Tips, Resources, and Encouragement for Busy Moms
My little cowboy is working on the long vowel sounds. I created these long vowel sounds worksheets so he could fully grasp the concept. There are (4) pages total concentrating on the long vowel sounds. You can either print as worksheets or laminate them for additional usage. You also might like our phonetic blend charts, too. They were a big help when mastering the beginning phonetic lessons. I created these Long Vowel Sounds Worksheets for my email subscribers. Just fill out {Read More}
I’m not sure about your kiddos, but mine love to display their Spelling Tests on the refrigerator. So I decided to make these festive Valentine’s Spelling Test Printables for my children. I thought they were cute, so I wanted to share them with you. There are (4) different pages to choose from depending on what spelling level your child falls into. The more advanced pages have space for dictation. You can use these Valentine’s Spelling Printables with any spelling program. {Read More}
Who wrote the first American novel? James Fenimore Cooper holds this honor for writing The Pioneers. He also holds the honor of being considered by many to America’s “national novelist.” The Pioneers, however, was not Cooper’s first novel. His first novel Precaution and his second novel The Spy were both based on British literary models. But when Cooper created the character of Natty Bumppo for The Pioneers, he broke away from the literary molds of the past and created his own, uniquely American novel. {Read More}
I have a second grader who is learning to write complete sentences. He’s not too keen on writing. He does love Draw Write Now, so I wanted to come up with something similar. The printable is self-explanatory. Just Read, Draw, Trace, and Write the sentence. Here’s a sample of the 12 pages of the Learn a Sentence Printable Pack! I just have my son complete one per day. These cute FREE Learn the Sentence Printables are available to my email {Read More}
If you were to make a list of the top American authors of the 1800s, it is likely you’d include the names of two authors who were both born in 1807: John Greenleaf Whittier and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Like many American authors of his time, Longfellow was born into a financially secure family in New England. He attended private schools and studied Sir Walter Scott and Washington Irving. John Greenleaf Whittier, however, had a very different background. He was born {Read More}
