Kindergarten

Kindergarteners and writing prompts? Believe it or not, kinders can use them! Check out these fun Kindergarten writing prompts.

If you want to teach someone to read, you’ve definitely asked this question, “What are high frequency words?” Well, we’ve got the answer!

Introduce your students to some word fun with these rhyming activities for preschool, kindergarten, and lower elementary!

Help your preschooler and kindergarten students learn about words by discovering how to teach rhyming words so that they stick!

Your little child feels big emotions–no one needs to teach him that! But he does need help understanding how he feels, expressing those feelings in a safe way, and reading the emotions of others. Find out how to teach kids about emotions.

Vowels are the mainstay of any language; they are the sounds you sing in words. To teach a child to read, you need to know how to teach vowels.

Knowing how to teach CVC words can mean the difference between students grasping the concept quickly or needing extra time. Here’s how!

Knowing how to teach informational writing to students in K-2 can make your language arts lessons a whole lot easier! These tips can help!

Do you want your child to fall in love with math this Valentine’s Day?  Check out these easy and fun Valentine’s Day Math Activities to bring a little love to math! Valentine’s Day Math Activities for Kindergarten and Preschool Is your little one tired of the same old math practice?  Bring something sweet to your …

Skip counting is something we’ve all done, maybe without even realizing it. Think of the catchy chant, “2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate?” and you’ve just skip counted by twos! What Is Skip Counting? In a nutshell, it’s basically counting up from a number other than the number 1 and then increasing by …

Want to spice up storytime with your kindergarteners? Check out this list of kindergarten read alouds that will keep them entertained and learning! Read Aloud Kindergarten read aloud books Reading aloud to kindergarteners is a fabulous way to grow their love of literature. Not only that, but books teach little learners about everything from feelings …

Sharks are intriguing ocean animals, especially for kids! Their eyes light up when they talk about a great white shark’s teeth or a hammerhead’s unique head shape. This free shark life cycle printable resource is a fun way for kids to learn all about the life cycle of a shark. SHARK LIFE CYCLE STAGES There …

Many teachers and parents, like yourself, are turning to the digital world to help educate their kids. Using this FREE digital math game, your students or children will be able to learn the art of addition! As a simple addition game, it would be best for kids in preschool to kindergarten. Digital Math Game The …

Take a bite out of reading this summer (or fall, winter, or spring!) with these awesome shark books for kids! Books About Sharks Whether you’re getting ready to celebrate Shark Week in July or just have a love for these magnificent sea creatures, these books about sharks are perfect for your budding marine biologist. From …

How to homeschool kindergarten so your children make the progress they need to succeed. How to Homeschool Kindergarten Many people choose to homeschool kindergarten for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you would like to ensure your child is ready for first grade in traditional school. Maybe you feel your child needs some additional learning time …

While it may sound exciting (and frightening!) for both you and your child, it’s important for parents to make sure their children are ready for this big milestone – the first day of kindergarten. Other than planning and organizing school supplies, here are five of the best ways to prepare your child for the first …

Developing fine motor skills is an important part of preschool learning. It doesn’t matter if your child is doing preschool homeschool or heading out to preschool, it’s important to give them plenty of practice with holding materials and using their hand-eye coordination. Not only will their fine motor skills play an important part in their ability to write, …

While we always look for free apps (who doesn’t?), there have been some great finds that have been well worth the few dollars of investment that we made. Since our kids range from first grade to seventh and we’ve been homeschooling now for eight years, we have made quite a list of apps that we …

Now that she is older and has moved on, I hadn’t thought much about how important this skill really is for young learners. A fellow homeschool mom was telling me how she was planning on working on this very skill with her son in the fall. She was having trouble finding the charts she wanted, …

Now, more than ever, it is important to make sure that the apps being used in the classroom are aligned to those standards. PunFlay’s new apps, Measurement and Word Wall, are two perfect examples of how education technology has worked to align itself with the CCSS to make teachers’ lives easier while educating children. Mathomatix’s Measurement Focusing …