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The Best Toys for Learning the Alphabet

The best toys for learning the alphabet for kids

Start early learning with the best toys for learning the alphabet! Our top picks of alphabet toys for kids to encourage your child to learn the letters of the alphabet. The best alphabet toys encourage your child to learn letters and their sounds. These alphabet toys encourage phonemic awareness and prompt your child to match the beginning sounds of words to the right letter. Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, grade school, Letter Activities, Preschool, Toddler

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How do you teach the letters of the alphabet?

How to Teach Letters of the Alphabet to Kids

Learning the letter names is a fundamental step in early learning. Identifying uppercase and lowercase letter names is a learning standard for many preschool and kindergarten programs. We’ve asked some of the best parents and teachers around to answer the question: How do you teach the letters of the alphabet? Affiliate Links. Here at the Educators’ Spin On It, we believe in a hands-on, play based early learning environment.  As part of our book 100 FUN & Easy ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, grade school, Kindergarten, Preschool

By Kim Vij

Alphabet Soup Recipe for Kids

Alphabet Soup Recipe for Kids to Make. Includes cooking lesson plan for kids with books and activities too.

Learn how to cook with this delicious alphabet soup recipe for kids! A fun cooking lesson for kids which includes the recipe, books, and activities all about soup and the alphabet! To begin our Little Hands that Cook with Books Cooking Lesson this week we read The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin. In the story, the little girl compares her own family's green leafy vegetable garden to the neighbors' colorful flowering gardens. At the end of the story, her Mother makes a special soup from her ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening, Kids Activities, Recipes Tagged With: Alphabet, Cooking with Kids, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Kim, Little Hands That Cook, Preschool, Recipes

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Learn to Read Sight Words with this FUN Movement Sidewalk Chalk Sight Word Game

Learn to read Sight Words with this FUN, movement sidewalk chalk sight word game

When the weather gets nice – our sidewalk chalk comes out. It’s inexpensive and screams – CREATE WITH ME! The kids love to smash it and make colored chalk (which is sooo messy), I like to use it to think of fun ways to learn.  We’ve played this sidewalk chalk sight word game with my four year old who is just learning a few words because he wants to read like his big brother, with my seven year old to practice harder sight words, and with my 10 year old to review her reading ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Kindergarten, Movement, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, School Ages, sidewalk chalk, Sight Words

By Kim Vij

8 Tips for Raising a Strong Willed Child

Helpful tips for parenting a strong willed child

Are you looking for ways to support your strong willed child? Here are 8 strategies that have been tested in my classroom for many years and at home with my three children. They might be helpful for your child as well who struggles with maintaining their behavior at home or school. I am the first to admit that my 5 year old child is a strong willed little girl. From early on in her toddler years we noticed she would have temper tantrums over simple things if there weren’t just ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Behavior Management, grade school, Preschool, Social Skills, Strong Willed Child

By Kim Vij

Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas

BOOK ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS

You're invited to join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids for themed book activities. We're excited to be sharing with you weekly preschool books and activity ideas for the school year. It's your own personal preschool lesson plan with books for you and your child for the school year. Are you ready to join along? NEW LIST!!! JOIN US FOR THE NEW 2025-2026 VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to amazon for easy shopping online. Join our Weekly ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Book Activities, Book Extensions, Book List, Fall Activities, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Fun Sight Word Activities for Kids

A collection of the best Sight Word Games for Kids

Help your child learn sight words, to give them a strong foundation for success in reading. Try this collection of 25+ fun sight word activities for kids today! The Importance of Teaching Sight Words at Home Sight words play a very important role in the success of your child's reading ability. The more hands-on fun they can have with them, the quicker they will learn them. They are a great Afterschool Activity! Sight words are words that are frequently used in reading and writing. ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: grade school, Sight Words, Word Family

By Kim Vij

Sight Words and Alphabet Fun with Gems

Sight Word Gems Game for Kids

Create these super fun sight words and alphabet games gems for your child. So easy to make and use with so many learning ideas. Both of my girls have an obsession with the glass gems that you can buy at just about any craft store. We've found a fun way to use them for learning with play!   I love that this is an activity that both of my girls can do together as a sibling activity. For the bigger kids..... Create Sight Word Gems! For the younger kids...... Create Alphabet ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, grade school, Literacy, PLAY, Preschool, Sight Words, Spelling Words

By Kim Vij

Pinkalicious Sensory Alphabet Activity

Pinkalicious Inspired Alphabet Game for Kids

Create a Pinkalicious Alphabet Game for your preschooler. With just 3 simple supplies your child will be seeing Pink in no time! Are you ready for some Pink Fun? This post contains affiliate links to Amazon for easy online shopping.  Pinkalicious Alphabet Game for Kids This month we're featuring the adorable Pinkalicious book as our featured Virtual Book Club for Kids book. You could even make it a week long event and highlight some of the other books by these authors, ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Book Activities, grade school, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

ABC Fun Busy Bag with Straws

Make Your own ABC Manipulatives for Busy Bag

A hands-on activity for learning the letters of the alphabet with simple items from around your home. Just grab some colorful smoothie straws and foam letters to create this ABC Fun busy bag! Here's how... Busy Bags are one of the easiest ways to help your child build the skills they will need for school at home in a hands on way!  You can focus on a variety of topics and skills using everyday objects.  The best part is that they are prepared and ready for play anytime for your ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Alphabet, Busy Bag, Kim, Kindergarten, Preschool, Toddler

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