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Rhyme Time! Printable Rhyming Literacy Puzzles for Kids

February 19, 2018 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

My little one has taken to reading much quicker than I imagined.

I hoarded so many books for learning to read with the specific intention of using them with her. And then she never needed a single one. Go figure.

One thing that has been a little difficult for her to grasp, though, is rhyming.

My oldest child, also an early reader, grasped the concept right away. This child, though, needs a little more help.

So I thought I’d make a few sets of rhyming literacy puzzles to help her practice reading rhyming pairs and matching them up!

And because I love my readers, I’m sharing them with you too! Read on to see how to get your set to use with early readers too!

By the way, if you want to share great children’s literature with your young ones, don’t miss this list of 100 picture books for preschoolers! All of our favorites are on that list!

Printable Rhyming Literacy Puzzles

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This printable pack includes eight different rhyming pairs.

I wanted to keep the concept as simple as possible, so all of the words rhyme and they all end with the exact same spelling.

No tricky stuff!

Kids can find the matching words by sounding out the ending sound or spotting the similar letter endings.

Then just fit them together!

These are set up so that they can be used with kids who are reading or pre-readers!

So there are sets of rhyming words with the printed words and the pictures and then sets with the pictures only.

My little one had a ball with them! One step toward rhyming literacy!

Scroll down to get your set of our printable Rhyming Literacy Puzzles!

Try these other early literacy activities!

See more fun ways to get little ones reading on my Reading for Kids Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our printable Rhyme Time! Literacy Puzzles, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers Store!

>>>Rhyme Time! Rhyming Word Puzzles – Teachers Pay Teachers <<<

Free Printable Flashcards: Short Vowel Flashcards

February 1, 2018 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

We’re back with another set of free printable flashcards! This time, we’re talking about short vowel sounds.

Personally, I didn’t learn to read with phonics and neither did our oldest daughter. Our oldest boy, though, really needed help with phonic sounds, so we focused on long and short vowel sounds pretty early.

I thought I’d make a set of short vowel flashcards to share with my lovely readers today! These are really simple to use and what makes them even better is that they’re FREE!

Read on to see how to get your set! And if you like these, don’t miss these long vowel flashcards as well!

Free Printable Flashcards: Short Vowel Flashcards

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Scissors
Laminator (to reuse the cards later)

Like our long vowel flashcards, these short vowel flashcards include words that help kids practice recognizing and differentiating short vowel sounds.

In this flashcard pack, you’ll find cards for the following short vowel words:

Alligator
Egg
Igloo
Octopus
Umbrella

The pack includes a set of cards with the pictures and words, a set with only the pictures, a set with only the words, and a set of each with pictures and vowels only.

Kids can practice matching up the long vowel cards with the word cards. Or use the picture cards to quiz them on their short vowel sounds!

Scroll down to get your copy of our free printable flashcards: short vowel flashcards!

More Resources for Teaching Short Vowel Sounds:

Looking for more short vowel resources? Try these!

Don’t miss some of our other reading flashcards!

And for more resources to use with your kids, check out my Free Printable Flashcards board on Pinterest!

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50+ Free Winter Printables for Kids!

January 15, 2018 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

If you liked our 50 free fall printables list earlier this year, you’ll love this roundup of over 50 free winter printables for kids! These are perfect for homeschoolers or parents who want to help their kids keep learning during winter break!

In this list, you’ll find worksheets, coloring pages, word searches, drawing exercises, notebooking pages, and free printable flashcards featuring winter themes, scenes, and animals. If you have any free winter printables for kids you’d like to recommend, feel free to share them in the comments!

And be sure to see our other winter activities, including snowman crafts for kids and our list of 50 winter books for kids to read!

