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« Previous EntriesAwesome Hello Kitty Pages
Sunday, January 31st, 2010For 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, 2010If 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, 2010In 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, 2010In 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, 2009Age 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, 2009Amy 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, 2008When 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, 2008These 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, 2008Here’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 [...]
Worksheets: Circle the correct letter
Saturday, September 6th, 2008These worksheets are designd to be used with young children learning to identify their letters. They need not be used in sequnce and it’s best to hand them out after they’ve learned a new letter.
The idea is pretty simple. The child needs to take a look at the letter being circle, say it’s sound, and [...]
