Happy Wednesday, my friends! Today, I would like to share a neat little tactile letters activity with you. This activity is wonderful for children who are learning their letters and sounds, as it really reinforces the letter shapes and gets your child to think about the letters in a mindful, focused way. For the activity,…
Gross Motor Alphabet Games for Kids
These little ones of mine love to learn on the move! They like to touch things, reach and stretch, run and jump, and use all of those great big muscles they are forming. And guess what? Using gross motor alphabet games is a fabulous way to really retain that letter learning. In fact, How Wee…
Pre-Writing Skills: What is Form Drawing?
Have you ever tried form drawing with your little ones? Or perhaps you are brand-new to the term and stumbled across it while searching for pre-writing skills and activities for children. If that’s the case, let me introduce you! Essentially, form drawing is the freehand drawing of repetitive lines and curves. Sounds simple enough, right?…
10 Days of Freebies: Rhyming Cards
Welcome back, my friend! We are up to Day #4 of our ten days of freebies to celebrate How Wee Learn’s 10th Anniversary. 🎉 Today is a beautiful freebie—soft, watercolor art rhyming cards—because learning to read should be a beautiful experience. These rhyming cards are ideal for anyone starting out on their learning-to-read journey! How…
Letter Games with Free Printable Cards
Do you know how children learn best? Through play! And learning letters is no exception—these letter games are perfect for little learners beginning their literacy journey. The magic lies in the fact that when children are engrossed in play, they become active participants in their own learning process. Their curiosity is sparked, their imaginations ignited,…
Learn Letters with a Watermelon Seed Activity
I first did this watermelon-themed activity with Sammy when he was learning his letters eight (eight!!!) years ago. Now that little Norah is ready to learn letters (and with summertime officially arriving this week—woohoo!), it’s the perfect time for another go. In fact, this summer will be sprinkled with all sorts of fun literacy activities…
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…
Reading Activities: Name in a Jar
An oldie but a goodie for you today, my friend. A flashback to 9 years ago when I was beginning to teach letter sounds to Sam. Spoiler alert—it worked! Here is that post on how to teach letter sounds from all those years ago… We are playing our way to learning to read! My little…
A Bandaid Letter Sort!
Are you ready to dive into some name letter learning? Or maybe matching uppercase and lowercase letters. Or perhaps counting, adding, or multiplying? Or maybe you are just here for the ‘sticky’ puns. No matter what you are after, this awesome name letter activity has it! Norah has recently become fascinated (completely obsessed) with bandaids. Bandaids…
10 Week Summer Learning Bundles
When did the idea of ‘school work’ become bad? I mean, why is it so frowned upon to have children do schoolwork in the summertime? I suppose I might be coming at things from a different angle since we homeschool and ensure we live a very balanced life in regard to schoolwork. As you might…