a sweet lesson on the power of voice
It’s never too early to teach our children that we all have a meaningful voice in our world.
Whether it’s something as important as …
foundations
flowers and colors, coloring flowers
Part of our flower fun over the last few days involved our experiment for the Virtual Science Fair which was a lesson in backyard fragrances. But …
colors, counting, reading, I can’t believe what I’m seeing
Cora received an awesome gift for her birthday from her pal, Ava, and I’m thinking that I will soon make this book my “go-to gift” …
sorting sockies
Packing–even for a few fun nights away–sometimes completely exhausts me. Especially when I’m packing three little suitcases along …
s- blends bingo time!
Blends are so tough for some kiddos to grasp, and my intention for working on s-blends with Owen was not to frustrate him; rather, I hoped to help him …
cora’s color game: learn colors with a homemade game
During one of our first rainy-sick days last week, we all worked on making a color game for Cora. We had just re-discovered Owen’s …
tutor me happy
Maddy has been really adamant about me “tutoring” her, so for the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to do a little more …
working on a happy face
Similar to when she worked towards creating the perfect cat, a few days ago, Maddy worked herself into a frustrated fit over her attempt at the …
colors in a jar
It’s a rainbow of colors around here–between the end-of-summer flowers still desperately hanging on and the leaves beginning to change, …
candy, colors, chopsticks: fine motor foundation fun
Today’s New For Us Friday involves three totally random but fun things: candy, colors, and chopsticks.
It’s Friday. I …
let’s get to the bottom of sounds
Everything that I do as a Reading Specialist, when I tutor with any student, is assessment driven. Before I begin work with anyone, I give him or her …
super sweet shape snacks
As rainy and dreary as the last few days have been, we needed something fun to do to pass our gray afternoon. So after Maddy got home–and before …
new for us friday–hissssssssssss
Today’s New For Us Friday: Our New Favorite Game!!
This week has been really different for us; with Maddy in Kindergarten all day …
age-appropriate speech sounds
As a Reading Specialist and English teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning to read fun for the students I tutor and my own little …
color cards and clips: fine motor fun
This Quick Trick is something that has saved my sanity on several longer-than-expected waits at the doctor’s office, auto shop, Target, and even …
fun font sorting
Today Maddy was not keen on any sort of learning game or activity; she wanted to play with a calculator after her dad showed her how to use it.
She …
counting money
A funny thing happened to me when I dumped out all of our Relay for Life donations on Owen’s bedroom floor the other day–I realized that I …
pop beads
Maddy received this awesome set of Pop Beads by Parents as a gift this past year, and we’ve been using them more lately to (secretly) work on …
colors with cora | using lids to sort and learn colors
Colors are going to be my focus for little Cora for a bit so that she’s not calling everything under the sun “blue”.
We actually had …
just fishin’ for colors
Today I realized that Cora’s been calling every color “blue” (I’m such a great mother. . .), so I moved into high “color …