Turkey Digraph Sort: Gobble Up Reading Fun
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Turkey Digraph Sort: Gobble Up Reading Fun

ByErin

When learning to read, it’s all about the tricks.  They’re not really tricks, of course, more like little chunks of information to build upon.  Digraphs are a chunk of their own, and quite an important chunk!  After all, if you don’t learn that ‘sh’ doesn’t say sss-ha, you’ll never be able to figured out that…

Gobble Gobble: Turkey Spin a Sight Word Printables
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Gobble Gobble: Turkey Spin a Sight Word Printables

ByErin

What do you do with a child who thinks reading is amazing, pretends to read constantly, yet isn’t quite ready for sounding out words? You teach them sight words! I’m pretty much on board with teaching phonics and that’s how we taught both Royal and Baloo, primarily. We limit sight words and push through with…

Fun Addition Fact Practice – Train Doubles Plus 1
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Fun Addition Fact Practice – Train Doubles Plus 1

ByErin

Sometimes I feel so stuck with learning math facts – or the boys learning math facts that is.  They’re not highly motivated so the idea just falls flat on them.  So I’m continually trying to find new, fun, and novel ways to get them to practice!  I knew I wanted a train doubles plus 1…

Transportation Counting Mats with Addition and Subtraction
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Transportation Counting Mats with Addition and Subtraction

ByErin

What do you do when you want to get your young kids excited about math?  You find a theme that resonates with them and find a way to incorporate math into that theme!  Last week we did dinosaurs, which was wildly popular at my house.  Transportation themes come in a close second.  And I just…

Duck & Truck ck Easy Reader Book For Beginning Readers
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Duck & Truck ck Easy Reader Book For Beginning Readers

ByErin

Getting kids excited about reading by themselves can be tricky.  We spend years and years reading to them and they don’t want that to stop (and rightfully so) but sometimes that also means they resist reading by themselves.  My kids are not really motivated readers.  They take some prodding.  But with easy reader books that…

Practice Averaging and Ordering Numbers with Trains!
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Practice Averaging and Ordering Numbers with Trains!

ByErin

I have the harder time finding fun work for my older kids (especially Baloo, at 10). Sometimes he just wants something fun like his brothers! But if I make something just for him, I have two younger kids begging to join in. So when I can put something together that they can all use, it’s…

Transportation CVC Sliders for Learning to Read Fun
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Transportation CVC Sliders for Learning to Read Fun

ByErin

It’s time for a new theme and one of my favorites – transportation!  All week long we will have a great assortment of transportation printables!  Don’t miss any by either signing up for the newsletter: Or by keeping an eye on the 31 Days of Printables page!   This is another printable I made just…

Dinosaur Letter Sounds for Learning to Read the Fun way
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Dinosaur Letter Sounds for Learning to Read the Fun way

ByErin

People all learn in different ways, right? I was the kid in school who pretty much always learned new concepts quickly.  I am the person the public school system is designed for.  My kids are not.  They’re not slow learners they just don’t learn that way.  Earlier this year I found Times Tales, which is…

No Prep Addition Booklets for Interactive Math Practice
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No Prep Addition Booklets for Interactive Math Practice

ByErin

What do you do for kids that are having trouble memorizing their math facts?  All of my boys are working on memorizing some facts and without motivation, it just seems like slow going.  We play games, watch math shows, and even do bedtime math. Sometimes though, I need something that I can just hand over…

Dinosaur CVC Word Mats for Beginning Readers
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Dinosaur CVC Word Mats for Beginning Readers

ByErin

How do you get your kids interested and invested in reading? I’ve mentioned it a million times now, but again, Logi-Bear is so close to reading.  He wants to read and happily works with me, but I feel like he still needs a bit more work with letter sounds before he’s truly ready.  But I…

LEGO Counting On for Learning to Start Counting Anywhere
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LEGO Counting On for Learning to Start Counting Anywhere

ByErin

‘Counting on’ is one of those skills that I didn’t understand needed to be taught until Baloo was probably 4 or something.  I guess I just hadn’t thought of it and assumed kids would just pick up on the pattern of numbers.  And some kids pick up on that really well!  In fact, I noticed…

Dinosaur Syllable Challenge Cards for Kids
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Dinosaur Syllable Challenge Cards for Kids

ByErin

Sometimes you discover an activity that is perfect for your child in every way.  It can be a very rare occasion, but when you find it, you have to just do it.  Logi-Bear loves dinosaurs, wants to learn to read, has been enjoying sorting into syllable “teams”, and really likes having little cards and booklets…