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Preschool Daily Schedules for at Home Play and Learning

Not sure how to organize your preschoolers day? Here are 5 different preschool daily schedules from real moms of little ones. Many families are choosing to have their preschooler at home for play and learning. Or you might even have the opportunity to work remotely from home with your preschooler at home. I am often asked, what does your preschool at home daily schedule look like. Because it looks different for each family, I have asked some friends to share their general schedule with ... Read more...

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The Best Alphabet Books for Preschoolers

One of the quickest ways to teach the letters of the alphabet to your child is to explore these adorable alphabet books for preschoolers. This collection is full of colorful inviting children's books packed full of alphabet fun for your child. A must read alphabet book list! Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for online shopping. The Best Alphabet Books for Preschoolers There are many options when it comes to alphabet books for your child. This book list ... Read more...

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String Letters Craft – A Fun Alphabet Game for Kids

Take string art to a whole new level by creating this adorable string letters craft with kids. Create a keepsake for your child's bedroom or a fun alphabet game with this fun and easy to make string letters. Perfect craft idea for alphabet fun with kids. Here's how to make your own String Letters.  **This learning game was originally published in our book 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids **  String Letters Craft & Alphabet Game Memorizing the shapes of ... Read more...

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The Best Toys for Learning the Alphabet

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...

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How do you teach the letters of the alphabet?

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...

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Alphabet Soup Recipe for Kids

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...

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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...

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Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas

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...

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Fun Sight Word Activities 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...

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Sight Words and Alphabet Fun with Gems

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...

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