I am a big fan of anything that makes learning to read a bit more fun and engaging. Reading is so challenging but so totally worth that, and many kids can see that from the beginning. Logi-Bear wants to read so so badly and he tries so so hard, but I still want him to…
Learning to read can be a really difficult task. But by making it fun, it’ll seem a lot easier. Each of the boys has presented a unique way of learning to read. So far they’ve all approached it differently. Baloo went with the method where he wouldn’t do anything and then one day he could…
Frog Emergent Reader: All About Frogs. Royal loves non-fiction writing, especially when it comes to animals. I knew he’d love a little book with a few facts about frogs. Even better, I knew I could throw in a bit of vocabulary. So I put this together with him in mind. Its got a lot…
Trucks were one of the first obsessions my kids had. Trucks and trains and anything else mechanical that moved. It’s only natural that they needed some transportation-themed rhyming materials. Truck Themed Rhyming Mats Combining a transportation theme with a lesson on rhymes was a hit with my kids. Teaching them to rhyme was a challenge each…
I am planning a huge human body unit next year so I’m getting some materials ready before then. Might be a few more human body themed posts in the near future. I thought these would be a fun introduction to a few organs. What’s included: Brain Lungs Heart Stomach Intestines Go Here to Download Human…
Dinosaurs are IN right now. And as such, everything we are doing is dinosaur right now. Dinosaur math. Dinosaur ABCs. Dinosaur play. Dinosaur excavating. Dinosaurs have been a major theme that comes into and out of our lives regularly. Baloo, at 13, still enters dinosaur phases every now and again. So naturally Logi-Bear needed a…
Activities and printables to go with Caps for Sale! Have a super fun week of learning while enjoying an excellent book – Caps for Sale! Logi-Bear and I have started getting back into themes and planning for our preschool lessons. He is tolerating planned activity more and more. He seems really reluctant to anything I…
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…
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…
We’ve been working with the ABCs with Logi-Bear for awhile. And seeing as I love doing holiday things, I figured we needed some holiday themed ABC pages to work on! There are 13 packs total with 5 pages for each pack. Each pack features a different letter. No, I didn’t manage to do all…
Welcome to my new series – Do a Dot ABCs. I’ve been dying to do a more “fun” ABCs series to really engage little ones who aren’t into worksheets. I actually started this a good 6 months ago but the task seemed so daunting I kept putting it off. Once I realized Logi-Bear will do…