These Mother’s Day cards are great because you can make them as simple or as difficult as you like, depending on the fine motor skills of your little ones. What you’ll need The free downloadable Mother’s Day Card templates Red, white and pink paper (for the top piece) and card for the base piece Glue […]
Pre-Writing Skills: Essential for Early Learners
PLEASE NOTE: You can listen to this article in podcast format over here! Most research on early writing has focused on lower primary-aged children which means studies on younger children (from 2-5 years) are a little thin. One of the causes of this was the long-held philosophy that very young children would learn what they […]
Word Family Dice and Board Games
Today’s focus is word families and these two board games will give your little ones tons of practice with -in words. They’ll be having so much fun they won’t realise they’re learning! There is one game for three-letter -in words, and one for four-letter -in words which will help you differentiate for your kids and […]
Writing When You Only Have A Minute (with sentence sticks)
I really love these sentence sticks. They’re so quick to create and easy to use! If you’re new to my blog, each month I create a learning activity that can be done in only a few minutes – some take 60 seconds or less. This series of blog posts can be found here. Depending on […]
Kindergarten Geometry: 2D and 3D Shapes
If you’re looking for a quick and easy activity for 2D and 3D shapes grab these FREE easy-to-use printables. Poster Print and laminate for long-term use. Enlarge it if you’d prefer a bigger poster. As well as making a great poster, try the following ideas. One-to-one correspondence: Give your child small 2D and 3D shapes for […]
Are Birthday Cakes a Risky Business?
To have or not to have, that is the question. Birthday cakes in early care centres can be a surprisingly emotional topic, both in arguing for them and against them. For this month’s research-based post I am highlighting some points from recent research that looked at the place of birthday cakes in 4 early care […]
Easter Early Readers and Bookmarks
Easter is coming! This gives us another opportunity to naturally add a little reading and writing into our children’s lives. These 2 Easter early readers are made with dotted writing for early writers to trace and colour. Simply print and fold into 4 to make a book. There are also 3 different bookmarks in colour and […]
Measurement When You Only Have A Minute
Kids love measurement activities… mostly to find out what’s the biggest! Who has the biggest book? Who made the tallest tower? Who is eating the most grapes? Who can lift the heaviest object? Measurement adaptions for early learners Volume Young children can find it difficult to make some comparisons because their brains are still learning. […]
Essential Pre-Writing Skills: I Can Trace Lines
Learning to write is a journey that is different for every child. Some learn with speed and confidence, others struggle over many years, while most are somewhere in the middle. The speed is not important as long as a child is able to progress from one skill to another, growing in confidence as they […]
9 Healthier St. Patrick’s Day Treats
Looking around Pinterest (one of my favourite hobbies), we can find TONS of brilliant ideas for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. It’s still a few weeks off but it’s never too early to start planning! Readers found the post 10 Healthy Christmas Party Foods helpful in December so I thought I’d look around for healthier options for St. Patrick’s Day. […]