The following guest post is written by Jackie Higgins, of Ready-Set-Read. Jackie is a great friend and longtime we teach member, now a member of the we teach advisory board. ———————————- I’m Jackie, an early literacy blogger, reading …
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family lifelunchbox love notes
school RULES! super-silly lunchbox joke notes
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaIt has been such an amazing summer. I am desperately, terribly, incredibly sad to see it go. But here we are. Marching forward. At my kids’ request, I whipped up another batch of lunchbox love notes. This time, they’re silly, …
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family funfamily lifeindoor activities
math, literacy, and creative summer learning: tabletop surprises
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWe’re week three into our tabletop surprises, and this week, we rocked some sneaky math, literacy, and creative thinking. The kids woke up to some easy activities and ones that required more thinking—and two that required more movement. Sign language …
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It’s hard to watch a child struggle trying to read a book that is too difficult, especially when the kiddo is adamant about plowing through it. Whether the struggles be with decoding the words on the page, with reading fluently, …
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Summer is almost in full swing, and for our family, there’s no better way to begin our summer fun than with a Summer Reading Kick-Off Party! Each year, we invite a few friends over and turn it into an easy …
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It’s actually hard for me to type this title after years and years and years of math drills that made my elementary-school head want to explode. Can learning math facts be fun? Is it possible that learning these facts can …
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early literacysight words
3 all-time best games to play with sight words
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWhat games do you play with sight words? Sight words are words that we all need to be able to read quickly and automatically in order to be strong readers, and the more we allow emerging readers to interact with …
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christmasholidays
an easy-to-build stage for the performers in your family
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaThat’s right. A stage. So your kids can totally rock it out during your spring break Staycation. Or so your house becomes THE house for playdates. Or so you and your husband can John and Olivia to some Summer Lovin’. …
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holidaysvalentine's day
homemade Scratch Art bookmark valentines: easy, cool, kid-happy
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaIt’s that time of year when hearts and love and pink and hugs and candy and kisses are in the air. So the kids and I have been busy making Valentines for their classmates—one of our favorite holiday traditions. This …
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originally published on 2/5/2010: —————— There’s something about creating homemade Valentines that makes my heart skip a beat. So as long as I’m able–and my kids are willing–I hope to helpthem with their Valentines for their pals each year. Last …
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Ever have one of those days when you need a serious pat on the back? A hug? A gold star? Ever wish that at the end of the day that you’d get a high-five from anyone for being a half-decent …
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Halloween is over, so our joke notes are pushed to the wayside. Our wordless riddles are taking a break, and the troops are ready for someserious lunchtime fun before the holidays hit. When I asked Maddy, Owen, and Cora what …
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organizationparenting
morning and evening reminders for kids: easy reader style
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaEvery day is a little bit different in our house—and everyone’s house. But deep down, we all thrive on consistency, on patterns, on schedules. I’ve always been a big fan of implementing a daily schedule for kids, even when parents …
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One of my first, most distinct happy, happy memories was when I was six years old. I was eating my very first lunch out of my very first lunchbox, in my first-ever time in the cafeteria, on my very first …
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Every summer, our school hands out summer packets–worksheets upon worksheets with ways that parents can continue the learning all summer long. And among the worksheets are ideas that incorporate learning in everyday activities for both reading and math. I have …
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One of the things I believe in strongly is that any time can be a great time to sneak in some sort of learning. Whether it’s counting the candies in the line at the grocery store checkout, learning about the …
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early literacysight words
words 3 ways: learning sight words for kindergarten
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaCora is totally into learning how to read, so I am seriously running with it. She wants to practice the sight words that were included in her kindergarten packet. She wants to be able to decode the words in her …
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Learning math facts has been a long, hard road for Maddy. It’s actually very often a long, hard road for many kids–including myself–way back when. I remember hours of practicing my basic facts and hours of frustration at the fact …
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family lifetravel
disney word searches: getting kids ready for the trip!
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaWe were on a major word search kick a while back, but we’ve taken a good long rest from them. So in honor of our upcoming Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, I decided to bring back this oldie but goodie …
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