Kindergarten activities to teach Sight Words. Great for literacy stations, centers, daily 5, or guided reading groups.

Grab these free rhyming printable clip cards to use with your learners! Build phonological awareness as your learners name the picture at the top and clip the rhyming picture beneath it. #rhyming #preschool #kindergarten

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Print these fun beginning blend clip cards for kids in kindergarten and first grade! Such a great free activity for teaching blends and building fine motor skills at the same time! #blends #phonics #kindergarten

Free printable ice cream and sprinkles alphabet writing practice cards for this super simple sprinkle filled writing tray! Practice pre-writing and fine motor skills. The perfect activity to motivate and engage preschoolers and kindergarteners!

I adore the Dollar Tree and I especially love their teacher section! Teaching goodies + $1 = a very happy teacher! Recently, I found these adorable sight word dice. Each pack comes with 3 different dice that include a lot of our kindergarten sight words! I picked up 2 packs and solved a pretty great […]

*This post contains affiliate links. MBug (age 4) is really beginning to pick up on her understanding of how words are built (rhyming, syllables, and letter sounds). She really enjoys counting syllables, so I knew that counting syllables with our LEGO DUPLO blocks would be fun for her. NJoy (age 5.5) has been able to ... Read More about Counting Syllables with LEGO Bricks

I was out shopping the other day and stopped in at the Dollar Tree. It’s so much fun when they change their seasonal items. The spring items are especially fun to use in some sort of activity. These cute little watering cans are ideal for a sorting activity. We have a few kiddos who are […]

{FREEBIE} This engaging activity is perfect for small groups or your literacy centers. Students will read CVC words and then cover the picture that matches the word they read on their mat.

Check out these fun spider activities for your preschool and pre-k classroom. These are perfect if you are teaching spiders theme unit or lesson plans.

I have 13 bottles shown above and I am going to show just how and what to do to make yourself a set just like this! I have been known to empty a set of water bottles into a pitcher in order to have empty bottles to work with! My other set is three […]

Free, fun and useful Kindergarten - 1st Grade, Common Core aligned lesson plans, math games, calendars, behavior charts, materials and more!

I was discouraged with a gain last week, so I didn’t end up linking up. I am back this week to link up with Gina for Slim Down Saturday to share my progress. Updates: Over the past two weeks, I have lost one pound. I definitely hit a plateau last week. I decided to up my cardio and it seems to have worked. I still haven’t figured out how to get a restful night’s sleep, but there have been a few nights where I slept for a solid chunk of time. Something to Do Better: I love taking body pump…

Word Families Read and Sort Activity with plastic spoons and paper cups. So fun!!

Just stopping in for a quick minute tonight to share a few things that have been keeping us busy this week. Write the Room has been keeping us up on our feet and moving around. This is my kids’ absolute FAVORITE activity so it’s no surprise that I have to change these out quite frequently. …

Needing to spice up your sight word routine? Try these activities for teaching sight words! 10 sight word games for kindergarten and first grade! My favorite is the bowling!