1. Preschool Activities for Learning the Letter M

    Morning sickness has really put the brakes on our letter of the week plan for Owen's preschool time!  We're still plugging along, but it's more like a letter every 2…

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  2. Preschool Activities for Learning the Letter G

    Letter G is up next in our preschool letter of the week series!  We found several ways to work on recognizing the letter G and its sounds through learning, playing,…

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  3. Five Activities for Learning the Letter S

    We just started our fourth "letter of the week" for Owen, and I am so happy with how it is going!  He is really retaining the letter names and sounds,…

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  4. Letter "C" Themed Activities for Preschoolers

    Now that Owen is 4, we are getting a little more academic with our preschool efforts!  He is interested in learning letters, and starting to understand that letters have sounds…

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  5. Teaching Mathematical Patterns and Combinations with Ice Cream Flavors

    Here is a way to teach patterns and combinations in math with ice cream flavors! My goal this school year is to do some type of hands-on mathematical thinking activity…

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  6. Magic Number Machine: A Math Game for Addition and Subtraction Practice

    It's almost August, and time to start our homeschool year!  We usually start the last week of July, but with our vacation last week and then needing this week to…

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  7. Five (More!) Hands-on Ways to Learn the Alphabet

    Back in April, I posted 5 hands-on ways to learn the alphabet.  Well, we're back with more ideas!  I've been collecting ideas over the past couple months.  Since it's summer,…

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  8. Eight Real-Life Ways to Get Kids Writing

    Gresham is 6, and finishing first grade.  His handwriting was so neat when he was learning to form the letters, but now that we are past learning how to write…

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  9. Five Hands-on Preschool Alphabet Activities

    Interesting alphabet activities make learning more fun for preschoolers! Lately, I've been exploring ways for Owen (age 3, almost 4) to work on the learning the letters of the alphabet…

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  10. Magic Math! (And more ideas for addition fact practice)

    Here is an idea for a FUN way to spice up addition fact practice.  We called it "magic math!"  Gresham has been working on larger addition facts, and at this…

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