FREE LEARNING AT HOME RESOURCES
The global pandemic we are currently in has reshaped our lives, including the way most of us educate our children.
People’s lives have been upended and we all face a new, uncertain reality.
As a mom of four little ones, I am trying my best to not let my children know my worries.
I am keeping my family in a routine, and we are just doing our best to focus on the positive.
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I have been a K-5 classroom teacher as well as a homeschool mom, so I feel like I am in a unique position to truly understand what both teachers and parents are facing right now.
Parents are are under an incredible amount of stress right now, including a possible job loss or difficult work from home situation.
Teachers are in the stressful situation of trying to figure out how best to serve their students now that class is no longer in session.
I am here to help - whether you are a teacher or parent navigating a new reality of having students learn at home.
I created this new page on my website with you in mind! I hope these resources are helpful for you.
Please contact me if I can help in any way.
FREE ROUTINE AND CHORE CHARTS
Keeping my children on a routine is so incredibly important.
I’m currently working from home and homeschooling my children, so I need visual reminders. This way I do not constantly have to ask them to complete their daily chores/tasks.
CLICK HERE to print these free charts
Per request, I have now added routine charts! You can cut the cards apart and glue them in the order that works for your daily schedule. Children love to see their day “mapped out” so they know what to expect.
If there isn’t a card for what you need, just write in your activity! Both color and black and white printables are included in this free download.
Keeping my kiddos on a routine makes all the difference in our house, and I hope this is a blessing for your family.
FREE PRINT AND TEACH PACK
Just print and teach with this standards based pack.
Your kiddos will be practicing phonics, reading, writing and math every single day with these printable worksheets.
Included is a daily planner with pictures and checklists.
The month of March is completely FREE!
FREE HIGHLIGHT-A-LETTER
These adorable highlight a letter printables are perfect for practicing letter identification and handwriting. Print them front to back to save paper.
My kiddos love using these printables with bingo daubers.
CLICK HERE to print these free worksheets.
For more handwriting printables CLICK HERE
FAVORITE QUIET TIME ACTIVITIES
I used to call these activities busy bags when my oldest was a toddler.
I would get them, out one at a time, when I needed a few minutes to get something done. She loved them because most of the time they were put up out of sight.
Then I started using them in my classroom as centers. I’ll show you my favorite activities for quiet time and you can print free labels and pattern cards!
FREE EDITABLE NAME PRACTICE
The highlighted blue area shows you where you can type! The blue will not show up when you print.
Simply open the file in Adobe 11 Reader and type your child's name! This can be edited as many times as you would like - so if you're a classroom teacher you can use this one worksheet for your entire class.
You must download the PDF file to your computer to edit - please do not just open in a new browser. Be sure to click SAVE AS and rename the file to save your changes.
MONTHLY WORKSHEETS
My kids love these monthly themed activities. Every month is a new seasonal theme, and you can print free activities from every pack!
The worksheets get progressively harder starting in August through May.
CLICK HERE to print freebies from each month!
If you’re needing Pre-K materials, the Back to School (August pack) would be perfect for you!
LET’S GET READY FOR KINDERGARTEN!
I get so many emails asking how parents can help their child get ready for kindergarten.
I just released a brand new, six-week kindergarten readiness curriculum - perfect for teachers to use in the classroom or parents can implement the program at home.
You can print the entire first week for FREE and just watch how much they learn. Everything is planned for you! CLICK HERE
FREE MONTHLY LESSON PLANS & RESOURCES
See what we are up to each month!
I share all of the phonics, reading, writing, math, science and social studies that we are studying each month.
I share free printables on every page for you to print and use with your kiddos.
Just click the month you wish to view.
My lesson plans are all free to help you plan.
I created this Emergency Learn at Home pack to help you plan this unexpected time off.
Pre-made schedules using the free resources from my TPT shop are included, as well as editable schedules that you can tailor to meet your needs. You can create review packs for your students using all my freebie resources.
CLICK HERE to learn more
BOOK IDEAS FOR EACH MONTH
I love thematic teaching and using books that correlate to the season and/or holiday we are celebrating. I make fun, hands-on activities to go with a new read aloud each week.
March is All About Spring and April is All About the Earth
I offer free resources on both blog posts, and many of the books are linked to read aloud on youtube.
We love learning through play! I use sensory bins in my classroom centers and at home with my own children.
Print these FREE cards!
CELEBRATING THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
This is definitely not how we intended on celebrating the end of the school year.
But if you’re looking for ways to review what we learned in kindergarten, create memory books or portfolios CLICK HERE to learn more
This post also has so many FREE end of the school year review activities.
These printables can be used to review and practice so many skills we learned this year.
TODDLER ACTIVITIES
From learning colors, to adorable busy bags, animal matching games and learning shapes, see how I keep my toddlers busy all day. I share all of my busy bag printables for FREE!
FREE ONLINE RESOURCES
There are so many online resources out there, and it is hard to sort the good from the garbage.
Here are a few that we use in our home, and a few that I have seen circling that look helpful.
This is seriously so much fun! Lunch Doddles with Mo Williems
For the next few weeks, he is showing a video teaching kids how to draw and doodle… every weekday at 1pm EST.
My six year old is my artist. She is constantly drawing, and this is absolutely perfect for her!
My kids absolutely love audio books. We listen to them in the car everywhere we go. My girls absolutely love the Ramona Quinby series and Henry Huggins… and to be honest, so do I!
While school is out, Amazon is offering this incredible deal of FREE audio books for kids.
Usually, I let my girls pick out 1-2 new books a month since they aren’t cheap, so they are thrilled.
We are huge fans of Get Epic - I have had this app downloaded on my kid’s iPads for two years. I love it because I can make “libraries” for my three older kiddos who are now ages 4, 6 and 8.
They each have different interests and reading abilities, so I can tailor the books that are available for them to read.
I especially love the different options as these are not just audiobooks. My 4 and 6 year old still need the pictures, so there is a read-to-me option where it shows the book and actually reads them the story as it turns the pages. My 8 year old prefers the audiobooks.
Get Epic is offering FREE remote access while school is out! You can create libraries for your students in google classroom.