First grade is such an important year in school. My son did start learning to read in kindergarten, but struggled. This year I am really focused on keeping him on track with his reading. The school encourages 20 minutes of reading every night. 20 minutes is a lot for a first grader, but I do think it’s important to encourage him to read each night and I thought he would be more excited about it if we kept track on this printable reading log.
I’m always wanting to make learning fun and interesting so my son will actually get through it without complaining. Since we struggled throughout the school year, I wanted to make sure we practiced during the summer so he doesn’t fall behind once he starts 1st grade next year. Since he does enjoy math, I decided to come up with some printable math worksheets we could do this summer.
As much as I love hanging out with Elle the 3 footer, sometimes I need a few quiet moments to myself. Whether it’s to make dinner, do laundry, go to the bathroom by myself, upload a picture to Instagram…all these little alone moments keeps me sane.
To get these snippets of alone time, one of the best ways I’ve found is to occupy the kids with something fun.
An invitation to play is simply setting up something really simple for your children to engage with and create something with no boundaries. They are free to do as they wish with the materials given.
In this simple invitation to play, I set out a tray of ‘stuff’ for Elle to put on a stick.
I went through our craft cabinet and pulled out anything I can find with holes in it. I gathered 2 bowls of pastas in different shapes that we dyed recently, some wooden beads, some small plastic beads and some caps from those squeezable baby/kid puree in a bag (is there an actual name for these?).
Today is a BIG day in the Create & Babble family! My first and only grandchild (“only” until February!) starts Kindergarten today! Yes, today is Jordan’s first day of school. I’ve been wracking my crafty brain to come up with an original photo idea for his big day. There a a lot of great ideas…
I had just been following the recent and tragic story of Jessica, the missing 10 year old from Colorado, whose body was found after she had been kidnapped. It made my heart sick. I can’t imagine what that little girl was going through, and what her family continues to go through. It’s horrible to know…
My kids are in love with finger painting prints. They literally won’t stop making them. It must be the ooey gooey goodness of getting your hands dirty. Or maybe it’s the surprise of the swirling colors when the print is made. Even I made a couple. I couldn’t resist! Here’s how to make them. Get…
Hello everyone! I am Natalie from Detail-Oriented Diva and I am here to share a cute little Back-to- School Gift with you all today. This time of year is filled with such excitement for so many. As a kid, I loved heading back for the new year. It was a time for a fresh start…
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Hi, I’m “B” from Fryman Four! I see every holiday as an opportunity for fun, food and education! (National Elephant Appreciation Day? I’m there! National Chicken month? I’ve got a costume for that!) So when a big holiday comes around, I like to go all out! Come check out more fun food, theme days and…
Hi there! Jocelyn, here! I blog over at We Talk of Christ, We Rejoice in Christ. I’m sorry to hear that Jessica will be leaving Or So She Says, but I love to see someone prioritizing and putting first things first in life. That is so important for us to do as women and as…
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Hi there. This is Jill from Homemade by Jill, visiting today to share a bit of crafty happiness. Do you love vintage books like I do? Recently my husband, Jared, and I rescued some Golden Books from his parent’s garage. Not only are they classically cool, they have little boy Jared’s handwriting in the front…