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10+ Activities for Toddlers: Before the Small Manipulatives

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This post contains affiliate links.  Please read my full disclosure. MBug has always wanted to be in the middle of her brothers’ business while they do their schoolwork, creating a bit of a problem at times.  She is a social butterfly and absolutely adores her brothers, so why wouldn’t she want to “help” them with their work?  It’s been a…
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Saturday’s Sites: Homeschool Helps

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Recently, I came across these posts; all of which share some wonderful and helpful info on homeschooling…from manipulatives to organizing to what to do with the little one while the other kids work (a tricky task at times). I think it’s so cool that Carisa posted a few of her favorite homeschool manipulatives  in a recent post this week.  Check…
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Digraphs SH, CH, & TH Activities

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After wrapping up the first set of short vowel sorts from Words Their Way, we moved on to the three most common digraphs: sh, ch, & th.  We spent 3 weeks on these.  I steered away from wh at this time, only because it sounds a whole lot like w and I thought that might confuse him a bit.  All of…
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Leaf Sorting: Get into Nature!

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{photo credit} The leaves on our trees are beginning to change colors and fall.  It’s SO beautiful!  But we still have many leaves on the trees, which is an important component to the natural leaf sort we did at the beginning of this week. Before heading outdoors, I read Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro aloud to ALuv (currently 6 years old). …
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Words Their Way: FREE Online Trial!

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Words Their Way is an awesome, developmental phonics program designed to teach the word features students need at their instructional level through the use of word study. I’ve used it in the classroom, as a private reading tutor, and now at home with my two sons.  If you’ve never tried it or if you’ve been curious to see what Words…
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