Homeschooling with A.D.H.D. Parenting with L.O.V.E.
Counting is one of the most important skills kids learn in preschool. But there’s more to counting than just reciting numerals from 1 to 10. Kids also need to learn how to use ordinal numbers to assign sequential order to objects in a line. Actually, preschoolers usually have a pretty good idea of what “first”Keep Reading…
It’s time for another entry in our second-grade activity series! This week, we’re talking about how to help second graders count and identify syllables in common words. With Pooh, we use the typical “clap it out” method to count syllables. So we’ll have him say a word and then for each sound he hears, heKeep Reading…
It’s the middle of September and we’re nearing my favorite time of the year: fall! Which gave me a perfect excuse to share some of my favorite free fall printables for kids! We’ll be using several fall themes for unit studies with our kids in the upcoming weeks, including leaves, farms, harvest, and apples. IfKeep Reading…
We have children with ADHD in our family. Which means that getting them to follow a daily routine is critical to helping them manage their attention spans and complete their schoolwork. But routines aren’t just good for managing ADHD. They’re also helpful for teaching preschoolers and kindergartners to structure their days around the home or atKeep Reading…
The concept of even and odd is one of those math topics that I know, but I don’t know how I know it, you know? I know that 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are odd numbers and I know that 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are even numbers, but I have no recollectionKeep Reading…
I love teaching shapes to early learners. It’s just plain fun. There are shapes all around us! So, once you introduce basic shapes to your preschoolers, expect them to point them out everywhere they look. *Pointing to a window* – “Look, Mommy! A square!” *Pointing to a plate* – “Look, Mommy! A circle!” *Me pointingKeep Reading…
I just love teaching early math skills. There’s nothing like helping little ones learn to make sense of numbers and count from one to ten. It just makes my heart smile when their little eyes light up. And then when they start counting EVERY SINGLE THING on Earth. That’s pretty good, too. To make learningKeep Reading…
Fall is just around the corner! And that means it’s a great time to break out some classic kids’ books about fall. One of our favorites is “When the Leaf Blew In”, a sweet sequencing story that describes how one leaf blowing into a barn set off a chain reaction that involved all the animals onKeep Reading…
Reading is a huge part of our homeschooling experience. I’m a bookworm and nothing would make me happier than to raise four little bookworms of my own. In second grade, one of the objectives is for children to learn to retell the main idea and details of a story. So I put together a printableKeep Reading…
Learning to count and make ten can be a tricky concept for preschoolers. It’s one thing to recite the numbers in order from one to ten, but it’s another to understand that you can add two numbers together to equal ten. Especially since there are so many ways to make ten! So I thought theseKeep Reading…
If you’ve been enjoying our free printable flashcards series, we hope you’ll love today’s entry! So far, we’ve featured flashcards for learning colors and shapes, but this set of free printable flashcards alphabet animals cards lets you teach the letters from A to Z with animals! Most kids love animals and, in this set of freeKeep Reading…
Early elementary grades are some of the most critical times for developing language arts skills. Kids are learning how to read fluently, how to identify parts of speech, and how to create clear sentences on their own. As part of second grade language arts standards, children often learn how to form and use both singularKeep Reading…
Even if you don’t know a bit of Spanish, you probably know a few food words in Spanish already. I knew what a burrito meant long before I learned that it literally refers to a baby burro – just from constantly eating Mexican food. But for kids who want to learn how to talk aboutKeep Reading…
We love learning about marine animals with our kids. Whenever we’ve researched animals that live under the sea, the kids are amazed at how large some of these creatures can get. And they can get really big. To help our kids learn more about giant animals that live in the sea, we put together these free seaKeep Reading…
Summer break is coming up, and I’m in a “beachy” mood. So I decided to whip up some fun (and free) Beach 0-9 Number Playdough Mats! Piglet is starting Tot school this fall and she can recite the ABCs and count to 10. But she doesn’t recognize the letters and numbers yet, which means it’sKeep Reading…
When I was a kid, one of my strongest summer memories is going down to the Dairy Queen to get an OREO Blizzard. It was my very favorite childhood treat. (In fact, it’s taking every bit of willpower in my body not to break off from writing this post and go get one.) Ice creamKeep Reading…
Who loves a trip to the beach? *ducks as everyone raises their hand* While we’re waiting for our family trip to the shore this year, I thought we’d try a fun printable beach unit study with the kids and that’s how All About Beaches was born! There’s so much more to the beach than sandKeep Reading…
I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the coast. I grew up near it and the smell of sea air is basically the best scent on earth (in my humble opinion). Kids love the ocean too! And that’s why I thought that the ocean would be a fun theme for a newKeep Reading…
I am in the small group of people who actually enjoy solving arithmetic problems. When I was young, I would doodle math problems in my notebook in my spare time. My kids, though, aren’t big fans of arithmetic, unless I can make it fun. So instead of just giving them a sheet of problems to solve,Keep Reading…
I don’t know what it is about flashcards, but my kids absolutely love them. They’ll collect them, lay them out on the table, pass them around, look at them, and toss them in the air for hours. Truly. So, I’m beginning a series of free printable flashcards on the blog, which I hope you’ll findKeep Reading…
Who’s ready for spring? I feel like a wimp, because we haven’t had any snow here this year, but I’m still ready for warmer weather! So, I’m sharing some free bee-themed scissor skills worksheets to help little ones get into the spring spirit! Piglet is a little cutting machine. She wants to cut and pasteKeep Reading…
