Since we’re still enjoying ice cream treats in the fall where we live, I’m thrilled to share with you today how you can bring some yummy goodness into your homeschool classroom or traditional classroom and sweeten up your math lessons with these free Ice Cream Addition and Subtraction Math Mats printables! Ice Cream Addition and Subtraction Math […]
Ice Cream Cone Art Project Free Printable
Summer is over for most of the country but here in the desert we are still very hot! What do we do when the weather doesn’t cooperate or we’re looking for an indoor activity to do with the children? We do ice cream cone art projects! You and your children are going to really enjoy […]
Sight Word Activities for Summer
Schools out for Summer! Do you worry that your kid’s brains will turn to mush and they’ll forget everything they learned this year at school? Have no fear…Miss Mae is here to share with you some of my favorite outdoor Sight Word Activities for Summer that encourage reading! The best part is, these activities can be […]
Clover Math Mat Free Printable
It’s shamrock time! Gather up your collection of green manipulatives and prepare your little ones to have fun with addition! Don’t you just love it when themed freebies come along like this Clover Math Mat Free Printable that make your lesson planning prep easier and your day more fun? I know I do and my children […]
Heart Math Mat
With the holiday season slowing down, as an educator to my little people, I like to keep the momentum and excitement going with fun-filled, educational activities like this Heart Math Mat for practicing addition! Put the fun back in February with this heart-shaped math mat for addition math practice. I think my favorite thing about […]
Letter Recognition Grab Bag
Create a letter recognition grab bag for teaching a fun way to learn the alphabet. Encourage fine motor skills and alphabet recognition. Plus, get a free printable! When I think about my favorite tools for practicing letter recognition, I’m reminded how much fun it is to give children the opportunity to engage in hands on letter activities. Not […]
Tracing Letters Ghosts
Whoooo’s ready for Halloween? We are for sure! It’s always fun to get out our fall leaves and fun Halloween decor. Planning fun classroom or home activities is always fun too. If you have little ones working on identifying and printing letters, these Tracing Letters Ghosts are sure to be a hit this month! Find my […]
Apple Compound Words FREE Printable
From my experience, teaching compound words is one of many fun literacy concepts to teach! Kids really enjoy putting two words together to make a new word or taking a word apart to make a new word. For most children, this is a time when they become aware that there are parts to words. I’d like […]
Dot Art Elmer Craft
As an educator of small children, my own and those who I’ve taught, it’s quite the task to teach the importance of being “authentically you.” With so much in the world teaching our little ones that they should look, act and talk a certain way, this task is even more daunting! What I love about […]
10 Diaper Bag Essentials with Huggies Little Snugglers Plus
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SuperAbsorbent #CollectiveBias I’ll never forget how naive my husband and I were when we first became parents. We were unsure about how and when to feed baby, clothe baby, bathe baby, and so much more! Most of all, we […]
Missing ABC Order Cookie Sheet FREE Printables
Early literacy skills are dependent on a child’s exposure to letters, sounds, and print concepts. As educators and parents we can begin enrichment very early on by talking, reading, singing, word games, nursery rhymes and immersing children in print from the time they are babies. We naturally begin with teaching our children the alphabet very […]
Tissue Paper Bumble Bee
What feelings, smells and sounds do you think of in summer? The first thing that comes to my mind is the warmth of the sun, swimming pools, the smell of flowers and summer blossoms and of course the sound of those buzzing bumble bees pollinating the gorgeous landscape of summer! One thing that is especially […]
Dot Art Paper Plate Turtle FREE Printable
“That is NOT a turtle!” This is what my 5 year-old shouted upon seeing a desert tortoise at the zoo when we last visited. He was shocked to see that a “turtle” could get so big! I explained to him that there is a difference between a tortoise and a turtle. I shared with him […]
Rainbow Fish Craft
With summer on the horizon I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to read one of our favorite books and introduce a fun Rainbow Fish craft. It’s so simple to do and allows children the opportunity to be creative. I love seeing how all of their creations turn out! “The Rainbow Fish,” written by […]
Spring Scavenger Hunt FREE Printable
The most lovely, succulent and fragrant time of the year is Spring! I absolutely love springtime. The smells, the colors, the weather, the beautiful cool breezes…it’s all so wonderful! I’ve also noticed that my children come to life in springtime. After being cooped up inside during the cold winter, spring is welcomed with open arms […]
ABC Egg Hunt FREE Printable
One of the most wonderful things about this time of year is…the dollar store! I have to tell you how much I love hunting for thrifty, diy activities to do with my kiddos from the dollar store. Today I’d like to share with you one of the ways I use those adorable plastic dollar store […]
Family Love Notes + FREE Printable
My children love to receive “sweet something” notes from me. I decided that during Valentine week I would make it a point each day to leave them a sweet note handwritten from me, or a piece of candy, a prayer card or a poem. This idea was born a few weeks ago when my oldest […]
