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FREE Four Seasons Pre-K/K Pack

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*This post contains affiliate links. After reading The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree with my preschoolers during our apple unit, I realized that my almost 5 year old needed a bit more work on learning about the four seasons {like the characteristics of each and order}. So, with the start of fall upon us, I took some time to go…
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Fine Motor Apple Activities {FREE Printable Included!}

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The last few weeks, we’ve been on our “full” schedule of homeschooling.  It’s been a HUGE blessing to have my mom, a former public school Kindergarten assistant, three days a week to help me out. While my oldest son spends some time writing in the schoolroom, my middle two children {ages 3 and almost 5} use some of that time…
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Choose Different Words: A Simple Writing Strategy {Week 7}

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So far, in this Simple Writing Lesson Series, The Measured Mom and I have covered some pre-writing strategies {also known as brainstorming} and a few writing strategies. Today, we’re moving on to revision! Let me just stop and say that not every piece that a child writes will make it to this stage. Let’s say you spend a few weeks…
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1-2-3 FLIP It! {a Short Vowel Review Game}

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NJoy has really taken off with his reading this past summer. He enjoys picking up a book {any book} and trying to read it, looking mostly for those sight words he knows from Reading the Alphabet. I love his enthusiasm. He’s also interested in sounding out those short vowel CVC words when he finds them, too. To give him a…
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Use Invented Spelling: A Simple Writing Strategy {Week 6}

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  Welcome back to Simple Writing Lessons for the Primary Grades, a 12-week collaborative writing series, hosted by The Measured Mom and This Reading Mama (that’s me)! If you have missed any of the lessons we’ve covered so far, click here to see the introduction and links to the lessons (scroll down). Simple Writing Lesson #6: Use Invented Spelling {a…
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