Most adults are familiar with the three Rs – reduce, reuse, and recycle, but we had to learn them at some point! Earth Day is a great opportunity to talk to your kids about our amazing planet and discuss different ways to take care of it and be good stewards. These Earth Day coloring bookmarks …
Does your child struggle when they encounter new words? Does he or she have trouble decided how to pronounce words? Getting acquainted with open and closed syllables can really improve a young reader’s ability to decode new words. That is a great way to boost reading confidence! Today, I’m sharing closed syllable teaching tips and …
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For second grade, I wanted to introduce my daughter to countries from all over the world. She and her sisters(kindergarten and 3yo) get Little Passports as a Christmas present from their grandparents and they love opening the envelope and learning a little about that country. I wanted to expand on that love of geography in …
For me, it was a bittersweet moment when my daughter started reading on her own. I LOVED that she was excited about reading and improving her fluency. But, I was a bit sad that from now on there would be books that she would enjoy without me or her dad. We would have other memories …
Mastering long vowel sounds is an important part of learning to read. There are so many vowel teams and phonics words for emerging readers to memorize and understand, that it can be daunting. Today, I’m sharing an activity that I like to use with the first-grader: Sort-a-Scene: Long Vowel Sounds. Related Post: 5 Writing Activities …
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Fun activities can go a long way to helping a kid who hates writing get more comfortable and improve their skills. When students gain just a little bit of confidence in their writing abilities, it can make writing much less frustrating. Here are a few fun writing activities that have worked well with my child …
Inside: Add some silliness to your next writing activity! WHAT A SILLY SENTENCE is a great way to increase your child’s interest in writing and have some laughs, too! Writing can be hard for early elementary kids and, as a result, it can be hard on both of you! One of the writing resources that …
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These free printable counting money activity worksheets are great for practicing counting coins and creating amounts of money using different coin combinations. Counting money is one skill that requires hands-on activities. Holding the coins in their hands helps students learn so much faster and more thoroughly than just seeing the images on a worksheet or …
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Today, I’d like to share one of my favorite reluctant writer activities – my free, printable Draw and Write Story Template. Being a reluctant writer is very common in the early elementary grades. Writing is a hard skill! It takes memorization, patience, fine motor skills, grammar knowledge, the list just goes on. So, it’s understandable …
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Lapbooks are a great interactive teaching resource that you can do at home with your children. The best part about lapbooks is they can be adapted to fit any subject or grade level. So, if you are teaching different ages, you can easily teach the same subject and just vary the difficulty of the lapbook …
