Spooky Halloween SuDoKu Free Printable for Kids
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Spooky Halloween SuDoKu Free Printable for Kids

ByErin

Halloween signals the beginning of the holiday season and my kids, at least, are eager to get knee deep into holiday things.  Luckily, I’ve had the Halloween printables this week to satisfy their holiday excitement!  They’ve already changed their mind about their Halloween costumes about 4 times each.  Baloo has decided to save a bunch…

Halloween Vowel Team Easy Reader for oo
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Halloween Vowel Team Easy Reader for oo

ByErin

For my 5-year-old, being a non-reader is one of his biggest frustrations (following when I tell him to get off video games).  He feels left out because the rest of us can read and he cannot.  I like to leave little notes lying around with words that he can read .  (Cat, t-rex, his name,…

LEGO Skip Counting to Avoid Confusion
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LEGO Skip Counting to Avoid Confusion

ByErin

My kids have, historically, had the hardest time with skip counting.  I swear, they’ve all given me the same look when I try to explain skip counting.  Kind of like “This is so much harder than just counting by 1’s”.  That really skeptical look, ya know?. And I get it, they just learned to count…

Doubles Addition Game – Frankenstein Addition Practice
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Doubles Addition Game – Frankenstein Addition Practice

ByErin

You want them to memorize their addition facts and they want to play. Just imagine if there was a way to do both. Ah but there is!  Making addition fact practice a game can entice them to play and learn longer!  We’ve done our fair share of addition games (St. Patricks Day Make 10, Finding Dory,…

Vampire CVC Matching Free Printable
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Vampire CVC Matching Free Printable

ByErin

I’ve never been big on mythological things until I started reading books like Harry Potter and Twilight (yes, I read and loved Twilight.  Although, The Host by Stephenie Meyer is far far better).  Anyway, after getting into some of these alternate realities I started enjoying reading about the myths and how they started.  Vampire’s in…

Spooky Spider Counting Mats for Math Practice
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Spooky Spider Counting Mats for Math Practice

ByErin

Spiders creep me out.  I don’t like them and would just assume never ever see them.  However, they do eat mosquitoes for which I am eternally grateful.  It’s a conflicting relationship.  But the boys are still into creep crawly stuff so I oblige.  We actually went to a bug festival a few weekends ago which…

Exciting Letter Yy Dot Marker ABC Printable Set
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Exciting Letter Yy Dot Marker ABC Printable Set

ByErin

The last few letters I’ve posted I kept thinking “Oh my gosh, we’re almost done with this set!”. I feel like I just finished it last week!  From conception of the idea to completion, these projects really become a part of us.  I kept thinking I’d be sad to be done, but I think instead…

LEGO Number Line Addition Practice
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LEGO Number Line Addition Practice

ByErin

I’m always searching for ideas to get my kids interested in practicing math.  To be honest, 99% of the time that’s a computer game.  I’ll take what I can get though!  Since starting the LEGO math challenge, we are getting a lot more practice offline too.  Phew! So don’t miss the rest of our LEGO Math…

Pumpkin Place Value Free Printable for Math
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Pumpkin Place Value Free Printable for Math

ByErin

Logi-Bear is just delving into the concept of place value and I’m finding that extra practice with it is very very helpful.  He has accepted that when you are counting and hit a 9, you move up to the next 10.  But I’m not convinced he understands why.  We’re working with LEGO Place Value a…

Pokemon Movement Cards – Get the Wiggles Out
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Pokemon Movement Cards – Get the Wiggles Out

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Some mornings I can tell we need to get a bit of The Wiggles out.  Incidentally, my kids no longer like they song (which is a bummer because I loved it).  So I needed a quick and easy way to get them moving a bit before we get started.  Of course, I remembered my construction…