Math Printables for Home
Posted on May 13, 2010 10:28:12 AM
Activity Can Be Printed we offer two formats – Adobe PDF () and WORD Format.
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Dot Paper (WORD FORMAT)
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Pattern Blocks Grid (Use with our cut out pattern blocks pack) (WORD FORMAT)
PRINTABLE Resources
Hundreds Chart – A [...] Read More
How Parents Can Help Their Second and Third Grader Get Ready to Read
Posted on May 13, 2010 10:14:12 AM
Second and Third Graders Get Ready to Read Booklet (1.9 MB)
You are your child’s first and most important teacher. Use this booklet to help your child with reading.
Booklet from the National Institute for Literacy
How Parents Can Help Their First Grader Get Ready to Read
Posted on May 13, 2010 10:07:58 AM
First Grader Get Ready to Read Booklet (320 KB)
You are your child’s first and most important teacher. Use this booklet to help your young child learn to read.
Booklet from the National Institute for Literacy
How Parents Can Help Their Kindergartner Get Ready to Read
Posted on May 13, 2010 10:03:03 AM
Kindergartners Get Ready to Read Booklet (376 KB)
You are your child’s first and most important teacher. Use this booklet to help your young child learn to read.
Booklet from the National Institute for Literacy
How Parents Can Help Their Preschooler Get Ready to Read
Posted on May 13, 2010 09:55:52 AM
Preschoolers Get Ready to Ready to Read Booklet PDF (404 KB)
You are your child’s first and most important teacher. This booklet gives you ideas on how to help your young child get ready to read.
Booklet from the National Institute for Literacy
The Importance of Reading Widely
Posted on May 13, 2010 08:42:29 AM
Reading Widely PDF (136 KB)
It’s easy to find yourself lugging home a stack of library books that your kids will love to listen to. It’s harder to make sure you’re bringing home a wide variety of books. But that may be just as important. Sharing lots of different kinds, [...] Read More
Poems at Home
Posted on May 13, 2010 08:31:37 AM
Poems at Home PDF (124 KB)
Roses are red
Violets are blue
We like poetry
How about you?
While our poetry may not be very good, our ideas for sharing it with young kids definitely are! National Poetry Month is a time to celebrate poets, rhymes, rhythm, and word choices that make poetry fun [...] Read More
Make Your Own Cloud!
Posted on May 13, 2010 08:09:58 AM
What is a cloud exactly? We look at them every day, but few of us realize what they are made of.
In a nutshell, clouds are collections of tiny water droplets, formed when the warm air that is being heated by the sun’s rays meets the cold, damp air coming [...] Read More
WEST ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY SALE
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 11:20:13 AM
WEST ELEMENTARY
COMMUNITY SALE
Saturday, April 17th
9 am – 4 pm
Indoors at West Elementary
It’s time to spring clean!
West Elementary is hosting a Community Sale event on April 17th. Seller set up Friday night from 6-8 pm and Saturday morning from 7-9 am. The event will be held indoors at West Elementary [...] Read More
Make a Moon Winder
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 03:56:44 PM
Whirling patterns dance on the spinning wheel of a moon winder. Similar to the bird-in-a-cage spinning toy popular in Victorian times, this easy-to-make moon winder delights its users with its spinning movement that creates beautiful designs in the air with each flick of the wrist. Your preschooler can complete [...] Read More
Make an Alphabet Memory Game
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 03:54:22 PM
Learning the alphabet and letter sounds is extra fun if you play a game that you and your child made together! This game is very inexpensive to make and allows your child to practice using scissors and glue.
Recycle your old magazines as you search for pictures for each letter [...] Read More
Top It Off
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 03:52:40 PM
This is the perfect game for practicing addition with 3-digit numbers. Your second grader will love the element of chance combined with computation challenges as she competes to win! You’ll need to create your own dice (We have a template for you to print out below.) and a record [...] Read More
Get Metaphor and Simile Savvy Through Writing
Posted on Mar 9, 2010 01:22:51 PM
It started with “see Spot run,” and quickly progressed to “see Spot run, the brown dog, run after the stick.” But in the development of your child’s writing, what about “see Spot, the brown dog, run like the wind after the stick”? This last sentence uses a literary device [...] Read More
Paint Your Own Petroglyphs
Posted on Mar 9, 2010 01:20:44 PM
From the deserts of the American Southwest to the African Sahara and even the Australian outback, ancient peoples left behind the stories of their lives, painting pictures in reds and blacks, yellows and whites onto rocky outcrops and inside caves. In this activity, your 5th grade artist can pay [...] Read More
Explore Wheels and Axles
Posted on Mar 9, 2010 01:15:04 PM
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to give your kids a lesson in simple mechanics. With this easy activity, find out why wheels and axles go together like Popeye and spinach, to create a powerful matchup that can move mountains!
A wheel is great for spinning around, but you’d [...] Read More