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FREE ABC Review Packets & Printables

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NJoy has officially finished his “letter of the week” curriculum.  Now, we’re in review mode.  I’ve been busy working on a few printables for him to review his letters.  Just in case you have a little one who might enjoy these, I wanted to share. Please remember that these printables are for personal or classroom use only.  Here are the…
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Saturday’s Savorings: Mornings with MBug

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Being a mother and being a teacher are VERY similar roles to play.  Just one example: Every time you think you have it “all figured out”, you don’t. 🙂  Since NSis’ arrival, MBug was doing SO well with the new baby.  Not even a hint of jealousy… until recently. Part of it could just be her age, but I was…
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Number Puzzle Racing Fun!

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*This post contains affiliate links. We adapted an idea from Little Family Fun and made a racing game out of putting a puzzle together with our Chunky Number Puzzle.  NJoy and MBug had so much fun, I wanted to share before I forgot (baby brain with #4 has been worse multiple times over!!). To practice recognizing numbers 1-20, I took the pieces…
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Writing Piggyback Stories

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Years ago, when I taught preschool music, I used a book called Piggyback Songs quite a bit.  To create a piggyback song, you write new lyrics to a familiar tune (“Twinkle, Twinkle”, etc.).  I adopted the name “piggyback” and adapted it for writing.  Piggyback Stories is what I call them and kids really do enjoy writing them.  ALuv (currently 6.5…
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Skip Counting Word Problems

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Using word problems is one way to integrate literacy into math.  I like to squeeze in as many sight words as I can for some meaningful exposure.  And word problems also reinforce comprehension, while practicing math skills. Just recently, I wrote some skip counting word problems for ALuv and typed them onto individual cards.  I simply wanted to share them!…
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