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A Simple and Active Dice Game for Preschoolers

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I’ve been working with NJoy (age 3.5) for some time now, trying to help him understand that the dot patterns on a die don’t change. Although he’s had multiple and meaningful exposure with dice games, like our grid games, he still feels the need to count the dots on the dice each time he rolls. I was trying to think of a…
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Making Complete Sentences with Roll a Sentence (FREE Printable Included)

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Working on complete sentences? Try this fun Roll a Sentence activity with free printables included! *The free printable pack can be found towards the END of this post! ALuv {currently end of Kindergarten} and I have been working just a bit on making complete sentences {requiring only a subject and predicate}. We talked about making complete sentences; that they need…
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Charlotte’s Web Book Club: Second Meeting

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Last week, we met for our second Charlotte’s Web book club.  Before going, we were to have read Chapters 1-4. Our goal was not only to have the kids listen to the chapters, but to do some writing.  Some of us did copy work.  I chose to do writing prompts with ALuv.  Some of my prompts came from/were adapted from…
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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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