Multiplication Flip Book { freebie }

Today I have the multiplication flip books { I have no idea what else to call them } that I've started using with the girls for quick practice.

It's not finished - yet, but I thought I'd share them with you anyway.

Basically, this is how one use's them:

1.  Print the pages out.

2.  Fold them long ways

{ so you can only see the multiplication questions. }

3.  Just follow the line around for the answers,

if you need them.

Have the child call out:  2 x 1 = and then the answer.  If they get stumped, they can just follow the lines around to get the answer.  Just continue down - going through all the multiplication questions for that table.

Just click either picture to download from google.docs.

Thanks for visiting,

Enjoy~!!

What's New at TpT

 

I've been a little busy adding the odd thing or two in the TpT department, but I haven't really done any show and tell on the new additions.  So today I just want to do a quick show and tell with some of them.

 

Now that the girls are getting older they need to write a little smaller, and a little bit more, so I did up a book 2.  It is considerably updated from book 1.  I added new clipart, and a new format.  This gave us more room to write more words.

 

At 88 pages of printables - it makes for quite a good sized file.

 This time I doubled the file and made 2 worksheets for each multiple phonogram sound.  One for boys and one for girls.  This one shows the little girl detective.

 



 

And in the same style I did up a Word Family packet as well.  90 pages of printables.  That's 45 word families.  I am happy to ADD to this packet if you have a word family that you'd like me to add.

 

 

This one shows the little boy detective.

 

 

Years, and years, and years ago when I first started getting serious about making printables with the view to selling them I decided that I would have to tackle it head on, and the hard way.  I would have to make my own clipart.  Yep, I did this before I realised and came to companies that I could buy commercial use clipart from at a reasonable price.

 

 

So this week I took 26 cliparts and put them in an alphabetical listing in a word document and put a price tag on them.

 

 

I also dug up a book that I did in 2005 and popped that in my TpT store too.  ( I also dug up a number of other files that I thought would work well if I re-tweaked them with new formats/cliparts. )

 

 

And I did some serious work on my 5 x tables packet.

 

 

Thank you for letting me share what I've been doing.

 

I still have quite a list of things that I want to work on, but yeah, I just need to find the motivation, and the time.

 

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This afternoon I was supposed to be working on some History notebooking pages for our homeschool but then I got inspired and decided to get this little workbook done instead.

The first of a small series of workbooks that work on the sounds of alphabet letters by using picture clues.

26 worksheets.

1. Say the picture name.
2. Circle the sound that it starts with.
3. Write the sound.

The book can be found in my TpT store HERE.

 How about a giveaway?

I was so loving watching everyone else use the rafflecopter that I just HAD to try it out, and what perfect way than to do a little giveaway. :o)

I hope you will join us~!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Koala Counting Workbook 1 - 10

Today I thought that I'd share a little FREEBIE with you.

It's a ten page workbook with a Koala theme to practice counting 1-10. 

Just click the picture to get your freebie.


Oh and If you're heading over to Pinterest today you can find the pin for this HERE.

Also, please consider following my blog.  Just for fun.  :o)  It would make me feel better.

Thanks for visiting~!!

Today I wanted to share a workbook that I've got that you might be interested in.

Chloe LOVES this type of worksheet.  Particularly the drawing component at the end.

 It's designed to be an easy, non taxing exercise to review and work on multiple phonograms.

A close up of another drawing that was done while using this book.

 It's from my Phonics Workbook.

 About this resource:

The book is based on 70 phonograms - and there are 2 worksheets for each sound.


This resource is ideally suited for revision and consolidation purposes of phonics for grades 1 to 3.


A MASSIVE 140 worksheets for this file~!!


 I've been using it with this book:

 It's an opportunity to use the sounds in context.

 I've actually UPDATED this book since doing these pictures to add a cute little bug on each page.  You know, more child friendly.  :o)

This second book has 44 multiple phonograms in it.  If you're interested just click the sample picture.

Do you have any suggestions as to what would make this book more useful?  Let me know.  :o)

Thanks for visiting.  :o)

Sometimes you come across some of the most awesome freebies out there on the net, and today I thought that I would share one of them with you that I recently came across.

In my blog hopping I found a link to a website that had a heap of worksheets for High Frequency Words.

Just perfect for what we need, since our main focus with Phebe at the moment is learning to read.

What do you think?  They're great aren't they?  Yes, I thought so too, that's why I printed them up straight away and bound them into a book with my binder for Miss 5.

 Another example.

Here's what the front looks like.  Nothing fancy, but hay.

If you would like a FREE copy of all these worksheets you can get them HERE.

Thanks for visiting~!!

The Elephant - Part 1

Today I made the most cutest little elephant labeling worksheet and was soooo desperate, excited to use it.

But first we had to pay the obligatory stroll through a book.  Beautiful, beautiful illustrations.

And very much in a similar format as to our Penguin unit - I thought that we should start with a paper craft.

