This game is so utterly simple I daresay it’s almost brilliant. But it has been the most popular math activity we’ve ever done – with all three boys!!! I had to adjust a little to make it fit for all of them, but I’m more than willing to do that if it means we get…
I think I’ve spoken before about loving all the tools kids get these days for math, and doubles is definitely a favorite of mine. There’s really no trick about it, it’s just memorization. But it can really go far. If you can do doubles, you can easily figure out one up or one down. If…
I love a math activity that I can do with all the boys at the same time. But they’re all on completely different levels, so it doesn’t really happen often. Shamrock STOMP however is great math fact practice and they all get to work on their own level! Don’t miss the rest of the…
Day 3 of my St Patricks Math series! I’m actually enjoying these math activities for a change!! I’ll admit, preparing fun and engaging math activities is more difficult than worksheets and straight up math. But I promise, it is totally worth it!! I’m constantly hearing “but when will I use this?” and “why is this…
The irony of my next sentence should not be missed – my kids hate worksheets. Anything on paper really. (The irony being that I make printable on paper!!). So I’ve decided to put a LOT more effort into making learning paperless – or as paperless as possible. So I’m going to do 17 days of…
There’s nothing quite as amazing as cooking with kids. Frustrating, yes. But amazing, too. I’ve always (mostly) enjoyed showing my kids how to cook decent food and take ownership of their own nutrition. But that’s not always easy when they’re first learning to read recipes. Especially for young kids still learning to read. Long recipes…
We’ve started working more on beginning letter sounds and I’m doing my best to make it active and fun. Logi-Bear is not big on sitting and learning. So getting up and moving and playing games is the goal! The idea behind this ABC Scavenger hunt is that the letters on the hearts were the beginning…
We just had to make some adorable cards to send to friends and family for Valentines Day. Head over the Red Ted Art to see how to make some of these beauties! This is a guest post I did for Red Ted Art. I highly encourage you to stick around over there because her…
The Mitten by Jan Brett is one of my favorite books. There are other illustrated versions of the folk story “The Mitten” but Jan Brett’s is my favorite. Her illustrations are just far superior to the other books. However, I have read other versions and do enjoy them immensely. Every year we seem to read…
My arctic animal pack continues to be one of my most popular packs (surpassed only by Elf on the Shelf). It is also one of my oldest packs. So I HAD to do an update to get some of my new pages in there. This is a K-2nd Update. 20 Pages of math and language…
Logi-Bear is simply loving early readers right now. I’m not sure what it is he loves so much, but I’m taking advantage as best I can! This early reader doubles as a counting book! It goes from number 1 through 10 counting different Christmas items. There is nothing quite like the season of Christmas. It…
I’ve been printing out letter books for Logi-Bear and he absolutely loves them. He “reads” them and just enjoys them so much. So I thought it was time to introduce some really early easy readers. Very simple. Very repetitive. Pictures that give context clues. I just know he is going to love reading like his…