If you are looking for a fun way to help your child practice letter recognition, print out this alphabet search template and provide your kiddos with a few magazines, a pair of scizzors, and a glue stick. Have them hunt through the magazine matching up each letter of the alphabet. The template includes both upper and lower case letters.
Whether you have a reluctant writer or a prolific writer who fills up pages and pages of notebooks, you are bound to find wonderful inspiration with the comic writing prompts at MakeBeliefComix. Artist, Bob Zimmerman has created over 100 free printable comic writing prompts guaranteed to get the creative juices flowing. My boys are loving these!
Math fact fluency is so important for continuing math skills! I found a program that helps your kiddos to master their facts called Xtra Math, and the best part is that it is FREE! You can watch a video about Xtra Math below:
I just bumped in to this adorable way to repurpose a Chutes and Ladders Game for your kiddos who are working on their subtraction facts! Simply print out the cards below. Each player will take turns picking one of the cards, and the answer to the math problem will determine the number of spaces to move.
• What do you see in the cover photograph? Have you ever seen trees look like this? What was happening at the time?
Read the headings with your child. Explain that headings can help a reader to preview the information that will be presented in the book.
Say: I want you to find out about storms and other forces of nature and how thesecan harm people and other things. Monitor reading and provide support when necessary.
After Reading:
Ask Your Child:
In what ways can an earthquake hurt us?
If you were a scientist, which natural force discussed in the book would you most want to study? Why?
Introduce The Hungry Caterpillar to your child by showing them the cover of the book. Explain to them that this book is about how a caterpillar changes.
While Reading:
1. Read the first three pages then stop. Ask the child to brainstorm what type of foods he/she might eat if hungry. Then ask, "Would caterpillars eat those kinds of foods?"
2. As you finish reading each day of the week, see if your child can tell you the next day of the week.
3. Have your child make predictions about what the caterpillar might eat next.
After Reading:
✔ What day of the week did the egg hatch into a small caterpillar?
✔ Why was the caterpillar so hungry?
✔ Was the caterpillar eating the right kind of food to help him grow?
✔ How many things did he eat on Monday?
✔ Did he eat more or less on Tuesday? How much more?
✔ How does that amount compare to what he ate on Wednesday and Thursday?
✔ How many things did he eat from Monday through Friday?
✔ How many things did he eat on Saturday?
✔ Why didn’t he feel well on Saturday?
✔For how many weeks was the caterpillar in the cocoon? How many days is that?
✔ What day of the week was it when the butterfly came out of the cocoon?
Language Arts
Compare and contrast butterflies and moths with this venn diagram.
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