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35+ Summer Learning Games

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It’s nearly summer. And if you’re anything like me, I enjoy the break from planning and schoolwork. I really do. But I know better than to take a complete break. Summer learning games are a great way to sneak in learning, but in a FUN way! I have a few workbooks ordered as well, but why not use the summer to…
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Learning the Alphabet – FREE Letter U Printable Pack

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Today, we’re sharing another FREE printable letter pack from Learning the Alphabet. We’re only FIVE letters away from the last letter. Wow. That went fast! If you’re new to Learning the Alphabet, you can read more about it and see lots of images of these packs in action in our introductory post; or purchase all 26 letters + bonus material in our bundle pack….
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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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