Last week we were up North visiting family. We always love visiting and it is one of my boys very favourite places to be. They adore their grandparents so much, love all the neat things to do and see, and usually get to stay up late. Which makes it no surprise that they tend to…
S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g it Out to Learn to Read
Learning letters and their sounds get little ones ready to read, right? Wrong!!! (Well, that was rather abrasive and negative. I’m sorry. Please see it as passion and not negativity) Letters and sounds, letters and sounds, letters and sounds. You could find thousands of activities to practice these skills with your little ones on this…
The Great Boat Float: Teaching Rhyming to Preschoolers
A little while ago, I was playing a rhyming game with my little one when I realized he really wasn’t grasping the concept of rhyming. I tried a different game, and low and behold, he wasn’t grasping it that way, either. Teaching rhyming to preschoolers isn’t always easy! How could this be?! I thought for…
Rocking Rock Pendants!
Have you ever noticed that rock crafts, well, rock? I tell you – I have yet to see a craft for kids that uses rocks that I have not loved. We have used rocks to make these neat story stones, we have used them to make gorgeous pebble art, to create a beautiful tactile alphabet,…
Flying into a Letter Recognition Activity!
I mentioned a little while ago how I wanted to share some of my older posts with you again and how I hoped you wouldn’t mind, and how they were really cool activities, but the writing was perhaps a little off, and how sometimes I rambled (okay that clearly has not gotten any better). Well,…
Activities for Preschoolers – February Classroom Tour
Valentine’s Day is next week and you are not ready. Your little preschoolers will be crushed! AH! No need to panic – we’ve all been there. Don’t you worry – I’ve got your back. Here are some fabulous February activities for preschoolers you can set up in a jiffy. You are going to love these…
