Before Five in a Row: Jesse Bear and clothing printable

Two years ago, I made a bear and clothing to teach my youngest son about the clothing we wear during the seasons.  He loved it so much we added our Jesse bear to our Calendar Chart. 



This year our bear will be used when we read the book “Jesse Bear, what will you wear?” as part of our Before Five in a Row curriculum.  I thought since so many of my friends and fellow readers are using Before

Jungle Animal Cards

I have been spending some time making printables for my preschooler. We will be doing a jungle thematic unit in May. I created some pattern cards and I just completed our Jungle Animal Shadow Matching cards.The animals include an elephant, giraffe, hippo, monkey, tiger and lion. Just click on the thumbnail to download your copy. Simply print on cardstock or copy paper, cut and laminate, Your

Math Fractions Printable

This week we started on fractions. My older sister gave us some Math Fraction strips made of durable plastic and they come in handy when covering math with the boys. We liked them so much that I tried finding a second set online to no avail so I set on making my own for the boys! We want to share our printable with you! Just click on the thumbnail image above to download your own Math Fraction

November Reading Lists

We love books and it’s no surprise that we end up with a large amount of books for subjects we want to learn about and that includesholidays! We look for books that are age appropriate as well as those that can be used for our unit studies.Through the years, we have found some good book reads on different themes and this past year we found some interesting books during our participation with

Books for a Unit study on Native Americans

As promised, I have completed my Book list for a study on Native Americans. It is a five page download which contains some helpful tips when doing a unit study on this subject. I have included a chart that indicates the meanings of colors to Native Americans.In this download is a selection of books in three different sections by selected ages: Books for Baby to Preschool. Books for ages 4 to 8.

October Reading Lists

During the past several weeks I have been looking at books to add to our reading book lists for the months of October to November. I like to look for books that are age appropriate as well as those that can be used for our unit studies.Through the years, we have found some good book reads on different themes and some interesting books during our participation with Natalie@ Mouse grows Mouse

Transportation Game cards

I made a Transporation game for my preschooler to help learn about the different modes of transportation. I made the picture cards and came up with questions for the game.I am sharing the game with my readers! Feel free to download and print the cards and questions by clicking on the thumbnail image below.There are 4 pages shown in this set with 6 cards on each the Transportation card pages.

Cloud Cards - Printable

Last week the boys started their study on clouds. My oldest son will be doing a month long study of them as part of his Nature Studies. We are doing a cloud journal and will be observing clouds throughout the seasons.I thought about a creative way to have on hand an easy portable method of having pictures of the different types of clouds for the boys when we do our observations. I came up making

Ocean Cards

Last year in June we did an Ocean theme unit and I made some Ocean Creature cards for the boys to use. We are using some of the cards this year for our study on Coral Reefs.The cards were orginally uploaded to Sribd but I have moved them to Homeschool Launch where you can download them for free. Just click on the thumbnail below.There are 9 pages shown in this set with 6 cards on each the Ocean

Our Mrs. Wishy Washy and Farm Animals

Pictured above Mrs. Wishy Washy story characters I madefor our homeschool as we read "Mrs. Wishy Washy" this week!This week we began our farm theme. We are doing book activities from two books: "Mrs. Wishy Washy" and "Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm." Next week we are reading the Little Red Hen. I picked up some other books which you can see on our right side bar which lists what we'll be reading for the

Our Weather Bear (and how you can make your own!)

My youngest is learning about the seasons and so far we have been using our Seasonal Tree that I made. I wanted to help my child learn about the weather too and in addition to making a weather chart, I made a weather bear.I wanted the weather bear to teach my youngest son about the weather and what clothing we wear on certain weather days. Turtle calls his weather bear "Jesse bear" after one of

Beginning Letter Sounds: Letter H cards

This week we began our two week theme of H is for Home (Homes we live in and learning animal homes) I made my fourth Beginning Letter Sounds worksheet and this week it is on the Letter H. We used ours to make a Letter H collage. I printed another set for laminate as a Letter H matching game.I am sharing the cards with my readers! Feel free to download and print the cards by clicking on the

Beginning Letter Sounds: Letter T cards

This Tuesday we began our two week theme of T is for Train (Transportation theme) I made my third Beginning Letter Sounds worksheet and this week it is on the Letter T. We used ours to make a Letter T collage. I printed another set for laminate as a Letter T matching game.I am sharing the cards with my readers! Feel free to download and print the cards by clicking on the thumbnail image below.

Ocean Creature Cards

Last week I made some Ocean Creature cards for the boys to use for our F is for Fish theme. I am sharing with my readers! Feel free to download and print the cards by clicking on the thumbnail image below.There are 9 pages shown in this set with 6 cards on each the Ocean creature pages. There are a 18 Ocean creatures shown with a matching picture card. I have included word cards provided for each