50+ Free Winter Printables for Kids:

1. Snowflake Counting Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Winter Printable Pack – Gift of Curiosity

3. Winter ABC Printable Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

4. Winter PreK Pack – This Reading Mama

5. Snowman Packs – Royal Baloo

6. Printable Winter Word Search – Real Life at Home

7. Hibernating Winter Animals Printable – 3 Boys and a Dog

8. Winter Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

9. Winter Math and Language Pack – A Little Pinch of Perfect

10. Color the Snowman Buttons – Gift of Curiosity

11. Printable Winter Picture Book List – Library Adventure

12. Free Polar Animal Notebooking Pages – Look! We’re Learning!

13. Winter Spelling Activity Game – The Measured Mom

14. Free Winter Memory Game – Powerful Mothering

15. Winter and Summer Clothing Sort – From ABCs to ACTs

16. Hibernation Toss and Sort Printable Game – Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

17. Winter Math Board Game – Inspiration Laboratories

18. Printable Winter Social Story – And Next Comes L

19. Winter Alphabet and Number Cards – The Kindergarten Connection

20. Penguin Printable Coloring Pages – Kids Creative Chaos

21. Printable Snowflake Matching Game – No Time for Flashcards

22. Winter I Spy Game – Pleasantest Thing

23. Winter Reading Charts – 3 Dinosaurs

24. Winter Word Recognition Printable – Mama Miss

25. Roll a Snowman Printable – Wise Owl Factory

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Alphabet and Number Winter Playdough Mats

December 4, 2017 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

There’s just something about playing with playdough that captures kids’ attention. I loved playdough as a child. Every child I knew loved playdough. In fact, I don’t think I’ve met a kid yet who doesn’t like playdough. (Of course, now that I’ve said that, I’ll probably meet one tomorrow.)

When I was young, I had no idea that playing with playdough could be educational, but it can! Preschool playdough mats can be used to build fine motor skills, to make shapes, and to learn to form letters and numbers.

These alphabet and number winter playdough mats are perfect for little ones who are working on numbers and letters this year! Read on to see how to get your copy!

And for more winter learning ideas, take a look at our All About Snowflakes Unit Study!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Winter Playdough Mats

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This set of playdough mats features 26 letter mats that show both uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as 10 number mats that show the numerals 0-9.

If you want to use them more than once, be sure to laminate them so they’ll last longer.

Kids can roll playdough into “ropes” and then connect them to form the uppercase and lowercase letters.

Challenge the kids to find “wintery” playdough colors to use for this activity!

If you’re doing a letter of the week program, you can focus on one letter per week and add in activities that reinforce letter recognition and early phonics practice!

Scroll down to get your copy of our winter playdough mats!

For more winter learning fun, don’t miss these posts!

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Plus, see more winter fun for children on my Winter Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

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Winter Sight Words Flashcards

November 27, 2017 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Winter is quickly approaching and it’s a great time to introduce our newest set of sight word printables: Winter Sight Words Flashcards!

Learning sight words is a big part of preschool education. After all, phonics are great, but they don’t always work! Sometimes you just have to memorize the sound a word makes through repetition drills. And that’s where these flashcards can be a huge help.

Read on to get your set! And be sure to grab our printable snowflake counting cards for some wintery math practice!

Winter Sight Words Flashcards

To use these winter sight words flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

In this printable pack, you’ll find picture flashcards for the following sight words:

coat
cake
fire
house
hill
wind
snow
shoe

There is a set of cards with images and text, a set of cards with just the images, and a third set with only the printed words.

That way, you can teach your kids the words using the pictures, then quiz them with the printed word only cards later! You can even use the second and third sets to play a matching game.

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable Winter Sight Word Flashcards!

Don’t miss our other seasonal sight words flashcards!

For even more winter fun for kids, follow my Winter Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!

To get your copy of our Winter Sight Words Flashcards, click the image or the link below to visit our Store!

>>> Winter Sight Words Flashcards <<<

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Free Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages

August 8, 2017 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

I just love practicing handwriting. When I was a kid, I would spend a lot of my free time doodling, writing, and trying to make my handwriting as gorgeous as possible. (Do kids still do that in these text-heavy days?)

It’s true that penmanship isn’t as popular as it used to be, but it’s still a great skill for kids to learn. And that’s why I’m sharing these free alphabet animal notebooking pages!

These are a perfect complement to our Alphabet Animal Flashcards! You can use them for letter recognition, tracing practice, and handwriting! Read on to see how to get your set for free!

Free Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages

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You might want to focus on one animal notebooking page per day. So on Day 1, you could complete the A is for alligator page.

Have your child trace the uppercase and lowercase letter “A” at the top. Then they can trace the phrase “A is for alligator”.

