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Alphabet Tracing Pages – FREE Printable

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March 25, 2020 by Jolanthe 1 Comment

Today we have a brand new set of printables for you – Alphabet Tracing Pages! This free alphabet set includes a guide for writing both the uppercase and lowercase letters from A to Z as well as some additional fun learning.

A Peek Inside

Each of the alphabet tracing pages is 8.5″ x 11″ and shows the letter formation at the top, includes two lines to practice both the uppercase and lowercase letter, a “find the uppercase and lowercase letter” space, and an area to trace the beginning letter and color images that start with the letter sound (A for apple, Z is for zebra – please note, all vowels images are for the short vowel sound).

All pages are in grayscale (to help you save on ink!). Please note this is a large file, so the preview may not show. :)

If you’d like to reuse the sheets, slide the page into a sheet protector and trace the maze and color using dry erase markers. Otherwise, print and have fun!

Holly Berry Counting Cards – FREE Printable

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December 19, 2018 by Jolanthe Leave a Comment

Looking for a fun way to work on counting with 1:1 correspondence and add in the Christmas theme? The Holly Berry Counting Cards are a quick (and easy) printable to help you out as you wind down for the Christmas season.

If you’d like to grab the Holly Berry Counting Cards for your family or classroom, feel free to download them below!

Inside the Holly Berry Counting Card Pack

Here’s a peek at what’s included. There are two different styles of cards, depending on the ability of your children.

If your children are still working on number identification and 1:1 counting, use the basic card set with the larger number and holly berry counting card.

If you children are able to identify number words along with numbers and counting 1:1, use the second set of counting cards for your child to work on matching.

The Holly Berry Counting Cards Printable is a FREE download. Have fun using them, but if you would like to share, please send friends a link to this post (much appreciated!)

Additional Printables You Will Enjoy

Need something to keep the kids busy when family visits for Christmas dinner – or maybe an activity or two to fill in as the school year winds down? Grab the 16 page Christmas Activity Pack (FREE).

The printables for Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree include fun activities to tie in with the book ~ vocabulary words, word tracer cards, puzzles, tree size sequencing cards, a story sight word chart, recycling items, counting activities and more! Be sure to download BOTH sets of the printables since they go together and build on the skills your child will use.

Use the Christmas Cookie Number Sort cards to have your child work on sequencing numbers from 1 to 20 or have your child sort the numbers by odd or even. If 20 numbers is too many, choose a handful of numbers and record them on the mat {great handwriting practice as well}.

If your kids love the book Gingerbread Baby, be sure to check out this post full of 30 go-along activities and more for the book!

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Pattern Block Mats and Cards – New Printables

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December 7, 2017 by Jolanthe 1 Comment

We have a huge bin of colorful pattern blocks in our house that I just can’t bring myself to give away. There’s something about sitting down with them when kids come to visit (or we just want to have a little fun) that makes me want to hang onto them for quite some time.

To go along with the blocks, we now have a few sets of alphabet pattern block cards inside our bin so we can pull them out for learning fun with the nieces and nephews that visit.

And I would love to share these printables with you all as well!

Mini Pattern Block Cards – Subscriber Freebie!

The Mini Pattern Block Cards are a brand new subscriber freebie. These cards print off four to a page (so each card is quarter-page size).

There are two sets included in this printable: one set of uppercase letter cards and one set of lowercase letter cards.

Each card also has a small uppercase and lowercase letter in the upper right corner showing the represented letter, so children can use the cards as an uppercase/lowercase matching opportunity as well.

Personally, I suggest laminating the cards for added durability – little hands might make a mess of them otherwise! :) Somehow I don’t think that just our house, right?

If you’d like to download this freebie, simply click the green button below to subscribe. You’ll be sent an email with the password (and you’ll receive emails from me).

Are you already an email subscriber? Please go to this private page and enter the NEW password. You can find the password in your most current email at the very bottom. Become a subscriber HERE and receive instant access.

If you would rather not subscribe, you can find this printable in my Teacher’s Pay Teachers store and purchase it HERE for $1.50.

