READING
Alphabet
300 Creative Magna Tile Ideas
Looking for Magna Tile ideas for kids to build? Choose one of 320+ printable Magna Tile cards and build away! There are letters, numbers, geometric shapes, 2D/3D creative designs, animals, and seasonal ideas. The sad truth of parenthood is most toys eventually fall...
Hands-on Literacy Activities
Set up a new literacy centre for kindergarten every two weeks with our selection of hands-on literacy activities and printables! Whether you are teaching in a traditional kindergarten classroom or looking to organize a homeschool room, literacy stations make a great...
Popsicle Stick Letters
Challenge children to build popsicle stick letters, while using these printable cards for inspiration! What craft supplies are more common than popsicle sticks? And yet, it never occurred to me that we could make popsicle stick letters! It was my three-year-old...
LEGO Duplo Alphabet Mats
Build the alphabet with Duplo bricks, using these printable Lego Duplo Alphabet Mats with uppercase and lowercase letter designs! Also check: Lego 3D AlphabetLego 2D AlphabetPattern Block AlphabetMagna-Tiles Alphabet Before my son was old enough to dedicate the living...
LEGO Alphabet
Use these printable LEGO alphabet mats to combine early literacy with STEM and teach letters in a playful hands-on way! Everything is a little more fun with LEGO! That’s why we try to include the blocks into as many of our learning activities as we can. The kids love...
Pattern Block Alphabet: Printable Challenge Cards
Combine early literacy with STEM and teach the alphabet in a playful hands-on way with these printable pattern block cards! Also check: Lego 3D AlphabetLego 2D AlphabetLego Duplo AlphabetMagna-Tiles Alphabet One of the latest additions to our classroom are these...
LEGO Letters Printable
Teach your children the alphabet in a playful hands-on way by making Lego letters! Also check: Lego 3D AlphabetLego Duplo AlphabetPattern Block AlphabetMagna-Tiles Alphabet About LEGO Letters If you have a LEGO lover around, you know that everything is a little more...
Lego Duplo Animals and Alphabet
Build Lego Duplo animals while learning the alphabet! Included are 26 free printable cards with animal and letter designs. My son was not among the natural early readers. He never worried about mastering his letters, as long as there were things to tinker with and his...
Wooden Block Alphabet Free Printable Cards
Learn the alphabet the hands-on way - by building letters with wooden blocks! Use our free printable cards for inspiration. People process information differently, and while three main processing methods are defined as auditory, visual and kinesthetic, there are in...
Magna-Tiles Uppercase Alphabet Printable Cards
A great addition to your literacy corner, these printable cards encourage kids to make letters with Magna-Tiles, Picasso Tiles, and other magnetic tiles. It is a fun hands-on way to teach the alphabet to preschoolers and kindergartners who like building. Also check:...
Beginning Readers
Reading and Writing Apps for Kids
We have selected the best reading and writing apps for kids that make English lessons engaging, creative, and fun! While we fully endorse the ideas of hands-on learning, reading aloud, and nature exploration, we like to use electronics to our advantage all the same....
10 Best Early Reader Comic Books
Early reader comic books give kids who are just beginning to read an opportunity to step away from workbook texts and enjoy the stories! While teaching my son to read this year, I was faced with a problem. I mean, besides the attention span of a six-year-old when he...
DIY Printable CVC Rods with Phonetic Reading Blocks
Make a DIY version of Montessori CVC Rods with Phonetic Reading Blocks for beginning readers with these printable templates! These CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) phonetic reading blocks are inspired by the wooden blocks used in Montessori schools. The blocks provide...
Book Collections
Women in History Books for Kids
To celebrate Women's History Month, we have selected 25 of the best picture books about inspiring women for kids! Do you read books with children? If you're on this page, you're probably a dedicated book lover, just like me. Personally, I have always preferred...
15 Fun Science Graphic Novels
Science graphic novels are a great way for kids and adults to combine educational and enjoyable reading into one! It used to be a common belief that comic books don't deserve attention from a serious reader. Nothing can be further from truth with these science comic...
Anatomy Books for Kids
Pick one of these anatomy books for kids to supplement your studies of the human body! Children start asking questions about their bodies very early. A younger sibling on the way prompts, "Where do babies come from?" An argument over candies naturally leads to a...
Graphic Novels for Kids
Graphic novels and comic books for kids are great for encouraging interest in reading! Not very long ago at all, if someone had mentioned comics to me, my first thought would have been, "Like... Batman or Superman?" Something more for a teenager than a little boy like...
10 Best Early Reader Comic Books
Early reader comic books give kids who are just beginning to read an opportunity to step away from workbook texts and enjoy the stories! While teaching my son to read this year, I was faced with a problem. I mean, besides the attention span of a six-year-old when he...
50+ Best Audiobooks for Kids that Adults Will Also Like
Do you have a child who loves to read? Check out our list of the best audiobooks for kids. Equally great for road trips and during quiet time at home! When I was a child, we had a few audiobooks on vinyl. Before I learned how to read, they were my most treasured...
Guess the Picture Book by the First Line: Free Printable Game for Kids
Guess the Picture Book by the First Line is a free printable game for kids who like to read, for their parents, teachers and librarians. Print, cut the cards out, and play! "In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf..." Chances are, if you have a kid under...
