This freebie is printable Easter Eggs with colour words written inside. There are so many fun and easy ways to play and learn with these Easter eggs—let me share some ideas with you: How to Play and Learn with Coloured Easter Eggs! A great place to begin is to have your little ones help you…
Easter Letter Match {Easter Freebie #1}
This Easter Freebie can be used in so many ways. The freebie is this adorable printable of little eggs that have both lowercase and uppercase letters. Learning is always so much more fun when it is pretty! These little letter Easter eggs can be used in so many different ways for play. And they are…
Teaching a Struggling Reader: Your Two Choices
One evening, I was stuck in the social media “scrolling” trap and came across a Meme that was so relatable to me I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. It simply said: “What is better for teaching a struggling reader – red or white wine?” I have taught my fair share of struggling readers…
BRILLIANT Homemade Math Manipulatives
I am so excited to partner with Wikki Stix today to bring you this blog post on Homemade Math Manipulatives (that you really do need to make). Plus an awesome GIVEAWAY – read on! It is hard to keep up with everything in my own home right now, much less everything in the whole world….
5 Poem Ideas for a Literacy Rich Grade One!
I absolutely love poems. I always have. When I was a wee girl, I loved poems before bed. As a moody teenager, I loved those deep poems which now make me cringe, and as an adult, I love all things airy, light, and nature-filled. Poems are fabulous for children to hear and to create as…
Christmas Giveaway: Oak Meadow!
I am so excited to be partnering with one of my favourite companies, Oak Meadow, to bring you this wonderful holiday giveaway! Are you in the holiday spirit yet my friend? If not, get ready. After this post you are bound to have a Holly Jolly smile on your face … It’s time for my…
Printable Dinosaur Skeleton Activity!
We are right in the thick of our Dinosaur Unit Study, and my kids are LOVING IT! This printable dinosaur skeleton activity is our next hands-on activity, and I just know my crafty kids are going to really dig it (ha!). We are doing our unit studies a little bit differently this year. Papa is…
Halloween Preschool Crafts: Pumpkin Name Puzzles!
Halloween Preschool Crafts are a fine art… a careful blend of fun, education, and independence. Well, this one has it all! Sammy and I made Pumpkin Name Puzzles, and we had a lot of fun—cutting, matching, and gluing. If your little one is learning his or her name, this is such a fun Halloween preschool…
Playing Card Puzzles {3 Ways!}
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Play and Learn with Bandaid Art and Activities for Kids!
Remember the other day when I shared with you how Norah absolutely loves Bandaids right now? Well, no surprise, she still does. Bandaids are actually awesome for developing all sorts of skills in young children. They are a great sensory experience and fabulous for building fine motor skills and hand dexterity too. Today I thought…
