letter learning tic tac toe
Lately, Owen has been having a difficult time with the ‘W’ and ‘N’ in his name. Sometimes upside down or with too many lines, …
early literacy
swinging and clapping
Lately, since Owen’s mastered pumping on the swings, we’ve spent a whole lot of time in our back yard–just swinging.
Most of the …
shore fun
Today, we’re heading home from the Outer Banks–a vacation we’ve been looking forward to for weeks but one that comes with a 6+ hour …
we’ve got an alphabet here. . .
My friend, Allie’s blog, No Time For Flashcards, totally rocks. One of the goals of her site is to share the information she has acquired from …
w-w-w- wordo!
Tonight we played a game before bed that focused on Sight Words. It is a bingo game–which Maddy and Owen totally heart in the first …
reading about guineas
Today, we read a lot about guinea pigs, thanks to everyone’s interest in our new pets, our friend, Heather, who let us borrow some super-cool …
tricky, tricky digraph sort
I had Owen all to myself this afternoon while Maddy played at a friend’s house and Cora took her nap.
I gave him the choice of playing anything …
sunny rainy grid games
Maddy asked me a few days ago if we could play more of those “bunny counting games” that we played a while back.
I said, Absolutely! and …
backyard alphabet hunt
I found these awesome rolls of paper a few weeks ago–cheap!–so I picked up a bunch, and I’m having a blast using them in fun ways …
shopping lists for three tiny shoppers
It’s been a busy week to say the least. With the normal end-of-the-year tutoring rush, the consulting work I’m doing for a charter school …
rockin’ rhyme bingo
Owen and I revisited Rhyme Bingo today, this time with Maddy, and it was a blast. We only played for a short while–about 15 or 20 minutes …
we’re reading. . .
Holy moly, we’re on the road to reading–and it’s nuts. I’ve been working with all levels of readers for so many years now, …
picture and word sort
Yesterday was a super-busy and a totally out-of-the-ordinary day for us. We spent the day at PBS Headquarters in Virginia (seriously!) with some …
alphabet spin, round two
We are back in the game again after a busy week preparing for our fundraiser, so today, before rest time, we played Alphabet Spin II. Much like our …
hello, high frequency words!
My little Maddy’s got the reading bug. She’s trying to read anything and everything she can, whether its the writing on our snack boxes, …
follow-the-path game
I’m trying to work on isolating sounds in words with Owen. When he listens to Maddy sounding out words, he gets confused about sounds he hears …
counting bunnies
This weekend was super busy and fun for us with family and friends here to share the holiday and with a perpetual buzz of chocolate and sugar moving …
squirrel sticks
We have crazy squirrels in our backyard, ones who have tried repeatedly and failed repeatedly to make a nest in our now-infamous swing tree. Each …
chalk, chalk, and more chalk
Today we all were totally re-couping from an amazing night at The Greatest Show on Earth, a super-fun treat on a school night for us. We had a chance …
let’s read, baby, read!
March is National Reading Month, since March 2 marks the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel was born on March 2, 1904).
I am an admitted not-so-big …