Goodnight stars. Goodnight air. Goodnight noises everywhere. Feeling warm and snuggly just reading those lines? Then you'll love these Goodnight Moon book activities! In the children’s book Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, children are taken through a sleepy walk through the house where they say goodnight to the moon and their surroundings. This is the perfect bedtime book, with its soothing text and gorgeous illustrations that … [Read more...]
Sight Word Games to Play Outdoors
The snow has melted (well, for those of you that had snow anyway) and the sun is shining! It's time to head outdoors and move and learn. I found lots of fun sight word games that are perfect to play outside--a great way to get some fresh air and learn at the same time! Sight Word Games to Play Outside Sight Word Soccer Kids can dribble and shoot as they practice sight words. Sight Word Rescue Climb around and save the sight words! … [Read more...]
Sight Word STEM Activity
Practicing sight words can be bor-ing! You can sort through the flash cards day after day, and while the kids might start to recognize their sight words, they will come to dread that little pile of paper words! It can be fun to try to come up with creative sight word activities to make learning fun and this Sight Word STEM Activity is definitely not boring! Practice sight word recognition by using them to build three dimensional shapes like these … [Read more...]
Ornament Sight Word Activity
This Ornament Sight Word activity is one that the kids will love in the weeks leading up to Christmas. It can be hard to keep the learning going when the kids are anxiously awaiting Christmas. With all of the holiday events that happen during the month of December, sometimes kids just don't want to do things like practice sight words. We made this active sight word game to keep the learning going while enjoying the holiday … [Read more...]
Ten Black Dots Art Prompts
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews is the perfect book to inspire some art prompts. In the book, you’ll find black dots on each page. With one dot, you can make a sun or a moon. With three dots, you can make a snowman. You’ll find boats and coats, marbles and rocks, seeds, trains, and balloons. Use the book to practice counting from 1 to 10. Then, create your own pictures with dots as inspiration. Ten Black Dots Art Prompts Here's what you'll … [Read more...]
Flower Sight Word Writing Activity
This flower sight word writing activity is sure to make writing sight words fun! Flower Sight Word Writing Activity For this activity, you'll need: Paper flowers (We made our flowers using circles and hearts. See how to make a spring flower box craft here.) Tape Paper with written words Clothespins Basket or container Writing paper or journal Pencil or other writing utensil Add sight words to the middle of the flowers. I used … [Read more...]
Jingle Bell Word Family Sort
This festive and fun jingle bell word family sort is sure to be a hit with your children this Christmas season. It's a great activity for beginning readers, or use it with more advanced readers to practice new words. Jingle Bell Word Family Sort We have been working on word families lately. We started with -at words in our Room on the Broom Race to Learn -at Words. Aiden requested to learn -ap words next. We thought of all of the -ap words we … [Read more...]
Christmas Book and Bear Ornament Craft
The kids and I love to make homemade ornaments! They have Christmas trees in their bedrooms full of the ornaments they have made over the years and love to reminisce about making each one. One of our favorite Christmas books is Bear Stay Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson so it was fitting to make a bear ornament to go along with the story! We made the ornaments out of salt dough which is a great activity for preschoolers. They get to mix and bake … [Read more...]
