bust out your crayons

It's sight words. It's leaves. It's the  Sight Word Leaf Game. Sounds creative, right?  For this game, we printed out the leaves, and threw them all over the floor.  Getting excited?  (For my preschooler who can't read a lick, I also printed out each word by itself and made it more of a matching game.)  I told them to find certain words, and when they did, they  raked   up  the leaves. We didn't have a toy rake. Just a regular old rake. I brushed off the dirt and spiderwebs, and made sure my girls didn't put any holes in the wall. If you're tight on space (or just don't want to get knocked in the head by a  rake wielding 4 year old) , it's still fun to collect the leaves in a pile or in a basket. That was that. And then my girls asked me to play it again. I'll consider that a success . So, I made black and white leaves as well as colored ones again. I used the first 2 dozen sight words on th...

As much as I love Fall , when it comes, I always need a refresher course on indoor activities. Life is fun and summer games   until it's too cold to go to the pool or ride bikes. Then, let's face it. We've all forgotten how to get along in close quarters.  Hopefully, this Autumn Bingo will help us all have some  great indoor fun. I've made it in black and white for coloring and also one pre-colored. :) Each has 4 Bingo cards and a sheet of... Bingo possibilities? Anyone know what they're called?  Oh, well. Enjoy!

I got a taste of Fall this week. And oh, how I loved it. So, get ready for a whole bunch of fall-ish things in the coming weeks because, let's be honest. I'm obsessed.  So, I made some more uppercase/lowercase letter matching which are a lot like my ice cream  letters. But who wants to eat ice cream when it's starting to get cold outside?  Ok. Me. I do...a lot.  Sigh. Anyway, while I started this blog as just black and white pages for your kids to color, I realized that sometimes, when you're making things for your kids, you want them to look nice . Especially if you want to reuse them. Maybe it's just me. Cause I'm OCD. And a little bit of a control freak. Either way, I have some already colored for you.  You're welcome.  Anyway, I hope you find a use for these. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween! Do you have any scary, fun, or just plain good reads? I hope so! Enjoy!

Yea for Thanksgiving! I thought I'd try my hand at making a little coloring book/story book to the poem "Five Little Turkeys".  So, here it is, I hope you like it! I'm also trying new software so bear with me while I figure it out.  Just print the pages, cut on the dotted line, and staple together (don't be fooled by the numbers. They actually go backwards).  It means there is only one side of the page, but it keeps it simple.   Also, don't forget to check out my Thanksgiving "Don't Eat Pete!" game for even more turkey fun :) Enjoy! Make sure you download the pictures instead of printing directly from the blog, so it sizes correctly! 

Sorry for all the posts this week, I just needed to get caught up!  Since Halloween is fast approaching, (a little too fast if you ask me...) I thought it would be fun to do 5 Little Pumpkins.  It always seems to be 5 Little somethings doesn't it?  Anyway, hopefully this will help get you in the Halloween spirit if you're not already :)  Bust out your crayons and enjoy! 5 Little Pumpkins Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. The first one said, "Oh, my it's getting late!" The second one said, "There are witches in the air." The third one said, "But we don't care!" The fourth one said, "Let's run! Let's run!" The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?" Then "Woooooo," went the wind,  And out went the lights. And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.