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The Best Children’s Books About Summer!

Posted on June 23, 2023 2 Comments

a collection of summer picture books for kids images of front covers

The weather is warm, the sun is shining and school is out! Summer is the perfect time to relax with a book and these awesome children’s books about summer are the perfect thing to keep your kids reading all summer long. We’ve collected a huge list of our favourite summer books for preschoolers (bigger kids […]

Build Words With Letter Lego Blocks and CVC Word Cards

Posted on August 21, 2020 3 Comments

cvc word cards and duplo letter blocks

Combine spelling practice and word recognition with Legos! Find out how we made these letter Lego blocks and download the free printable CVC word cards so you can practice building some words. This project is a collaboration with Cricut – I was gifted a Cricut Maker and accessories to try out.This post contains affiliate links. […]

15 Fabulous Free Audiobooks for Kids.

Posted on March 20, 2020 12 Comments

Check out this list of the best kids audiobooks free to download! My kids love listening to audiobooks. They listen in the car, on ipods while waiting at appointments, while they clean their rooms, and often while they fall asleep at night. When the kids were little we had a selection of audio books on […]

Free Printable Halloween Writing Prompts for Kids

Posted on October 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

Free Printable Halloween writing prompts

These free printable Halloween writing prompts includes 6 different writing prompts (including a Halloween acrostic poem) and a sheet of printable Halloween writing paper. Download and print these Halloween writing pages for a quick and easy, no-prep, Halloween writing activity for your kids. Some kids love to write, and some kids… well they need a […]

Printable Shark Puppets

Posted on September 12, 2018 7 Comments

Printable shark puppets - song your own version of the baby shark song!

Do you know the Baby Shark song?Make these free printable shark puppets and sing your own version of the Baby Shark song! These shark puppets are the perfect activity for Shark Week, which is in July each year. You can use these puppets to sing a shark song, or act out a story, or as […]

What am I? Game – Free Printable Family Game

Posted on January 24, 2017 10 Comments

What Am I? Game - a quick and easy family game with a free printable to get you started

Use our free printable What Am I? game cards to play this fun family game! Sometimes I see those families who go camping on weekends, or do bush walks once a month, or who plan elaborate family movie nights with themed food and activities, and I wish that was us, but it’s not us. We […]

Five Little Elves Song – Free Printable Puppets

Posted on November 30, 2016 9 Comments

Five Little Elves - a Christmas counting song with free printable puppets

The Five Little Elves song is a fun Christmas counting song that is even more fun when you use our free five little elves printable puppets! This cute Christmas counting song is sung to the tune of ‘Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed’, but this time there are five little elves and they are […]

Pintable Elephants Puppets and a Counting Song.

Posted on July 20, 2016 8 Comments

elephants balancing puppets

Use these free printable elephant puppets to sing the Elephant’s Balancing counting song! These cute little elephants make perfect puppets or use them with a flannel/felt board. Act out the fun Elephants Balancing preschool song with your kids while they work on lots of language and number skills. I have always had a soft spot […]

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