On the lines below, have your child practice rewriting “A is for alligator” up to seven times. They can even color in the line art alligator at the bottom!

There are different animals for each letter – from A…

…all the way to Z!

Scroll down to get free Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages!

Get more alphabet practice with these fun learning activities!

And see even more awesome educational printables on my Homeschool Printables Pinterest board!

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Free Fall Printables for Preschoolers

September 26, 2016 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Preschoolers love learning about fall and autumn! The leaves are changing colors, the air is getting colder, and you can catch glimpses of all kinds of animals!

I love sharing fall printables whenever I can, so I thought I’d share a list of fun and free fall printables for preschoolers that you and your PreK learner can work on together! There are printable activities, coloring pages, crafts, and more – all of which are perfect for welcoming autumn!

If you love these fall printables, don’t miss my Apple Tree Counting Mat for Preschoolers or our Fall Sight Word Flashcards!

25 Free Fall Printables for Preschoolers

1. Leaf Identification Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Printable Fall Gross Movement Game – Gift of Curiosity

3. Fall Preschool Song Printable – No Time for Flashcards

4. Nighttime Scavenger Hunt Printable – Edventures with Kids

5. Fall Tree ABC Match Printable – I Heart Crafty Things

6. Fall Preschool Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

7. Fall PreK Learning Pack – Totschooling

8. Fall Printable Activity Pack – A Little Pinch of Perfect

9. Fall PreK Pack – This Reading Mama

10. Fall Clothes Dress Up Printable – Teaching Mama

11. Printable Autumn Leaf Puppets – Picklebums

12. Fall Roll and Color Math Printable – Fantastic Fun and Learning

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Apple Tree Counting Mat

September 9, 2016 by Selena Robinson 7 Comments

Piglet, our youngest, is starting PreK this year. She is so excited about it. Of course, she also thinks that she will begin kindergarten immediately after the first day of PreK. 🙂

Since she’s working on PreK concepts, I’ll be sharing a lot more preschool resources this year, including preschool playdough mats! Here in the U.S., we’re all gearing up for fall, so here’s a fun Playdough Apple Tree Counting Mat you can use with your toddler or preschooler too!

Read on to see how to grab this for your kids. And for more apple fun, don’t miss our Apple Preschool Counting Puzzles or our simple Coffee Filter Apple Craft!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Apple Tree Counting Mat

Here are the supplies we used for our mats: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

That’s it! You definitely want to laminate these first so that they can be reused.

Since the apples are grouped on the trees in sets of four, this was a simple way to work on skip counting.

Just add four apples to each tree and count them.

Use a different color to work on counting and sorting. (How many green apples are there? How many red apples are there?)

Then a little reinforcement. If there are four green apples on this tree and four green apples on this tree, how many green apples are there altogether? Oh, so four plus four is how much?

Next thing you know, your preschooler will be saying that 4 x 2 = 8. 🙂

Scroll down to get your copy of our Playdough Apple Tree Counting Mat!

Check out these other fall learning ideas for preschoolers!

And don’t miss our list of awesome fall books for kids to share this year!

Get more ideas for fall fun with kids from my Fall Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!

Grab your copy of our Printable Apple Tree Counting Mat for free when you sign up for our email newsletter! You’ll receive access to this printable, plus loads of other learning resources, in our exclusive Subscriber Library!

This post is part of the Free Unit Studies roundup! Stop by to see more fun posts about Apples and Pumpkins from my fellow bloggers!

Corn Kernel Fall Tree Craft from Play Dough & Popsicles

Kids in the Kitchen: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins from Crafty Mama in ME

Learning About Pumpkins {Free Printables Round Up} from Faith and Good Works

Books about Pumpkins for Kids from CraftCreateCalm

Pumpkin Recipes for Kids from FrogMom

Harvest Theme Word Search from Tales of Education at Home

Board Books About Apples and Pumpkins for Toddlers from The Jenny Evolution

Pumpkin Science Activities from iGameMom

Apple Read and Play from My Storytime Corner

Pumpkin Preschool Printables from Living life and learning

Pumpkin Patch Alphabet Match from Schooling a Monkey

Apple Sight Word Game from Books and Giggles

Challenge Math – Apple Theme from Planet Smarty Pants

Spanish Community Helpers Printables

May 6, 2016 by Selena Robinson 7 Comments

We love learning Spanish in our homeschool! And we’ve been sharing printable Spanish flashcards on the blog over the past several months. This time, though, I wanted to share something a bit more extensive. Which is how we came up with these Spanish community helpers printables!

