These free little readers focus on community helpers, using common sight words to make short, predictable sentences. They are not the typical roles chosen for this topic but are important to our societies nonetheless! Community helpers These free readers include 2 books for each of the following: Actors Bakers Gardeners Hairdressers The first book contains […]
Free Alphabet Activity Books
We can never have too many fun letter resources and these alphabet activity books are a great way to help reinforce your child’s learning. What you’ll need Click on the following highlighted link to get your Alphabet Activity Books (A-E). They’ll be sent immediately to your downloads folder or other device equivalent. They come in […]
Free 3D Shapes Readers
This week our focus is geometry and we have some 3D shapes readers for you! They’re free to download at the bottom of this post. If you love mixing math with literacy these will help! What you’ll need Download the 3D Shapes Readers. You’ll find the link below the next photos. Print them off in […]
Ant Life Cycle: First, Next, Then
Science is hugely fascinating for kids, but since I focus on math and literacy on the blog I need to find more ways to incorporate science into those two areas. So today we’re using the ant life cycle to focus on writing first, next, then, after that and finally! What you’ll need A copy of […]
Cinderella Readers and Vocabulary Books
Everyone loves a fairy tale! In these free readers Cinderella is off to the ball so grab your wand and let’s go! What’s inside: Cinderella went to the Ball: A Reader in color and black and white. Cinderella Words: A word book in color and black and white. What you’ll need: A copy of this […]
Free April Fools’ Day Readers
These April Fools’ Day readers are great for adding some new vocabulary to your little one’s reading. Are there differences between a joke, a prank and a trick? Use these readers as a catalyst for discussion. April Fools’ Day readers Book 1: Contains words only, in dotted print so children can trace over each letter. […]
4 Free Hot Chocolate Readers
Does the thought of hot chocolate make you feel good? Here are some lovely readers to give your kids that warm cozy feeling! Two versions Words: this version uses cocoa powder, sugar, water and milk. It uses simple words to make it more possible for beginner readers to feel like they can ‘read’ it successfully. […]
Healthy Eating in Young Children: #1
This podcast episode about healthy eating in young children is taken from a previous research post that you can find here. If you click this link you’ll find a transcript that’s fairly close to this episode as well the list of research articles that were used. Click on the player above to listen to this […]
Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
Have you seen homemade ice cream recipes around the internet but never tried them? We decided to give them a go this week and had a lot of fun experimenting (and taste testing) to see what mix we liked best. It’s super easy and kid-friendly. That is, the kids will be doing it all rather […]
Healthy Eating and Body Image in Preschool Children
Food intake in early childhood is largely dependent on parents, carers and early childhood centres. Do most parents want their children to eat healthily? Absolutely! Does this mean most children have completely healthy diets? Not really! If you want to listen to this post instead you can do that at The Early Childhood Research Podcast. […]