Here’s a fun letter sounds activity that you can set up in just a few minutes with a muffin pan, paper cupcake liners, and small objects from around the house! We’ve been loving using muffin tins for learning lately. Last week, we did a muffin tin coin counting activity, and while I was setting that […]

This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!

Sand writing center in a pencil box.

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These Magnetic Tiles Lowercase Letter Mats are a fun way for your young learners to practice identifying and forming the letters of the alphabet. Click on the link to learn more! https://abcsofliteracy.com/magnetic-tiles-lowercase-letter-mats/

If your kids are anything like mine, they stomp their feet and are full of protests when it's time to practice handwriting. I get it; writing letters over and over can get super boring. Thankfully, that's not the only way to practice. Round up your art supplies and get your kids excited to work on their handwriting with these skill-building exercises that also double as fun activities. This one, for example, lets your child dot a letter outline with a cotton swab dipped in paint. Kids like…

Use name kits to help teach young children their name. They are a simple and easy tool to use with the kids as part of their name practice.

These FREE editable name mats provide hands-on name practice for preschool and kindergarten. Help little ones learn to write their names while having fun!