fabulous, fancy game to practice tricky sounds: s, t, r, l It’s Cora’s Sparkle-icious Game. That’s what she calls is. But I don’t care what she calls it because all I know is that …Read morefabulous, fancy game to practice tricky sounds: s, t, r, l
smart summer challenge: wrap-up and winners! It sure has taken longer than we’d hoped, but we’ve finally chosen and hunted down (most!) of the winners of the Smart Summer …Read moresmart summer challenge: wrap-up and winners!
a fish out of water: games to practice sight words Owen and I had to play a few extra games of Go Fish! this week to celebrate the Water Fun we’ve got on our calendar for the Smart Summer …Read morea fish out of water: games to practice sight words
a game for practicing spelling, sight words, or letters: WORDO! With the end of the school year quickly approaching, we’re all getting antsy for summer. So I’ve had to be super crafty during our work …Read morea game for practicing spelling, sight words, or letters: WORDO!
wordfeud, words with friends and word-building with kids My game-guy Owen has recently fallen hard for a game I’m currently all wrapped up in–Wordfeud. It’s the same deal (I think) as …Read morewordfeud, words with friends and word-building with kids
sight word games to prepare for kindergarten: go fish! Owen has been really interested in reading lately, so I’m trying to roll with it without pushing him or having him lose interest–so games …Read moresight word games to prepare for kindergarten: go fish!
alphabingo: playing with lowercase letters An oldie but goodie, we brought out Alphabingo before rest time on Monday, before I was hit hard with what seems like the flu and before our lives got …Read morealphabingo: playing with lowercase letters
teach mama’s holiday gift guide for kids and family Okay, this New For Us Friday is totally new for me–my first gift guide ever. And it includes …Read moreteach mama’s holiday gift guide for kids and family
playing turkey feathers: matching beginning sounds Today I brought out one of my old Words Their Way favorites–Turkey Feathers. It’s a really simple game that I used with students to …Read moreplaying turkey feathers: matching beginning sounds
fun ways to learn spelling words Not only did we lose Maddy’s very first homework packet over here in the chaos of the first few weeks of school; we also only spent only a …Read morefun ways to learn spelling words
fun fall grid games = math and literacy learning! We love grid games over here. It doesn’t matter what’s on the board, what we use to count spaces, or what we use as place holders; my …Read morefun fall grid games = math and literacy learning!
lowercase letter hunt and sort Our first super crazy fall week has hit us. Hard. With double Back-to-School Nights, double tutoring, and meetings, on top of a mid-week …Read morelowercase letter hunt and sort
abc cards and clothespin match Being able to simply recognize and name the letters of the alphabet is not the key to absolute reading success. However, research has proven that …Read moreabc cards and clothespin match
abc hide-and-seek 2.0 September is a month of celebrations! A new school year! Two sweet cousins’ birthdays! And finally, after 41 weeks (and a day or …Read moreabc hide-and-seek 2.0
just a little back yard rainbow hunt Just a big pile of leaves, flower petals, and weeds? Nope. Rainbow hunt? Yes! Yep–right in our back yard, where we’ve already hunted …Read morejust a little back yard rainbow hunt
early literacy and math grid games: rainy day Today, on this rainy, cool, gray Monday, we rocked it with an oldie but goodie:Sunny-Rainy Grid Games. Or Rainy-Sunny Grid Games, depending on how …Read moreearly literacy and math grid games: rainy day
we heart alphabet board games It’s yard sale season!Wooo-hoooo!Some of our most favorite learning materials have found their way to our home via yard sales, including these …Read morewe heart alphabet board games
birthday butterflies and hide-and-seek game We celebrated Cora’s big #3 in springtime style this past weekend, with butterflies, her favorite hide-and-seek game ever, and pink and purple …Read morebirthday butterflies and hide-and-seek game
hide-and-seek: abc style Today was my first day back to reality after our incredible trip to Disney, our escape from two more feet of snow, and a fantastic conference (which …Read morehide-and-seek: abc style
candy heart patterns For the last few days, we’ve been doing a lot of hanging out by the fire (which is what you have to do when you have no …Read morecandy heart patterns