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Practicing Sight Words With a Salt Tray

Jen — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 09:29:51 +0000

Now that Miss G is in First Grade {first grade!!} she’s given a new list of sight words to take home each week. At the moment, the expectation is that she’s able to read them aloud, but since she’s already quite advanced with her reading, we’ve been practicing spelling them too. She loves sitting down… Read More

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Play Dough Apple Tree Life Cycle

Jen — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 06:58:56 +0000

If you know us well, you know we loooove play dough. We almost always have 3 or 4 play dough kits on hand and for the past several years, they’ve been something Miss G has regularly taken out and played with. That being said, we’ve sort of been on a play dough break recently… Miss G has other things… Read More

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Coin Sorting Tray

Jen — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 06:33:23 +0000

After our rhyming pairs matching game, Miss G asked to play another homemade game this afternoon. With dinnertime nearing and a baby boy who needed one of his mama’s arms, it needed to be something super quick and easy to pull together, and that’s how this very simple coin sorting tray came about. Admittedly, it’s more… Read More

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Rhyming Pairs Matching Game

Jen — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 05:36:42 +0000

One thing I’ve been trying my best to do since Sam’s come home is making a little time each day for Grae and I to do something fun together. Just the two of us, with her having my full attention. It’s not always easy as baby brother tends to be the type of baby who… Read More

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Autumn-Themed Writing Tray

Jen — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 06:59:00 +0000

Without a doubt, one of my most used resources in my Kindergarten and Grade One classes was the stack of coloured plastic plates filled with salt that I kept in my teacher’s cupboard. They were the simplest thing ever – literally plastic plates in a bright colour {aqua and gold always seemed to be the… Read More

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Fill Your Cup {A Simple Addition Game}

Jen — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:59:00 +0000

Numbers are currently HUGE in our house. Writing numbers, counting, skip counting, subtraction, dividing things into equal groups, addition… You name it, Grae loves it. {And of course I love that she loves it. ☺} In order to foster her current interest in math, I’ve been coming up with all kinds of very simple number-related… Read More

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Berry Bush Snack Subtraction

Jen — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:00:57 +0000

After seeing what a hit our recent play dough subtraction smash activity was, I immediately starting thinking of other fun, hands-on activities I could provide Miss G with to foster her love of exploring numbers {and subtraction in particular}. I’m fairly certain the play dough activity was so well-liked because of the smashing aspect, so… Read More

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Simple Egg Carton Letter Sound Sort

Jen — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:50:58 +0000

Since a home recycling service doesn’t exist here in Kuwait, I save all sorts of food packing items, hoping to find them some sort of second purpose before they end up in the bin. My hoarding usually serves me well and I’m almost always able to help out when fellow community members put out calls… Read More

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Play Dough Subtraction Smash

Jen — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:26:24 +0000

This morning when we woke up to a miserable windy, dusty, trash-floating-through-the-air sort of day, Miss G and I opted to stay in and have a quiet day at home. We made a big pot of oatmeal, read stacks of books, played some games, built puzzles, and then played this super fun and simple play… Read More

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