Posted by Unknown | 7:27 AM

A pinner once commented that they loved my LEGO minifigure spelling activity but the prep was pretty extensive. She's right. That's...

0 comments Labels: Puzzles, Spelling

Posted by Unknown | 5:28 AM

Have you seen that commercial from Allstate ? The one with the male (supposedly) French model she met on the Internet? My seven year old has...

0 comments Labels: Foreign Language, Free Printables, Geography, Puzzles, Sorting

Posted by Unknown | 7:14 AM

I’m a writer. My son is not. But that hasn’t stopped me from trying to sharpen his language arts skills. This word nerd came up with a sneak...

0 comments Labels: Alphabetizing, Counting, Free Printables, Parts of Speech, Puzzles, Reading

Posted by Unknown | 6:18 AM

Now, even though my hatred of math started at a very young age, I always enjoyed doing logic puzzles. I remember “playing” them with my Mom ...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Reading

Posted by Unknown | 5:23 AM

My mother-in-law bought my son a Scramble Squares puzzle . It has challenged all of us to no avail. It’s certainly been fun, though! Watchin...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Subtraction

Posted by Unknown | 5:04 AM

I found a wonderful little book at the library about magic squares. Magic AND math? Really? What could be better?!?! A magic square is a squ...

0 comments Labels: Addition, Free Printables, Puzzles, Subtraction

Posted by Unknown | 5:27 AM

Back when we practiced fractions with nautical flags , I discovered something pretty awesome about them: there is a flag for each letter of ...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Reading, Spelling

Posted by Unknown | 5:45 AM

When my son used to read aloud, he sort of sounded like a robot. It always left me wondering, “Does he really comprehend the story or is he ...

0 comments Labels: Puzzles, Reading, Spelling, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:29 AM

I wanted a fun way for my son to see how that the same math problem can be written in different ways. And I wanted him to be able check his ...

1 comments Labels: Addition, Free Printables, Games, Multiplication, Puzzles

Posted by Unknown | 6:42 AM

I love the Scrabble Junior Cheez-Its. Whenever it’s my son’s turn to take a snack to school and I’m too busy (or lazy) to whip up muffins or...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Spelling, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 5:24 AM

My son LOVES the computer, so I’m constantly in search of great online (educational) games for him to play. When I saw Joyful Mama’s post on...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Spelling

Posted by Unknown | 5:07 AM

What are clouds? Why does it rain? Where do the puddles go? To make understanding the water cycle easier, I designed a puzzle for my son to ...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Science, Weather

Posted by Unknown | 5:57 AM

Unfortunately, we had a wet spring and up until about three weeks ago, our summer weather was on the same trajectory. Nobody was happy about...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Puzzles, Reading, Science, Weather

Posted by Unknown | 5:09 AM

This activity was inspired by a game on the back of a kid’s meal menu. No joke.   I used a book my son picked out earlier this year at the s...

0 comments Labels: Counting, Free Printables, Puzzles, Reading, Right/Left, Science, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 6:11 AM

To encourage my son to read, I picked up some simple books at our local library. I like the “Rookie Reader” books published by Children’s Pr...

0 comments Labels: Puzzles, Reading, Spelling