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FREE Editing Checklist for Young Writers

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In honor of National Coffee Day this weekend {US readers}, I’m posting a coffee-themed FREEBIE that’s available to ALL my readers! It’s an editing checklist you can use with your K-2 writers called C.U.P.S. *The free download link can be found at the END of this post. C.U.P.S. Editing Checklist The C.U.P.S. checklist includes these four items: Capital letters– Did…
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Visualizing Letters: A Pre-Writing Activity for Preschoolers

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When children are first learning to write their letters, it can be quite laborious! The need to remember what a letter looks like or exactly how to form that letter is typically the last thing in our mind when we write (we usually focus on the message). But, it is at the forefront of a young writer’s mind. Formation of…
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Re-read Your Writing: A Simple Revising Strategy {Week 8}

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Welcome back once again 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 (links are at the bottom of the post). Simple…
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Spelling Word Fun at the After School Link Up

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At last week’s link up, there were many activities that caught my eye, specifically these fun spelling practice games and activities you see here below. Go ahead and kiss boring spelling work goodbye forever! Check out this super cute way to help your child practice those spelling words ~ from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational! Kids would eat this one up…
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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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