A crisp breeze blows through the air, the leaves flutter to the ground, and the juicy crunchy apples bend down ready to be picked. It's apple season time! Gather the kids for an apple tree View Post
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich Activities
Book activities that promote a love of reading just make me beam. Have you read The Bear Ate Your Sandwich? I've got some great activities that you can do with the kids to help celebrate with View Post
Getting Kids to Read Longer
Getting kids to read longer is a goal of many parents and teachers. In this post, we share one idea that will help to motivate children to read. Have you ever tried to diet? Each week or maybe View Post
Lego Frog Hopping Phonics Game
At this moment, you will find LEGO on my kitchen table, dining room table, both of the boys' rooms, and covering about one-third of my kitchen floor. My family is a bit obsessed with the building View Post
Race Car Word Erase
I think I'm in year three of cars and trucks all over our floor. My boys can zoom them around for hours a day. Over the years, I've come up with several car and truck literacy play ideas. Here is View Post
Muffin Tin Reading Games
A simple muffin tin can be the base for a variety of literacy games. The other materials needed are inexpensive and you probably have many of them on hand. So, let's get started. Full View Post
5 Ways to Get Ready for Kindergarten
I want my child to get ready for kindergarten. When should my child learn to read? My child knows their alphabet, now what? If you are a parent of a preschool age child, these are probably just a View Post