I don’t remember how old I was, but one year a teacher gave me a general rule for writing a good 5 paragraph essay. If you say it right it has a bit of a sing-song quality to it, making it easy to remember. Main idea, concrete detail, commentary, commentary, main idea, concrete detail, commentary,…
So Baloo recently started fractions, among other mathematical concepts. It seems like there’s just been an explosion of new concepts lately. Anyway, I immediately noticed there is a severe lack of colorful and fun fraction practice. You can only cut a pizza into so many fractions! So naturally I had to put something together. What’s…
Baloo is back in a Star War phase and has told me he would do extra multiplication work if it was Star Wars themed. Naturally, I jumped on that opportunity!! I knew a Star Wars Multiplication pack would get him invested in working on his multiplication skills! Multiplication isn’t necessarily that difficult but practice multiplication…
Skip counting isn’t hard to learn but it can’t take a lot of time. It’s rote memorization which means just repeating it until it clicks. I’m not usually a big fan of rote memorization but there are some skills that are just useful to have. And skip counting is one. Skip Counting Dot to Dot…
I’ve actually had this printable sitting in my folder for awhile – since Baloo was just starting addition! It’s meant to be a quick little review/quiz for kids learning their first addition facts. My idea was to set a timer for one minute and let Baloo figure out as many problems as he could. If…
We are having fun with our gingerbread theme this week!! We love play dough so much, and ginger has such a unique and strong scent, that I knew we had to make gingerbread playdough. I used a very basic recipe and added ginger, vanilla, and cinnamon to it (Nutmeg and cloves would have been great…
Turkey’s are just too much fun. There are endless options for turkey crafts, activities, etc. I love turkeys! This year we decided to do a sorting turkey. I cut out the turkey body and feathers. Then I added shapes to each feather. I did either one, two, or three of each shape. Then we had…
Halloween is growing on me. It’s possibly my least favorite holiday…but it is growing on me. I’ve successfully managed to avoid all of those gory, creepy Halloween commercials that typically bother me so much, and I think that’s key. Anyway, I’ve been working on all these fun Halloween packs that I’m really starting to enjoy…
Are you ready to have a blast while learning your ABCs? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you: alphabet placemats! These awesome printable mats are not only super fun but also super useful. These incredible printable mats are here to make learning the ABCs an absolute blast. We’ll show you how to use these…
My boys aren’t in love with math. That’s a big of an understatement, they really don’t like math. So we try to avoid worksheet-type math as much as possible, in favor of games, manipulatives, and stories. Here are a few ways you can practice math using printables! Graphing!One of my favorite printable math games is…
Candy Corn. The one candy that almost no one likes! Yet, it’s widely popular this time of year. I have never really been a fan but the boys do love it. I mean, it’s basically sugar, a lot of cruddy stuff, and food coloring. But Baloo specifically requested candy corn school and I rarely turn down…
Royal and Logi-Bear are working on 1:1 correspondence, counting, numbers, etc. I wanted to create and fun and coloring way for them to practice all of those! I collected a few toilet paper rolls and pom poms. I only did 1-5 so far, mostly because the toilet paper rolls were getting too short. I cut…