With more time being spent outside, we are seeing more and more butterflies! These magical little creatures are so mesmerizing and intriguing that I thought we should create some free printable butterfly worksheets to share with you. A few years ago, we hatched monarch caterpillars. It is such a wonderful learning experience and actually very…
Spectacular Summer Book List for 3-6 Year Olds!
Do you know what cures summer boredom? Summer meltdowns? Summer slide? Summer insert-anything-else-deemed-negative-here? BOOKS! Grab your 3-6 year old and a few of the summer books for preschoolers mentioned below, and enjoy the blissful summer you desire. I tell you, friend, there is nothing a good book can’t accomplish. This summer book list for preschoolers…
Learning Activities for 2 Year Olds
Two-year-olds love to learn, and they learn best through play and exploration. In this post, I’ve rounded up some of the best learning activities for 2-year-olds from across the web. These simple activities will help your toddler develop the skills needed for preschool and beyond—skills like fine motor skills, gross motor skills, language development, early…
The Only Grade Two Book List You Need!
As a Teacher and Reading Specialist, it is my sworn duty to love books. It is also my sworn duty to help children fall in love with books. So I am going to start sharing amazing book lists kids will love! I thought we would get started with a beautiful Grade Two book list, since…
Math Activities for Kindergarten at Home
Teaching math to your Kindergarten child at home can be a lot of fun! Children in this age group are excited, eager learners who learn best through hands-on activities and exploration. This post will give you many ideas for teaching math to kindergarteners at home through fun, hands-on activities! The hands-on math activities in this…
Bridge Building STEM Challenge for Kindergarten
Children absolutely love a challenge. Just using the word “challenge” can get them super excited to dive into whatever learning experience you set up for them! This activity—from the Kindergarten at Home curriculum’s Dinosaur unit—is no different. Your child will have an absolute blast with this STEM bridge-building challenge for kindergarten! Children build all the…
Water Play Ideas for Preschoolers: Beginning Letters Toy Scoop
I think it’s safe to say that the warmer weather is FINALLY here to stay (fingers crossed) and we couldn’t be happier about it! This means water play ideas for preschoolers will be the name of the game. We need all the outdoor time we can get after such a long winter. Just before we…
Playful Sight Word Games for Kids!
Today I wanted to share with you some of my favourite, hands-on, playful sight word games for kids. There are so many fun ways to practice sight words! But first, we should chat about what sight words truly are. Sight words are words that we want our children to be able to read by sight,…
A Sight Word Dice Game
What is more fun than a dice game? How about a SIGHT WORD dice game? How about a sight word dice game where you get to make your OWN DICE?! I tell you, the fun and learning never ends here on How Wee Learn. This activity is in our Grade Two Literacy Curriculum, but since…
3 Ways to Play and Learn with Sticky Notes
I love sticky notes. I have ever since my days in the classroom. In fact, I remember one year for Christmas a family gifted me a huge basket full of pens and various sized and shaped sticky notes and I was actually over the moon excited. It felt like Christmas morning as a child! Now…