Vowel sounds are hard to practice, especially the A, E, and I. To make the phonics practice fun we created a fun vowel sounds practice game with cups! Phonics Practice Game 3 plastic cups permanent marker pom pom or gem or something similar The vowel sounds can be harder to remember and reproduce correctly than the consonant sounds. To get in some extra practice I wrote 3 of the vowels on the cups and set up a simple phonics … [Read more...]
Fun Sight Word Practice: Ghost Zappers
Making sight word practice fun makes it more effective! The more sight words new readers know automatically the better they can comprehend the text they are reading. Since Halloween is coming we decided to practice with a little sight word ghost zapping! The premise of the game is similar to our Fire Hose Fact Practice Game, where the kids read and squirted the chalk sight words. I used white sidewalk chalk to draw ghosts on our driveway with … [Read more...]
Fun and Simple Multiplication Fact Practice
At some point we all have to learn our multiplication facts, but is doesn't have to be boring! Take a break from flashcards to move and learn to skip count. Grab some sidewalk chalk and get ready to play multiplication hopscotch...or should we say skip-scotch? Hop count? Either way this multiplication fact practice game is super simple to set up and lots of fun! Did you learn to skip count as a child to help make memorizing those multiplication … [Read more...]
ABC Active Learning Game for Kids
If your kids like to move (and who doesn't?) then this they will love this ABC active learning game! I actually had a different Move and Learn activity planned to share this week...until I spied these cups we had taken from an event for our art supply shelves. Before we used these styrofoam cups for crafting we decided to stomp on them first. In the name of learning of course! Adding movement to any skill practice makes it more engaging … [Read more...]
Apple Bowling Math Counting Game
Apple bowling! Have you done it before? We do pumpkin bowling every year, but this was our first time bowling with apples. We went away last weekend and when we came home 2 of our apples had started to spoil so instead of throwing them away we decided to practice "counting on" with them instead! "Counting on" is a a pre-addition skill. Once you can count you learn to "count on" starting at a number other than one. Keeping score while bowling … [Read more...]
Bath Time Sight Words
School is already back in session. Summer just seemed to fly by, didn't it? Once school starts you have limited time with your children. By the time they get home from school you only have a few hours which are usually spent helping with homework, making & eating dinner and getting things ready for the following day. Here's a fun activity you can have for bath time to practice sight words (or anything else your child is learning) so that you … [Read more...]
Alphabet Soup Early Literacy Activity
Making alphabet soup with your preschoolers is a great way for them to move and learn! They can have fun while mixing and pouring water and work on letters at the same time. It's a fun early literacy activity that also super simple to set up. Alphabet Soup water alphabet magnets or plastic letters blue liquid watercolor (optional) ladle (metal is fun with magnets) bowls, spoons, etc I filled a large plastic container 2/3 of the … [Read more...]
Splat Sight Word Painting
We love to get hands on with learning over here at my house. My kids are full of energy and taking learning away from the table often helps them get excited about learning something new. Right now I am working on sight words with my oldest who is 5yr. This day I decided to give Splat Sight Word Painting a try with him. All 3 kids ages 1-5yr got involved in this activity. Big brother gave it a thumbs up for learning and we will be doing this again … [Read more...]
