This giant search-and-find learning game is super low prep, and can be used to teach kids just about anything: letters, numbers, sight words, and more! 
I know the last learning activity I shared was a scavenger hunt, but I can’t be stopped! My boys just love to hunt for things. Technically, we named this one a word “search”, but let’s be honest…it’s pretty much a scavenger hunt. But it was also TOO FUN not to share.
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sight words
“Roll and Graph” Sight Word Game
Looking for a way to make reading practice fun? This printable “roll and graph” sight word game is a great way to get beginning readers to practice reading and writing skills in a play-based setting. 
My son is starting first grade this week. I can hardly believe that our lazy (or crazy, depending on the moment) summer days are behind us. We’ve got new shoes, backpacks, and freshly sharpened pencils ready to go.
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Match & Color Easter Egg Activity
Make learning fun this Easter season with this “Match & Color” Easter egg activity that can be adapted to practice sight words, the alphabet, numbers, or just about anything! With multiple free printable pages and a customizable template, you can play over and over again!
We’re in full celebration mode around here this week. We have two birthdays to celebrate in the family (my husband and his younger brother) as well as Easter, so I’m up to my eyeballs in cake, candy, and wrapping paper. In fact, I just got back from the grocery store where I put all sorts of things in the cart that I don’t usually buy. Little Brother was thrilled! It’s going to be a busy week…but a fun one, too, I hope!
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Fun ways to practice sight words with beginning readers
Do you have a little book lover who is ready to learn to read? Here are seven simple and fun ways to to teach and practice sight words (one of the keys to reading) with beginning readers.
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I’ve really been struggling with our home preschool lately. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it. It’s just that Little Man has now mastered shapes, colors, letter identification, letter sounds, and counting from 1-30. I’m so proud of his progress and how much he enjoys learning, but for awhile I was kind of at a loss as to what to teach him next (and I got a little burned out during the holidays and had no desire to plan anything). However, he’s starting to show interest in reading now, so I decided to start working on beginning reading skills.
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