These are an excellent addition to a community helpers unit for preschool or early elementary grades. Or if you’re working on learning basic Spanish vocabulary with older kids, let them work with the pronunciation guide and flashcards for memorization!

If you enjoy these, check out some of our other Spanish learning printables, including our A to Z Español Super Pack, our Spanish Verb Flashcards, or our Spanish Telling Time Worksheets!

Spanish Community Helpers Printables Pack

To use this set of Spanish community helpers printables, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Pencils
Scissors
Laminator (if you want to laminate the Spanish community helper flashcards)

This printable pack features Spanish and English words and images for eight different community helpers:

Doctor
Veterinarian
Dentist
Firefighter
Crossing Guard
Farmer
Police Officer
and Chef!

There are printable flashcards for each community helper in English and Spanish, as well as full-size pages with the English and Spanish words and traceable phrases for practice.

One note: Some of the phrases are gender-specific. For example, the image of the firefighter is a woman, so the phrase is “la bombera”.

If the firefighter is a man, though, the phrase would be “el bombero“. The same is true with the phrase for doctor: a female doctor would be “la médica“, while a male doctor would be “el médico“.

A full pronunciation guide is also provided!

Using the flashcards is a great way to help kids memorize these words in both languages!

Kids can take turns matching the English to Spanish community helper words using the corresponding flashcards. Plus, there are cards that have no pictures at all – to help them learn to recognize the vocabulary words.

Scroll down to get your copy of our Spanish Community Helpers Printables!

Ready to learn more Spanish with the kids? Try these learning resources!

For more learning printables to use with your kids, follow my Homeschool Printables board on Pinterest!

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This post is part of the Community Helpers Unit Study Roundup! Check out these posts by my fellow bloggers!

Community Helpers Letter Find Worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog

Teaching Children to Appreciate Community Helpers from Crafty Mama in ME

How Kids Can Help In The Community from Play Dough & Popsicles

Fire Station Tour from Something 2 Offer

Community Service Books from The Jenny Evolution

Community Helpers in the UK from Tales of Education at Home

Community Helpers Graphing Game from Simple Fun for Kids

Community Helper Learning Toys from Brain Power Boy

Community Helper SuDoKu from Royal Baloo

Community Helper Vocabulary Printable from Schooling a Monkey

Farm Shoebox Diorama Craft

March 17, 2016 by Selena Robinson 7 Comments

A while back, we made a Beach Shoebox Diorama and the kids had so much with it that I thought we should make another one. So for this linkup with the Early Elementary Blogging Team, we decided to make a simple and fun Farm Shoebox Diorama Craft!

If you’re looking for a low-prep, easy craft that will keep your kids entertained, this is it! Roo, my most active child by a mile, actually sat in one spot and played quietly with the diorama after we finished. Talk about miracles!

Read on to see how to make this craft with your kids!

If you love this activity, don’t miss our other farm learning ideas, including our list of Kids’ Books about Farms and our printable Farm Animal Flashcards!

Farm Shoebox Diorama Craft

To make this craft, you’ll need the following:

An empty shoebox (a child’s size shoebox is perfect)
A copy of our free Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack
Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Play sand
Scissors
Glue
Markers

Our Farm Shoebox Diorama Printable Pack has a background and farm props such as a barn, a tractor, and some farm animals. But you can also have your child draw his or her own farm pictures if you want to add a bit more art to the project.

After we cut out all of the pictures, Roo got to work on the background. We just used a blue marker for the sky, then he glued the farm scenery onto the bottom of the shoebox.

Then it was time to add the props! You simply fold each prop on the dashed line, then unfold it slightly to make them stand up!

Roo placed everything where he thought it should go.

Then we poured in about a cup of play sand. (Note: Resting the shoebox in the lid is a HUGE help when it comes to clean up.)

And we’re done!

If you look at Roo’s face, it’s basically saying “Hurry up and take the picture so I can play with it, Mom!” 🙂 And that’s what he did. He sat there for over an hour playing with his farm set.