Back to School Books
School is quickly approaching…only a few more weeks of summer around here! I thought I would give you a heads-up on some great books to prepare your child (and yourself) for the special days ahead. The Kissing Handis probably…
Cup Telephone
Do you remember making these as a child??? Talk about some girl scout camp nostalgia! I love this activity because it is fun for all ages! Young children will enjoy playing with the cups while older children will enjoy learning…
Strategies for Speech and Language Development
Guest Post by Julie Hi! I’m Julie from over at Breezy Acres Farm. I am a wife to a graphic designer/photographer husband and mom to two preemies. Ori, age 2, was born at 33 weeks and Calla, age 1, was…
Pop ‘n Learn
Here’s an activity for those leftover poppers from July 4th. Or perhaps you like to hit the firework tents the day after like I do for the great bargains! After all, who says you can’t throw some learning in with…
Word Family Pull-Out Activity
After making the Toilet Paper Roll Books last week, I started thinking about ways that I could reuse my paper towel rolls too. After pondering for a while, I finally came up with a fun word family interactive activity…
Weather Song
Please excuse (a) my terrible singing voice and (b) our sloppy, beach-like attire. We just got back from the waterpark. And I was too lazy to put shorts on Little Brother.
The Little Squeegy Bug {Book & Activity}
We stumbled upon this adorable fable at our local library. Big Brother has wanted to read it over and over and over again! The story starts out with the little squeegy bug, who was having trouble finding his place in…
Fuzzy Caterpillar Song
We learned this fun song in Sunday school! Big Brother refused to do most of the actions, but you wiggle your fingers, then hold them out long and short. Next, cup your hands like it’s a box. Shake your finger…
Letter Scavenger Hunt at the Park
It’s supposed to be almost 100 degrees today, so we went to the park early this morning. While there, Big Brother and I went on a “scavenger hunt” to try to find all of the letters of both his name…
Spin-A-Letter Easter Eggs
I’ll be honest…this wasn’t my favorite activity. It didn’t go as well as I had planned and Big Brother, surprisingly, wasn’t really into it. I debated whether or not to post, but finally decided to go ahead because maybe it…
Teaching Your Child to Read, Part 3
*Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series.* Word Families To put it simply, word families are words that rhyme. Teaching children word families is a phonemic awareness activity that helps children see patterns in…
Teaching Your Child to Read, Part 2
*If you missed Part 1 of this series, you can find it here.* In the last post, we discussed the importance of reading to your child (beginning at infancy), asking questions during reading, and being an example by reading…
C is for Cow
This super-easy alphabet craft offers great fine motor practice for older toddlers and preschoolers! We haven’t practiced “staying in the lines while coloring” a whole lot with Big Brother, mostly because I normally just give him a blank piece of…
Keyboard Learning
This is one of those activities that I really didn’t think I should put on the blog, but since it is an activity Big Brother loves to do…I thought I would go ahead and share it. When Big Brother wakes…
Dr. Seuss’ I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
I had never read I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! until we checked it out from the library last week. We really enjoyed this book! This is the first page of the book: “I can read in red, I…
Dr. Seuss’ ABC Book: Writing Letters in Shaving Cream
Dr. Seuss’s ABC Book! is one of my absolute favorite alphabet books. Although some may be bothered that he refers to them “big” and “little” letters instead of “capital” and “lowercase”, I think it is a perfect way to introduce very young children…
Heart Capital and Lower-Case Letter Matching
Big Brother can identify most of the capital letters, but has a harder time with the lower-case. So we decided to make a matching game that incorporated hearts seeing that Valentines Day is only 5 days away. Identifying capital and lower-case letters…
Toddler Shoe Game
We attempted this shoe game with Little Brother today, but he wasn’t quite getting it. He is great at following one-step directions, but isn’t developmentally able to understand the concept of picking the “matching” shoe. I would highly recommend this…