I really wanted to give the girls an Easter sensory bin this year, but I found myself running out of time. However, this last minute, throw together sensory bin was hugely successful! I just put in some wild birdseed, plastic Easter eggs, and other on-hand Easter supplies. It goes to show you that kids can really enjoy ...
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Butterfly Garden #3
We finally released our butterflies the other day! We really enjoyed raising the tiny caterpillars, watching them form their chrysalis, and finally turn into beautiful butterflies. It really is a magical experience and the girls learned so much. This will continue to be a yearly event for ...
Silent E Worksheets
Audrey has been working on the silent e at the end of the word, so I decided it was time to create some simple silent e worksheets. We will put them into sheet protectors and use a dry erase marker to add the silent e. There are a total of 3 worksheets to download and 24 words to practice. 1. Read the simple CVC ...
Reading With Ruby Week #3
I have really enjoyed helping Ruby learn how to read these past three weeks. The growth that I have seen since week 1 until now has been AMAZING! If you would like to see the progress of her journey, follow the links: Week 1 Week 2 Here are the activities for week 3: Sight Words (high frequency words): We always ...
Reading With Ruby Week #2
This is our 2nd week of reading instruction and Ruby is doing GREAT! She has mastered 12 sight words and is coming along nicely with her phonics skills. Here is a look at our week #2 activities: Sight Words: We started out with reviewing our sight words: look, see, funny, come, is, big, jump, run, little, down, my, and ...
Reading with Ruby Week #1
I am starting a new series of posts that will be called "Reading with Ruby." I have the privilege of helping my good friend's daughter learn to how read. She is 5 1/2 and has shown all of the reading readiness signs needed to move forward. She is: *Familiar with print and books * Recognizes most letters (upper and ...
The Sight Word Caterpillar
This is a sight word caterpillar that I made for a little girl who I am teaching to read. The caterpillar is VERY hungry and the more sight words he learns the BIGGER he grows!! This goes great with our current caterpillar/butterfly study. We have now included our sight word caterpillar into our Ready2Read ...