Teaching our young children is a very exciting time, though it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. There is a lot of information out there, and it can be hard to discern exactly what, when, and how to teach a preschooler—especially when it comes to teaching letter sounds. But let me tell you this: the…
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…
Preschool Card Games: ABC Go Fish!
Get ready for the very best of the best preschool card games! When my little ones get to be about 3 or so, they get to start joining in on some of the board game and card game fun that happens around here (oh yes, it’s a wild home we have, friends!). I really do…
5 Days of Free Easter Printables
Do you know what I think we all need more of right now? Fun. And easy. Easy fun. Yes, easy fun for Easter! That is exactly what is needed right now. So this week, I am going to be sharing with you 5 Free Easter Printables that make Easter fun super easy. Here is all…
The Sweetest Little Apple Name Puzzle!
We are officially back at it over here! We took the leap and started our homeschool schedule back up after a nice long summer break. And what started us of? This adorable apple name puzzle! We officially started back on Wednesday, for a variety of reasons, and have a co-op we attend every Friday, so…
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…
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…
Activities for Learning Letters
Teaching preschoolers the letters of the alphabet can be so much fun with these hands-on learning activities! If you are unsure of what order to teach the letters, check out this post in which I describe the best way to teach letter recognition to preschoolers. It is super important that we introduce letters in this…
Color by Letter Worksheet Printable Bundle: s, a, t, i, p, n
Do you have a little one who loves to color AND is working on learning letters and sounds? If so, you are going to love these 18 color by letter worksheets! PLUS, at the bottom of this post you will find ALL 78 Color by Letter coloring pages for FREE These fun and easy alphabet…
Teaching Letters: Uppercase or Lowercase First?
Well, we have a question of the week my friends! “What should I teach first, uppercase or lowercase letters?” When I receive an email about a topic more than 5 times (well, 6 times – so hardly ‘more than 5’ – but I am adding a dramatic flare) it warrants a blog post. So today…