpillar that was eating the milkweed in the flower garden. It seemed like it would never happen. And then we did finally catch it. We got a jar and raised it…
One of those skills that we always seem to be working on is reading, writing and building the sight words. It is something we often use no matter what time of year it is. The Sight Word Read Write and Stamp help build those skills by providing an easy to use format for kids. This…
There are so many different ways to learn. And hands-on learning is a favorite for many kids. Plus who does not love pirate treasure? Today I have a free printable with that works on sorting beginning sounds for kids. It works on the begging sounds for T and TR. Now you have a fun hands-on…
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: before, best, both & buy. These are great activities to work on learning the sight…
Football is a great fall and winter theme. The sports starts in September and goes until almost February! I know tons of kids just love it. That is one reason why I made a football-themed number color and trace. It is the newest addition to the Fall Number color and Trace Bundle! It is a…
Puzzles are such a fun way to learn. And it is fun to team puzzles up with different themes. Today I have a fun set of puzzles with a football theme with shapes. They are easy to use and great for to use during football season or really any season. They make a wonderful addition…
We have had a blast with the different ten frame addition cards. I wanted to add a few more of these. I also love how you can work from ten frame counting mats to addition or subtraction. I also love the changing of themes. It is football season and for those sports-loving kids here are…
Football is a great fall and into winter themed for kids. Plus it is a sport that loads of kids love. It is one sport that I get asked if I have more printables of! I love puzzles for activities to make something hands-on for learning centers. So today I have a free football-themed ABC…
Football season has started and I wanted to put a few fun things out for it. I also love that scoring and football lends itself very nicely to work in 3 and 7s. This is an easy way to work on skip counting or multiplies of those two numbers. Today I have a free sorting…
We love to use learning to read books. They are tons of fun and change up learning with worksheets. I’m always loving having different books to help out! Today I have a free football-themed easy reader book that is great for working on -all words. It is a great way for those little sports fans…
Fall will be here soon and I can’t believe how fast the season change on us. I wanted to add more to the Fall Sequencing printables from last year. I’m always looking for ideas or new things I could do! Plus People are always giving me ideas to find. I have three new sets Making…
We love switching up the crafts that we do. Any all my girls love model magic. They ask a lot to do crafts with it. I love giving them a change with doing them. Today we have a fun Model Magic apples that are great for working on fine motor skills. One of our all…
I’ve never been a huge fan of homework but I know that some schools are going to give it no matter what. Several years ago I made some punch cards to help with making sure it was done. Now my girls are older and need something different but we loved those punch cards. I thought…
One of the basic learning things kids work on is skip counting. We can find many different symbols to help with this. my girls have always loved books to help with learning. Since we have been doing more and more review of groups of I thought this would be a fun want to change up…
I’m always looking for new ways to sneak in fine motor. It is one skill we are always working on. And crafts have been an easy way to do that. Many years ago we did a torn paper apple tree and we loved it. We have been using up scrapbooking paper that I bought years…
I had someone ask why I make goals. Well, they keep me working towards something. I plan my month and activities around it. It keeps me working on my to-do lists each day and I get more cleaning and organizing done. One big change we are doing this year is letting my girls plan their…
We love picture books. Yes, my girls are older but picture books are always fun to read. Plus any reading is reading. It does not matter how kids read as long as they read. This month we have a mix of books we found. We were doing the last of our summer reading and picking…
The next set of the Romping & roaring Sight Words is here! It has a long overdue addition to the sight word packs! We love using these because they can be flexible in what we use. They also come with a range of activities that are great to fit with different learning styles. This is…
Fall is one time that I just love. We have done so many fun activities with it. I was looking to see where I don’t have many activities and shapes is one of them. I wanted to add some fun shape activities that kids can use this fall. I’m starting with this free apple shape…
Craft projects have always been fun at our house. We love to do them. We often change one craft project to work for other things. We took one of our space wreaths and made it a fun apple themed wreath. This makes an easy process craft for fall. Everyone can do and make these their…
One of the favorite pages from the themed packs is the ABC Color and Trace. I get asked all the time if I have a non-themed version of this and the answer has always been no. But I do know! ABC coloring pages were always a favorite for us. We never seemed to have enough…
Fall is one of our favorite times of the year! You can play in leaves, go apple picking, get a pumpkin and so much fun. We are always decorating our house in fall crafts and paintings. Today I have a fun watercolor and oil pastel activity that can be adapted for many ages. We did…
Skip counting is one activity that you start on during the different years. You start with simple 5s and 10s in first grade and work up to hard ones as you go on. One fun way we have done it is to do activities that have you fill in the missing numbers with skip counting….
Colors are something a lot of prek and kindergarten kids work on. You start off simple and work into more. I wanted to add something fun for back to school time. I looked and saw I have these fun colored pencils and I thought it would be fun to use these for a fun easy…
I think math is something we are always working on. I know that learning some math concepts is hard. I also know that it is often taught in steps. I love using the ten frames to work on math and counting. Today I have a great free pencil ten frame addition cards. This is great…
School is a theme that can be used all year. I know that we always enjoyed having school themed as we got ready for back to school time. Multiplication is always an activity that we are always reviewing. There are so many ways to work on it. Today I have some free pencil group multiplication…
School is here or has started for a lot of us. It is a time to head back and these sets are great for a post-summer review or morning work! I know that I’m always looking for an easy way to work on a review for math. Since we are starting a new school year…
School and school supplies are one theme that can be used all school year! But they are great for back to school time. It is nice to have themes kids can use at any time. These school themed printables are the newest addition to the number color and trace sets! I love that they are…
I know that when my girls were younger we were always looking for new number activities. I could never find enough. So I’m always looking for fun ideas to make counting books. Today I have a new free pencil counting book with chart! This is perfect for any time of the year but is great…
Of all the ten frame themes I think the school has been a favorite. There are so many school themes you can use. I love school supplies and it is something most people have on hand as well. I love that using ten frames builds up to learn to do so many other math skills….