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Keyboarding Without Tears Review

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*I received two free single-used subscriptions in exchange for my honest opinion of Keyboarding Without Tears. But believe me when I say, we loved it! So much so, that I actually bought another subscription for my preschooler to use. What if I told you that you can teach your child to type…and it’s actually fun {not drill-based learning}? I know…
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Learning About Prefixes and Suffixes {FREE Pack}

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My oldest {just finished 3rd grade} has struggled to read longer words for some time now. He’s the reason I designed this organizer for reading longer words. And while we spent a little bit of time talking about prefixes and suffixes, we never camped on it for very long…until lately. I created a bunch of hands-on activities to help him…
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Sight Word BLACKOUT – for Beginning Sight Words

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Sight words are an important part of learning to read. Why is that? Like I’ve said before, just the first 100 words on Fry’s High Frequency list make up about 50% of what you read. Now, that’s a lot of words! To do a little sight word review at the end of the school year, my Kindergartner and I played…
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Learning the Alphabet – FREE Letter T Printable Pack

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Today, I’m sharing our FREE Letter T Printable Pack from Learning the Alphabet. {The free download link is found at the end of this post.} If you’re new to Learning the Alphabet, feel free to read our introduction post plus see the printables in action. You can also find our collection of the FREE ABC Printable Packs as we will continue…
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A Reading Log Kids Can Color

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Summer reading. You just knew I couldn’t go without posting about it, didn’t you? After all, as I’ve posted before, research has shown that kids can lose up to 60% of what they’ve learned if we take a complete break. Wow! I want my kids to GROW as readers this summer, not regress. This summer, like most summers, we are…
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