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Awesome Hello Kitty Pages

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

For all the Hello Kitty fans out there, I’ve found a few gorgeous resources for colouring and activity pages.
Hello Kitty Coloring Pages is a blog that posts high-quality colouring and activity pages.
ColoringBook.info also has a good collection of Hello Kitty pages.

21 Best Must-Bookmark Sites for Colouring Pages

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

If your children are anything like mine, they LOVE to colour! I thought I’d take some of the effort of finding good colouring pages for them by posting the top 21 of what I consider to be the best colouring pages on the net! And since I’m a proud Canadian, I will refer to [...]

Morning Routine Chart

Monday, January 18th, 2010

In an effort to encourage independence in my daughters for their morning routines, I came up with a chart that I laminated and posted in the bathroom. This way, they are gently reminded of what needs to be done when they wake up in the morning.
Do you have other suggestions you’d like to share about how you [...]

Free Dresser Labels

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

In my quest to keep my children’s room clean, I’ve had to devise a system so that my younger one, who cannot read and still has trouble sorting her clothes, could figure out which drawer each type of clothing belongs in. I made up a set of these labels and cut them out, sticking the [...]

Mermaids Mini-Unit Study

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Age range: 3-8 years.
Mermaids are wonderful imaginary creatures that have inspired stories from many cultures. Children love fantasizing stories about mermaids, so I thought it befitting to create a unit study for this purpose.
This is not a curriculum, it’s a set of resources that you can use to help your children discover mermaids. Since mermaids [...]

Awesome Game Ideas for Early Readers

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Amy over at Heart of the Matter Online wrote up a great post with some amazing games to encourage children to practice reading in 5 Fun Early Learning Reading Games. 
From using flashcards and metal rings where your child can “steal” your words as he learns them, to creating a simple treasure hunt, these ideas are sure [...]

Find Words that Begin With…

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

When your child has learned the alphabet and its sounds, it’s time to beging forming words. This set of worksheets is a great way to indirectly introduce research skills. 

Choose a letter and give the corresponding page to the child. Ask the child to find words that start with that letter. He might look through books [...]

Letter Tracing 2

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

These worksheets are similar to my other collection of letter-tracing sheets, except these are for capital letters.
I highly recommend that you start teaching your children using the lower-case alphabet for the simple reason that 95% of the letters we read are lower-case. It is much easier for them to grasp reason when they are more [...]

Worksheet: Mixing Colours

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Here’s a nice way to teach a child how two colors can mix together to form another (secondary) color.

Download and print the worksheet.
Get some yellow, magenta(red) and cyan(blue) paint, some water to rince and a paintbrush.
Starting with the yellow colour (otherwise it will dirty and won’t work properly), pain the top circle.
Clean the brush and [...]