The winner of these awesome books:
Is……………………………………..
Brandy! Happy Birthday Brandy…hope it was one to remember!
We’ll be in contact so that I can send your books soon 🙂
Magna Doodles of Fun
I usually like to write about activities that you can make using household materials and if household materials are only part of the material list then I usually like to suggest very cost-efficient means of getting the materials you need, but I LOVE writing tools like this one from lakeshore learning:
The magna doodle is $8.95….it’s the practice cards that get pricey, but there are so many different skill sets that you can accomodate to your little learner and just buy the practice cards that would be great skills for your little one to work on. And you don’t HAVE to buy the practice cards, you could always print activity sheets similar to the ones you like onto laminate paper and rig them onto the magna doodle 🙂
HERE is where you can purchase the lakeshore magna doodles and alphabet practice cards; simply search the site for the other skill set practice cards.
My Birthday Request
My family is amazing. My siblings have been working their hearts out to take care of my dad who is in the hospital, and my mom who has Alzheimers. My husband has taken me on a birthday (and anniversary) vacation so that with all the stress I don’t go into early labor… so I am taking it as easy as I can for a couple days!
Today is my birthday and I do have a birthday wish: That my mommy teachers would enter today’s giveaway. The giveaway of 5 educational books:
To enter just leave a comment telling me what month you were born 🙂
For a bonus entry simply share my site on facebook or with your mommy teacher email contacts and let me know that you did in a comment.
Finally, make sure you enter by Sunday, August 21st so that I can announce the winner on Monday the 22nd.
Good luck!
Simple Number Search
A friend asked me the other day for more number activities to introduce to her little one who is unfamiliar with numbers, though she said her little one is familiar with letters. This is sort of common because we are so eager to teach our little ones their ABCs we initially neglect their 123s. However, it is just as important to teach number recognition as it is to teach letter recognition, and today I made a little printable so that you can reinforce/teach numbers to your little one. The final “answer sheet” will look something like this:
I use this number search printable as a means of providing an example of what number your little one is looking for as well as requiring them to find that same number and color it in, focusing on the formation of the letter as they color it in. Then the little one will color in every other number that is not a “5” a different color.
Click on the link below to download the PDF or click the purchase button 🙂
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Pencil Grip
I don’t know if I have ever gone over one of the most important lessons on handwriting that you can have with your little one, but if I have, here is a refresher…
Teaching your little one the proper pencil grip is so important for their writing development. Using the tripod grasp must be learned and practiced over and over before the fine motor skills and coordination are developed and it becomes habitual. So, because I don’t need to reinvent the wheel, I am going to point you to simple resources where you can read about AND watch a little instructional video on HOW to teach your little one to hold a pencil properly. Let me know how it goes 🙂
1. READ THIS ARTICLE by clicking here
2. Watch this video:
