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How to teach your child to read using any simple, repetitive book! 10 fun games that will have them reading!

Teach Your Child to Read Using Any Simple Story!

January 9, 2019 by Sarah 8 Comments

Can I tell you a secret? You know those dry, mundane, ‘The cat is brown. The dog is black.’ stories? I LOVE THEM. Yes, the storyline leaves a lot to be desired. Yes, the words and pictures are so predictable it can be a little (more than a little) painful. But these books can be…

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How I teach multiple ages and ability levels with the same lessons!#sponsored #homeschool #intheclassroom #teacher

Teaching and Reaching EVERYONE

October 15, 2018 by Sarah 115 Comments

I am excited to partner with Study.com today to bring you this GIVEAWAY and valuable information.  I am always baffled when people question how I can teach multiple grades at home. How can I teach grade 1 and grade 3 and still ensure each child is being appropriately challenged? I suppose it baffles me so…

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These name puzzles are a great way to learn a name for preschoolers! All you need is popsicle sticks too. #KwikStix #sponsored #preschool #name #letters #learning

Popsicle Stick Name Puzzles

September 3, 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I am very pleased to begin sharing seasonal posts with you in partnership with The Pencil Grip . This post contains affiliate links. If interested, you can purchase these awesome Kwik Stix right here. It is no secret that we love a good name puzzle over here. I have written about how we have used name puzzles in…

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STEPPING Up the Reading!

January 6, 2018 by Sarah 2 Comments

Oh exciting things are happening in this house of ours — Sammy is starting to read. As a teacher, I just love this stage of child development. He knows all his sounds and blends and he is starting to sound out words all on his own. He is so excited about it, he is ready…

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Practice counting and numbers with this cute snoman activity for preschoolers that uses popcorn!

Popcorn Snowman Counting

December 20, 2017 by Sarah 4 Comments

We have been working on counting activities for preschoolers lately. Yesterday morning I announced to my little ones, “Wash your hands! We are going to do a fun activity!” To which one of my little ones responded, “Wash them because it is a delicate activity, or an eating one?” When I announced it was an…

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Name Activities for Preschoolers

September 13, 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

What’s in a name? Usually letters. Probably Always. Important ones too. Those little letters that make up our names are OURS. We own those ones. They are special! At least they are when we are little. When starting to teach children their letters it is a fabulous idea to begin with their name letters. Once…

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Teach numbers and counting with this cool art project for kids!

Nancy Number Face

August 11, 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A photo on Friday. Happy Friday! The kids and I had so much fun with this number math art.  It is as simple as it looks, we just cut out numbers and turned them into eyes, ears, hair, and noses. It was a great chance for my little ones to look at numbers closely, compare…

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Activities for crossing the midline

Crossing the Midline and Bridging the Great Divide!

May 29, 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

Crossing the midline activities for kids. What on earth are those? Sometimes in the educational world we start speaking a slightly different language than ‘normal’ people. Not that teachers aren’t normal … though … you do need to be a little insane to work with small children all day long, don’t you? Anyways. I had…

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a fun game for preschoolers to help them learn syllables! This is one of the 7 skills kids need before they can read

Count-ing Syl-la-bles through Play!

April 10, 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Do you remember how we are working through my Beyond the Alphabet: Play into Reading Readiness eBook? Remember how we are playing with one of the seven phonemic awareness activities each week? Remember how I forgot to share one with you last week? Whoops. Sorry friends. Lofty goals I have!! I just really needed to…

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A great name puzzle for preschoolers! Such a simple quiet time activity.

A Different Kind of Name Puzzle

April 4, 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

I love name puzzles for preschoolers. I love how name puzzles involve not only learning a name, but also learning about letter shapes and proportions and math concepts too. I have shared with you a few different name puzzles before – in fact, I have shared one for every season! And yet, here I am…

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