Learning Disability Checklists

Here's a variety of checklists to determine the areas of strengths and weaknesses in all of the categories. Handy to print. These observational checklists will help you determine where your child's/student's strengths and weaknesses are. Check the appropriate items and bring forward to your IEP meeting, for a parent/teacher meeting or for your homeschooling records.Listening ComprehensionOral

Jesus loves the Little Children ( a Little Blessings Bible Lesson for Toddlers)

Bible Story time:Jesus came to townMatthew 19-13-15, Luke 8:1To spread the word of God, Jesus traveled from town to town. There were no televisions, radios or newspapers to spread the news about God. So Jesus walked from town to town to tell everyone God is Good!In one town as everyone was listening. some Mommies and Daddies brought their children to see Jesus. They wanted Jesus to hug their

Beginning Scissor skills

DEVELOPING HAND MUSCLESBefore children can cut properly, they need to first build up the muscles in their hands.* Do simple fingerplays with your child, especially ones that include opening and closing their fingers.* Let your child practice squeezing water out of sponges.* Give your child some squeeze type clothespins. Have him snap them onto a paper plate or piece of cardboard.FIRST SNIPS*

New Header (Banner) and Background

After some much thought and suggestions from my husband and sons, we made some visable changes to make the blog more fun and interesting to look at.A special thank you to the Cutest Blog on the block for their free backgrounds and ideas on customizing blogs. I really enjoy using a three column blog and this Monkey background puts a smile on my face and my sons!Hope you all like it!

Beginning Consonant Cards

While searching for introducing consonant for my toddler, I found a set of wonderful consonant cards to use. The person who created them (Jolanthe) designed them to help identify the beginning consonant sound in words. Her instructions:The publisher's instructions: There are 3 pictures provided for each consonant (with the exception of 'x' ) Print them printed off and laminate them to make them a

BLOG AWARD WINNERS

I was recently honored by Marietta at THE BOOKWORM'S BOOKLIST with a "I love your blog award." The rules for accepting this award to to pick award recipients to pass this award to. The Bookworm's Booklist in my book would take top honors for an award like this but since I have been given this award by Marietta, I am passing this award along to five other blogs which deserve suchdistinction. Here

Preschool Science: Bean Sprouts

Pictured above: Our bean sprouts that we planted in a 3 liter plastic bottle to learn about how plants come from seeds.The signs of Spring can be seen when winter comes to an end. You'll begin to see buds growing from flowers and some trees. The grass is no longer brown but green. The wind blows on a cool day and children can play without jackets and coats.One of the best ways to explain to

Storytime Saturday

My toddler adores the Max and Ruby books by Rosemary Wells. This is a video that was based on the book "Max's Chocolate Chicken." For those familiar with the popular children's television series., these are the orginal characters from the books. With Easter Sunday a week away, I thought we share. Enjoy!