Thoughts of a mommy & teacher.
Ashlyn has been very interested in learning the states so I got out my old map poster and put it in her room. I decided to make it into a game. I used some bug stickers and made a key on a piece of paper. I put a different kind of bug for each state […]
Here’s a fun way to reinforce sight word recognition by playing the game Go Fish. Make a deck of 21 pairs of sight words using index cards cut in half. Deal five cards to each player and make the rest the “fish pond”. Play the game just like Go Fish. As your child’s reading vocabulary […]
Yesterday was a rainy day here in the sunshine state. It rained from 1:30 in the afternoon until I went to bed last night at 10:45. We made the most of it though by going on a long bike ride before the down pour, making cookies, and watching videos.
Then Ashlyn wanted to play hide and go […]
This is a fun game to help children learn their numbers and how to find them on a chart. Using a hundreds chart is a great activity to teach kids the different number patterns. It can also help in learning to count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. Here is how you play.
Print out the hundred […]
Here is a list of some great educational games that your kids will love playing. They will have no idea they are learning. It’s also great for teaching taking turns and good sportsmanship. Now I know most of these are old school and aren’t the latest craze but the games that do the least are the best […]