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Exploring PBSKids.org

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It’s no secret that pbskids.org is a great learning site that our kids can spend some time on this summer.  I mean, the games are amazing and FUN!  The problem?  How do you know which games to have your child play?  Let’s say your child needs to work on letter recognition or non-standard measurement.  How do you know which learning games to have your child…
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Sidewalk Chalk Sight Words Game

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Here we are again, ready for another summer sight word game.  And this is one that EVERYONE in our family enjoyed!  If you missed the first easy sight word game suggestion for summer learning, click here. *This post contains affiliate links.   Sidewalk Chalk Sight Words Game This sidewalk chalk sight word game is super easy to play and is…
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Samson’s Classroom Winner

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Apparently, I didn’t set up my Samson’s Classroom giveaway correctly.  It was supposed to go until today, but it’s already closed on Rafflecopter.  My sincere apologies to anyone who didn’t get to enter.  I will be hosting a couple more literacy giveaways later this summer, so you may still have an opportunity to win something! The winner of the one-year…
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Saturday’s Savorings: It’s My Name!

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It all started about two weeks ago.  We were outside playing with sidewalk chalk when out of the blue, NJoy (currently 3.5 years old) announced, “I’m gonna write my name!”  I was skeptical at best because, even though he’s been able to read and spell his name aloud for some time now, we had not begun to work on writing…
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For Spelling Out Loud!

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 While we’re reading, sometimes ALuv (currently 6.5 years old) will come upon a sight word we’ve already studied and he’ll say that he doesn’t know the word or he’ll misread it altogether. This is very common with readers in his developmental stage; especially among look-alike words (such as went/want or where/were).  Readers in his stage are developing new strategies for…
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