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…
Beyond the Alphabet
Without these 7 skills, children will never (never, never, never) be amazingly strong readers. (WHAT!) That is quite a claim to make! But I stand behind it wholeheartedly. I know firsthand. I have seen students who rock at reading, and children who struggle every single day. Learning letters and their sounds are important for children….
A Valentine Name Puzzle – Preschool Valentines Day Craft
Name puzzles are a fabulous way to help children learn to identify and order their name letters. And name letters are the very first place we start when teaching kids letters. (You can read all about that in the order to teach kids letters.) We have been playing with name puzzles for ages! I made…
Amazing Ways to Play with Wikki Stix!
Today I am excited to partner with Wikki Stix for this sponsored post sharing with you the incredible ways to use Wikki Stix! It was just before Christmas when Madeline and I were out doing a little Christmas shopping. I turned down an aisle and … “OH MY GOODNESS! MADELINE – LOOK!” I said, perhaps…
The Magic of Quiet Bins
If you visit this little space often, I am sure you know that we love Quiet Bins. I stand by the magic of quiet time wholeheartedly! My kids are happier, calmer, and so much more relaxed now that we have a set quiet time in our day. But Quiet Bins do so much more than…
Get Ready – It’s Almost Here!
I am over the moon excited! For the past 18 months I have been working on a labor of love and it is just about finished. One more careful edit and it will be done. Done! I have to say, and I hope I do not sound as though I am gloating, it turned out…