Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Kids
In the Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease, he says, “The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.”
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Printable Spanish Alphabet Cards and Charts- (Targetas del alfabeto)
We are introducing Spanish to our kids this year in our home school. In addition to our Interactive Spanish Learning Folder, we are using these Spanish Alphabet Cards to create a foundation for the basics.
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Letter of the Week- Thrifty Resources for Letter Recognition
Adopting a letter for a week is a super easy way to teach the alphabet along with all it’s sounds. Here are a few of our favorite resources to teach these concepts.
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Gentle Phonics- Printable Interactive Literacy Folder
When I taught Jovie to read, we used Alpha Phonics, as well as, the Bob Books. She is a great reader now, and even better than that, she loves it. Here is the gentle phonic-printable interactive folder that we are using.
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Printable Spanish Interactive Learning Folder
Today I’m sharing a printable Spanish Interactive Learning Folder. We are introducing Spanish this year to our kids. Though my husband and I took Spanish in high school, we are planning to learn right alongside them.
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Printable Alphabet Cards
This summer is flying by. My intentions to continue even the slightest of organized schooling throughout the summer has gone by the wayside and has been replaced with swim lessons, vacations, day trips, outdoor fun, and extra play with cousins. I don’t feel bad though, because as Charlotte Mason so wisely said, “Why be indoors,…
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Indoor Scavenger Hunts for Kids
We are on our last rainy stretch before our summer sun comes to stay. The kids have been a little restless indoors, so I came up with this set of Indoor Scavenger Hunts. Not just for fun (I hope), but a series of cognitive exercises that will really get them thinking…
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Gardening with Kids
We just finished putting our garden boxes together. I always revert to raised beds because arguably, they are more space efficient, tidy, and have better drainage (but I’m no expert).
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Printable Play Dough Mats
Easter was pretty amazing. It was the first Easter in two years that no one was sick in our family. We spent the morning at church, did an egg hunt with the kids, then feasted around the table while a sweet breeze drifted through the open door.
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Printable Practice Book for Learning Letters and Numbers
The sun is shining through the living room windows as the Black-Capped Chickadees flit through the trees in our backyard, making melodies for all to hear. It’s only early March, but it feels like spring.