Uppercase and Lowercase Pattern Block Mats

I also put together two additional sets that I absolutely love: pattern block mats for both uppercase and lowercase letters. Both sets are full-sized (8.5 x 11 sheets) and work with a 1:1 size for each of the pattern blocks, so kids can place the blocks directly onto the mats as they build the letters. The uppercase and lowercase sets are each 52 pages.

There are two sets included in each 52 page printable set: one includes a letter page with the alphabet letter only and the second includes the letter as well as several pictures of words that begin with that letter sound.

For added learning, use the “how many?” area at the bottom of the pages to count how many pattern blocks of each type are used in creating the letters.

Number Pattern Block Mats

The Pattern Block Number Mats feature numbers from zero to twenty. Each mat includes the number word at the top, a space for children to build the number using pattern blocks, and then an area to count the blocks used to build the number (21 pages).

Purchase the Pattern Block Mats

Each of these sets can be purchased in my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking on the graphics or the below links.

Purchase the Pattern Block Lowercase Letter Mats – $3.50
Purchase the Pattern Block Uppercase Letter Mats – $3.50
Purchase the Pattern Block Number Mats – $2.50
Purchase the Pattern Block Letter and Number Mats Bundle – $6.00

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ABC Letter Crafts for Kids

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September 18, 2017 by Jolanthe Leave a Comment

If you’ve been around my blog for any amount of time, you may remember the many upper and lowercase letter crafts I worked on with our kids and preschool co-op classes. Finding ways for kids to visualize letter sounds is definitely something that we’ve seen make a difference in our home (and besides, the crafts were super cute!).

Recently, a site I love began sharing some hands-on ABC crafts that I know your family will adore. Each week they are posting a new uppercase letter craft based on a different animal. Take a look at some of the ones they have shared so far:

Click on any of the images above to go directly to those posts and learn more about the weekly alphabet crafts here.

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Goodnight Moon Sequencing Cards – Free Printable

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May 4, 2017 by Jolanthe 2 Comments

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown was one of our favorite books when the kids were little. I do believe I can still quote the entire book by heart, I know it that well.

We used the book as a part of our Before Five in a Row studies and years ago I created some go-along printables for the story. Recently though I found some new clip art that was just begging to be put into something *new*. Since we have nieces and nephews, there is always an excuse to create with them! I am going to update the other printables soon, but today I wanted to share a little something new to go along with the book: the Goodnight Moon sequencing cards.

In the set, you’ll find both number sequencing and sentence strip sequencing. Your children can either work on number placement (up to 14) and number word identification or reading short sentence strips.

The number cards can be separated into three pieces: picture card, number, and number word. A set of vocabulary cards is also included in the set if you would prefer to match pictures to word cards.

Don’t forget to check out the fun activities we worked on in our Goodnight Moon unit (Kaleb looks so little in the pictures!!).

If you’re ready to work on sequencing with your kids, feel free to download by clicking the green button below.

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Alphabet Mini Booklets – Letters U to Z (Free Printable)

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January 23, 2017 by Jolanthe 2 Comments

Mini alphabet booklets - letters U to Z printable from Homeschool Creations

Every few weeks I have been sharing a set of alphabet mini booklets with you. Today I have a brand new set to share for the letters U-Z. My friend’s daughter and I have been working through these booklets a few letters at a time and having fun together. The booklets are very simple and fold up into a quarter-sheet size – perfect for smaller hands.

A Peek Inside

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Each of the letter sheets prints off double sided onto 8.5″ x 11″ paper and folds to a quarter-sheet sized booklet. There are a total of 8 mini-pages for each booklet and inside you’ll find the following:

Cover – color in the block letters as you talk about upper and lower case letters and the sound the letter makes
Finish the Maze – find your way through the beginning sounds maze
Trace the Letters – trace the upper and lower case letters
Do-a-Dot upper and lower case – use crayons, paint, stickers, or other art mediums to color the circles
Color the Picture Words (2 pages) – color and say the words that being with the booklet letter
Words I Know – write down all the words your child knows that begin with the letter

alphabet-mini-booklet-fold-and-cut-example Once printed, cut along the horizontal dotted line. Stack the papers (pages are numbered) and fold in half on the solid line to create a mini booklet. Borderless printing is recommend (an option in most printer settings).