We have reached a new season, and I thought it would be fun to have another math game to practice our math with. This free Roll a Winter Scene is a great hands-on way to work on different levels of math. Each of the rolling math games, that I have made, are easy to use…
Groundhog Day is a fun theme to do in late January and early February. We always look forward to doing activities around it. There are so many fun activities that you can do. We had a ton of fun with the Groundhog Day Pack last year. Every year I look to see what new books…
Every season I’ve been doing updates for the CVC and CVCC word family writing ideas. For winter, we are doing a snowman theme. I’ve been very excited about the writing project. It is always fun to have seasonal activities to work on. We have been doing a lot more seasonal activities at our house and…
I’ll be honest this month’s Poppins Book Nook theme: Countries Around the World, is not really one I have explored with my girls. I had to head to the library to look at books for the theme. It was fun to look through the books and see what there was. I was surprised just how…
I was having a conversation with a friend about colors words and how not all kids know those words. I thought it would be great fun to have packs that just focus on color words! There are so many fun ways to work on learning your colors words. I find that knowing the words and…
We are starting the Digraph Coloring pages! I’m excited that we are finally getting to these. I’ll be putting these out as we use them. This month we have the digraphs: ch-, -ch, -ck, -gh & gh-. These coloring pages are very similar to the CVC Word family Coloring pages. I like that you have…
I just love having seasonal activities to work with. This year we are doing lots of snowflake and snowman themed activities. We have had so much fun with the Snowflake ABC Find that I thought it would also be fun to have some for the Dolch Sight Words. You will find the sets below for…
A few years back I opened my oldest backpack to see a paper that said project. It was well before we had got to doing craft or did projects at home. I was in a panic about what in the world we were going to do for this project. I got all frustrated about the…
I’ve made several different types of wall cards on the site. We have enjoyed having them to use. I thought it was time to add another type of card: Addition Wall Cards. These show all the ways to add up to one number. I put in the numbers from 1 to 20 for kids to…
This is the 28th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a fruit theme for the pack. This Romping & Roaring Number 18 Pack is part of the huge set. There are 33 packs total and 11 extras that are really…
This year we have been doing something different after school. We have done tons of activities, but a lot of them have been just simple challenges to try something new of different. Kids love to be challenged in fun ways. We have been using the Keva Plank Set. We normally do lots of building up…
Here is another set of fun printable bookmarks with shapes! The shape bookmarks are perfect for small hands and can be used in so many different ways. We have several ways that we will be using them. I’m excited to have them! Bookmarks are a great addition to shape learning centers. Each bookmark has a…
Today I’m joining others in sharing our top post from 2015. I really like seeing all the posts. There were several posts from 2015 and late in 2014 that were favorites of mine. I can say that all of 2015 that CVC Word Family Wall Cards was the top post. My girls and I have…
One thing I love about doing the Virtual Book Club for kids is that it gets me thinking about what activity we will do with the book. This month’s book is The Little Engine That Could: 60th Anniversary Edition. This is a classic book with a great story. There is so much you can learn…
Where did the last year go? I think I blinked and the new year was here! I’m really looking forward to 2016. 2015 was a very hard year for me. I’m was physically unwell and struggles with different things at home. I can say that having my monthly goals helped me take a step towards…
Each month we always look for new books to read. We explore the library, bookstores, museums and gift shops for book ideas. It is fun to see books my girls and I find. Their ages has them always pick out different books than I think they would. I never stop looking for fun books to…
Winter is here and now it is time to update some more bookmarks. My oldest is really reading a lot bigger books and always seems to need to bookmark for her books. Plus we always seem to need a new bookmark for a book at some point and time. Who says you can’t have some…
Every month we are always looking for books to read. It is fun to read the books and enjoy them. I never know what we will find. It had become a fun hunt at the library and the bookstore to see what new books there are to find. There are always fun old books as…
We are going to be doing a countdown again to New Years again at noon. It is always fun to add different things to do. This year we will have some fun placemats to help. My girls and I have really enjoyed these placemats over the last little while. They are fun and easy use….
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. This year is no different. I’m going to be spending time with my girls and enjoying that time. I hope that everyone has a great Christmas and enjoys time with their family. We are going to be wrapped up watching movies and reading books and…
Yesterday I was reading one of the blogs that I follow. Yes, I follow other bloggers. She had posted about 50 Happy Things. I really liked the idea of posting about happy things at this time of year. This last year has had ups and downs for me. A lot of them very hard. I…
I get requests for things in one download all the time. If you are looking for an easy way to get the CVCC Word Family Word Paths in one download then check out what there is today! I have put all the CVCC Word Family Paths together in one printable that you can buy at…
We are still using calendar cards at our house and love them. The winter calendar printables have been updated for 2016. It is hard to believe that another year has gone by. This calendar set matches up nicely with the Snow Learning Pack. Winter is a favorite season at our house. We love getting out…
Winter is officially coming soon! It is time to get the next set of seasonal reading charts out! You can check out last year Weekly Winter Reading Charts. This year we are adding the chapter books and book bags to the mix. We really like having seasonal activities at our house. The charts help kids…
This is the 27th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. It has a bug theme to the pack. This Romping & Roaring Number 17 Pack is part of the huge set. There are 33 packs total and 11 extras that are really…
We are always working on some kind of writing project at our house. It can be a simple project or a complex one. Sometimes it is as simple as writing a letter to the grandparents. It is an important part of learning. I like to have fun and different paper for them to write on…
We really love using small books at our house. I have made several of them for my girls. The newest small books is one for skip counting. I’m always working on new ways to do our skip counting. There are great for kids and fun to use. They have color or fill in the books…
Star Wars is really big at our house right now. My girls and I are very excited about it. We have been doing some number activities with a fun Star Wars theme. These are similar to the Countdown to Christmas Numbers, but they have a slight difference in them. I wanted more numbers and some…
Every year I love adding new things for the different seasons. We have had so much fun with the Thanksgiving Placemats, I thought I would add some Christmas ones! Holidays are really hard to get kids to sit still while everyone eats and fun placemats help with that. Plus these are fun to do without…
This is Set 5 of 11 in the Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words Packs. This month Romping & Roaring First Grade Sight Words: Him, His, How, Just. The Romping & Roaring Sight Word Sets were made so that they can be used with any system. Each of the words is in a pack…