We recently read the Little Blue Truck and Little Blue Truck Leads the Way. these books are such favorites, I decided to use the book for some learning activities. Little Blue Truck Phonics & Reading Bear {4 yrs, 4 mon} has shown interest in learning how to read. Of course, I’m grabbing his opportunity and enthusiasm and …
Bear {4 yrs} loves to practice writing the alphabet, but sometimes the traditional approach of paper and pencil gets dull and unexciting. So I’ve tried to find other materials that we can use for him to practice with. On a cold night not too long ago, it hit me… This easy and cheap way to add some …
Carolyn from The Pleasantest Thing has so many great ideas that can be done inside and out, but she has some of the best nature-based activities that i’ve found. her blog has a wonderfully fresh feel to it that instantly makes me smile. find some of her great fall posts here: Fall Sensory Bin: Squirrel Play, Fall Guess …
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not too long ago we came across an Eric Carle book that i had never heard of before. Little Cloud how this is possible, i don’t know. but both Bear and i fell in love with this sweet little book. we probably read it 5 or 6 times in the first couple days we …
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon our activity here A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams our activity here A Special Kind of Love by Stephen Michael King Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks Art …
have you ever heard of Flat Stanley? it’s a fun idea that can bring students together from all around the globe. basically, theydecorate a template and send it to friends, penpals, etc who photograph the Flat Stanley somewhere in their location and then pass him on. Flat Stanley started out as a small project, but …
it’s mid-summer. it seems that’s usually when the slump begins. there’s the heat, the boredom, and the car rides. here are my suggestions on the 25 best chapter books to keep your older readers hands occupied and imaginations busy. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith Because of Winn-dixie by Kate DiCamillo The Boxcar …
We are currently practicing pre-reading skills in our home-schooling activities. One of the main focuses is on the first letter sounds in words. To practice this, I set up a game for Bear to play using vocabulary cards that have images of various common items on them and the letter magnets from our LeapFrog Fridge Phonics …
there’s nothing that a car or truck can’t do when it comes to Bear. w e’re exploring letter shapes and he had no desire to trace the letters with his finger. enter a dumptruck eraser. totally saved the day so he could have drive thru letters instead. Keep in touch with Crayon Freckles on Facebook to get …
