Let's go to the zoo. It's one of our favorite places to visit and now that the weather is warming up, we'll be planning more trips. Turn your next zoo experience into a literacy filled opportunity. View Post
My Guided Reading Suitcase
You just found out you that you are headed to Hawaii! It's time to pack. You'll need all the essentials for a warm and festive vacation. Sounds good, right? Young emerging readers have that same View Post
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket Rhyming Book
Get the bofa off the sofa. Have you seen those ghairs under my stairs? We are having all sorts of rhyming fun today inspired by There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss. Many of us read Dr. View Post
Monster Colors Printable Book
Draw, color, draw, color, repeat! That pretty much sums up our mornings lately. My kids love to create books. We created this monster book to work on color word recognition. It's super fun to View Post
Counting at the Fire Station Printable Book (FREE)
Fire Prevention Week is in October each year. The beginning of the school year is also a time of working on basic counting and number writing in many early childhood settings. I've combined both of View Post
Beginning Sounds Activity: Ice Melt and Break
Outdoor play on a hot day is a whole lot better with a block of ice. Add a little phonemic awareness learning in with this beginning sounds activity and you have a whole lot of literacy fun! Ice View Post
Fun Reading Activities: Shark Sight Words
We have been enjoying a wonderful series of phonics readers in our house as my son begins his learning to read adventure. And, as we do with most learning in our house, we surround it with hands-on View Post