Practice reading time by the hour with these unicorn early readers! The pictures help make the school day activities a little predictable and each page marks a new hour in the day. There are links to 14 more unicorn activities below so be sure to scroll all the way down! Preparing these books There are […]
How Scribbling Fast Tracks our Kids #20
Scribbling can have a huge positive impact on a child’s development, not just as a pre-writing skill, but to develop language, reasoning, problem solving and relationships. Learn what researchers have found and how we can optimise that knowledge in our homes and classrooms. There’s also a free download including templates your little ones might like […]
Jack and Jill Sequencing Activity
If your kids enjoy nursery rhymes grab this Jack and Jill poster and sequencing activity! It’s perfect for Kindergarten kids to encourage reading, rhyming and re-telling. Getting Ready Print the pages as you need them. Use the poster to: Teach the rhyme. Focus on beginning sounds. Chat about rhyming words. Talk about the sequence of […]
12 Digraph Puzzles: Words Ending in Sh, Th and Ch
Putting 2 letters together to make one sound makes it a digraph and for kids, gaining confidence with these sounds is crucial for reading and writing development. These free digraph puzzles feature the digraph sounds at the end of each word and the pictures can help prompt beginning learners as they put them together! Digraph […]
Zoo Animals: Tracing Lines for Fine Motor Skills
Do your little ones love zoo animals? If so, grab these free pages for tracing lines. They can help develop fine motor skills and encourage correct pencil grasp. And after that, scroll down to find 13 more fun zoo animal activities from some of your favourite bloggers! Tracing lines is easy! Download this pack (below). […]
Community Helpers: Little Readers with Sight Words
These free little readers focus on community helpers, using common sight words to make short, predictable sentences. They are not the typical roles chosen for this topic but are important to our societies nonetheless! Community helpers These free readers include 2 books for each of the following: Actors Bakers Gardeners Hairdressers The first book contains […]
Free Robot Preposition Posters
Grab these free robot preposition posters and pop them up in your classroom (or kid’s room) for some quick preposition practice. Great for both literacy and math for Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1 children! And if you scroll down to the bottom you’ll find links to lots more terrific robot activities from some of your […]
Cherry Blossom Life Cycle and Washington Cherry Blossom Festival
March 27 is the anniversary of the gift of 3000 cherry trees from the Mayor of Tokyo City to the city of Washington D.C. in 1927. These little readers focus on the Cherry Blossom Life Cycle and Cherry Blossoms in Washington. Cherry blossom life cycle These beautiful white or pink flowers only bloom for a […]
Word and Picture Puzzles: Letters U-Z
Day 5 of our alphabet giveaway has arrived with these word and picture alphabet puzzles for letters U-Z. Kids recreate the picture to find the word then paste and write. Our 500 page MEGA ALPHABET BUNDLE is $16 today (Wed US time), though it’s valued at $41.00 – and will be going up to $30 very soon. […]
Pictures and Words Match: An Alphabet Flip Book
Day 4 of our week-long alphabet giveaway has arrived with a pictures and words alphabet match for letters P to U. It’s a super activity for encouraging kids to look closely at the letters in words. Our 500 page MEGA ALPHABET BUNDLE is still only $14 today (Wed US time) – grab it quickly as the […]