Colorful River

Make a colorful river using sidewalk chalk and water lightly running from your garden hose. The kids enjoy watching the colors mix and make a beautiful mural on the driveway.

Word Bubbles-High Frequency Words for First Grade

I had some large bubble wrap and wrote on the flat part of the bubbles some of my son's first grade high frequency words (sight words). He loves to pop those bubbles! His reward for correctly reading each word is to pop the bubble. :) Simple yet very effective!

I had some metallic permanent colored markers to make the display more colorful.

ABC Box

Hands-on learning for beginning sounds are found inside “My ABC Box!” Children can practice... letter identification of both uppercase and lowercase letters... sound identification... and matching letters to their correct corresponding realistic item.


All 26 items are sized for small hands and chosen based on ease of identification.This activity is Montessori inspired. My children helped me make this ABC box, it’s a wonderful tactile way of understanding how letters and sounds work.

Recommended for preschool and kindergarten children. My older daughters' enjoyed helping their brother with this activity!