Tag Archives: reading

Bananagrams

I actually won this game at a white elephant/raffle Christmas party but have never actually played it.  At least not the way they probably intended it to be played.  I have been using it for so many other fun activities with my girls.

With Ashlyn, who is 6, I have been giving her spelling tests and […]

Reddit Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Yahoo Bloglines Sphere

Emily’s Reading!

Both my girls have always loved books.  Since they were about 2 months old we have gone to the library weekly and read at least 4 books a day.  Ashlyn started reading pretty young and hasn’t stopped.  I wasn’t sure Emily was going to have the same desire to read but about a month ago […]

Reddit Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Yahoo Bloglines Sphere

Dr. Seuss Day

Today we had a great day filled with Dr. Seuss activities.  We started off the day by reading The Cat in the Hat.  Then we made our own Cat in the Hat

The kids painted the back of a paper plate black.
While those were drying, we worked on the hats.  They used red construction paper to […]

Reddit Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Yahoo Bloglines Sphere

Caps For Sale - Hat Day

To start off our unit on Community Helpers, we had a Hat Day on Tuesday.  Each student got to wear their favorite hats.  We read the book Caps For Sale and they loved it.  They had so much fun yelling “tsk, tsk, tsk” like the monkeys.  After reading we played musical hats, a game just […]

Reddit Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Yahoo Bloglines Sphere

Kid Friendly Friday- Websites

My girls love playing on the computer.  So I am always trying to find fun, educational websites for them to learn on.  Here are my thoughts on a few new ones that I found.

www.ixl.com- This is a fee based math website for kids from preschool on up.  You can sign up for a free 2 […]

Reddit Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Yahoo Bloglines Sphere