Send a Book on an Adventure: Bookcrossing for Children
Have you ever lost a book? It has happened to me a couple of times. But have you ever lost a book on purpose? I have not had such an opportunity until a few days ago when our family decided to participate in bookcrossing. As it turned out, there is...
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Box Set Review
If you have never read Calvin and Hobbes, it requires a short introduction. It was a comic strip written by Bill Watterson and published daily in the newspapers from 1985 until 1995. The comic features the daily life and philosophical observations of a six-year-old,...
Picture Books that Make the Best Gifts
We love books, and have pretty much set a monthly fund for “growing the library”. It has been growing so well that the books are now everywhere. They are spilling off the shelves, and can be found in the baskets by our beds, on the kitchen table, and in the car. It...
Audiobooks for Toddlers: Record Your Own Audiobooks
If your toddler can listen to books for hours, maybe he or she is ready for audibooks? Record audiobooks for your kids and win yourself a little time for coffee while they're enjoying their favourite stories! When I was a little girl, I had a couple of vinyls with...
Toddler’s Favourite Book: Make It Yourself
In our family, we like creating traditions for celebrating milestones, and we certainly never fail to find more of them. I can hardly think of any parent who would not be excited about their child turning one, though. Last December, when Budster turned one, we planned...
WRITING
All About My Mom: Free Printable Poster
Make an All About My Mom free printable poster for a special mother figure in your life! And if you want to honour a beloved grandma, we’ve got you covered as well.
All About My Dad Printable Poster
Make an All About My Dad printable poster for a special father figure in your life! If you have a special granddad to congratulate, there are separate templates for an All About My Grandpa printable poster. Children say the funniest and the most sincere things when...
10 Christmas Writing Prompts for Kids
Engage in festive writing while using one of 10 free Christmas writing prompts for kids. Use a Santa letter writing template, play a Christmas would-you-rather game on paper, write a holiday acrostic, and more! The month before Christmas is filled with the smell...
70 Printable Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
Engage in writing while using one of 70 creative writing prompts for kids that describe interesting techniques and offer captivating scenarios! Compose a haiku or an acrostic; learn the use of alliteration, simile, and onomatopoeia; pen a letter to yourself in 5...
Finish the Proverb Writing Prompts
Finish the proverbs with these free printable worksheets. Both a great creative writing prompt for children and a memory exercise for adults! As you sow, so shall you reap. Very wise. As old proverbs tend to be. But... Doesn't actually say much to modern children,...
How to Write a Book Review – for Kids
Wondering how to teach children to write book reviews? With this free printable template, anyone can write one! While I usually write about our educational games and crafts, the biggest part of our homeschooling has always been reading books. (Isn't it the same for...
Free Printable Writing Prompts for Kids Who Begin to Write
Is copying words in worksheets not engaging enough for your beginning writer? Try these free printable writing prompts for kids who begin to write. They are short and fun, and they prompt children to write while making little books about themselves! Learning to read...
Free Printable Nature Journal
Learn how to start a printable nature journal with kids using a free template that offers ten creative prompts. This simple STEM activity will encourage kids to go outside, explore nature scientifically, then record their nature finds artistically! Our appreciation of...
End of School Year: Printable Journal of Questions for Kids
Another school year is coming to an end. Encourage kids to answer the questions in this free printable end-of-school journal to capture the year's memories forever! When school comes to an end, it is a perfect time to create a little time capsule with children's...
About Me: Free Printable Q&A Journal of Writing Prompts for Kids
This free printable journal for kids is filled with creative questions and writing prompts that will inspire even the most reluctant of writers to create their own book about what they know best. A book about themselves. People change. It’s especially noticeable with...
Best of the Year: Free Printable Journal for Kids to Fill on New Year’s Eve
On New Year's Eve, make this Best of the Year free printable journal together with kids! Filled with writing and drawing prompts, it captures their best memories of the past year and prompts them to make resolutions for the year to come. The end of each year is...
Make a Back-to-School Book of Questions for Kids
As a first-day-of-school tradition, make this little back-to-school book together with kids! Filled with writing and drawing prompts, it captures their likes and dislikes, hobbies and aspirations. A fun keepsake for parents and a creative way for teachers to get to...
52 Questions to Ask Children: Free Printable Q&A Journal
If you like creating keepsakes and family traditions, you will like this one. Download this free printable template for a Q&A journal with 52 questions to ask your children - and fill it once a week or whenever convenient! People change. It’s especially noticeable...
Name Writing Nature Hunt
Sometimes a new focus is all that is required to return the vibrancy to something that is beginning to pale. This is what this activity is about - making a familiar walk special by having a spontaneous nature hunt. But we weren't just hunting for pretty leaves and...
Peek-a-Boo Book from Envelopes
As a part of the Junk Play series that focuses on creating crafts and toys for kids from recyclables, we made a little peek-a-boo book from envelopes. Lately, my son has been very partial to sea creatures - whales, sharks, and dolphins. We took him to see the...
Best Board Games for Nurturing Creativity
Board games did not come into my life until I was in my early twenties. I had some experience playing Monopoly when I was a little girl, and there were a few versions of Snakes and Ladders, but I did not discover the variety of board games available until my best...