This one is Chloes ( 7 ).  I just used some clipart ( from KPM ).   Then I gave the girls some colored ink pads and 4 little dot stamps ( they were all different sizes).  The girls also used a black marker to highlight the outline.

This one is Phebes ( 5 ).  Even though it is such a simple project - they really had heaps of fun enjoying themselves while stamping away with their little dots.

Then we did a labeling worksheet.  Now darlings....as an educator.....and a lover of paper.....this is what I made this afternoon, and was in sooooo much hurry to try it out.  If you'd like to try it out ( a can, have, are chart ) you can find it for FREE --- HERE. 

This one was done by Chloe.

This one was done by Phebe.

I do hope that you can come back to see part 2 soon.  :o)  That's where I'll be doing show and tell for the - can, have, are chart and a writing journal page.

Thanks for visiting.  :o)

Today I thought you might like a FREE memory verse workbook.   :o)

Just click the book cover.

Memory Verse Workbook for Ages 5 to 10

This is a fun and easy workbook for children to learn memory verses.

Memory verses included:

1. Genesis 1:1
2. John 15:12
3. Psalms 33:6a
4. 1 Corinthians 16:14
5. Matthew 5:5
6. Philippians 4:13
7. Matthew 28:20
8. Romans 3:23
9. Ephesians 6:1
10. Galatians 6:9

Old King James Version is used.

Each memory verse has 6 worksheets.

Worksheet pages:
Follow the instructions on each worksheet page. Each verse gets progressively harder as you have to remember more.

Poster:
Decorate and color in. Find a place to hang your poster. You could also make it into a jigsaw puzzle by drawing a puzzle shape on the back and cutting it out.

Crossword pages:
These are not the usual type of crosswords. They are missing all clues. Just fill in the missing words in the boxes and write the verse out in proper order.

Puzzle by Code:
Work out what verse is hidden in the code.

My Bible Verse:
Make a very neat handwritten copy of the verse that you're working on and add a hand drawn picture or cut out a picture to glue in.

Multiple Choice Questions:
Follow the instructions on the top of the page. This worksheet is for finishing off memorization of the memory verse and includes a place for application.

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 There once was an old lady who swallowed a fly, perhaps she'll die?

Children LOVE this type of book.  I don't know why.  Perhaps it is the ridiculousness of it?  Perhaps it is the rhythm of the story itself?   Either way, even my very own children LOVE it~!!

If your children love it as well, you might want to do this little craft to go with the story.

Simply jump over to kizclub and grab yourself their FREE printables for the story.  :o)

This page was done by Hannah - Miss 3.  I helped by doing the cutting, and then she glued the animals on in their right places.  After that she colored them in when the glue had dried a bit.

Thanks for visiting, and don't forget to pop over to the Preschool Corner and see what everyone else has been doing.  :o)

One of the exciting things that happen in grade 2 is that one gets to learn cursive handwriting~!!

We are currently using resources from education.com.  Just look under their worksheets tab.

 Now, Miss Grade 2 is a lefty - so neat handwriting is actually hard work, but she LOVES giving it a go.

I do sit with her - to watch for letter formation.  Some of those letters are proving to be very interesting.  LOL  The good thing is that I know that time and practice go a long way.

Do your students do cursive handwriting?  Got any suggestions or tips?

Thanks for visiting.  :o)

Here's a little project that I started one day.   I never finished it, but I'm wondering if I should or not?   Do you think this type of thing would be useful for the entire alphabet?

It's a set of game boards that practice on focusing on a particular letter and things that start with that letter.

You can get the letter /a/ game HERE.  And the letter /b/ game HERE.

To play: just put a counter per player at the start and use a single die to roll.  When the child reaches the spot that the die has indicated, they must be able to name that letter, or name that picture.  If they can do that, they can stay.  If not, they must go back to their last spot and wait for their next turn.

Works well with 2 - 4 players.

 I turned this one into a file folder game so that we could use it again and again.

In the past I have also just printed a game up and used tape to join the two sides together and simply played.  No coloring, no laminating.

Try them out and let me know what you think.  Thanks.  :o)

The Penguin.

I've got a HUGE post for you today~!!  Lots of show and tell with this theme - even though it only took a couple of days to do in real life.  We read 3 books, did some crafts, and did a little writing.

Here are the books we read:

100 Facts on Penguins.  I loved the pictures in this book.  I also love the idea of short numbered paragraphs.  The only thing I DIDN'T like in the book was that it added evolutionary rubbish - which we know is NOT fact, but rather opinion based on pseudo science.  It's a bit ironic that they add such "hear say" especially since the book is supposed to be about FACTS.  But that's ok - I can read around things like that.  But if I ever want to give this book to my children to read I'll be using a little black marker at certain points in the book.

 Now here is a gorgeous book~!!   I totally recommend this one.  Completely safe for any child.  They just stick to the FACTS.

 I love how they wrote and had illustrations on the left hand pages while on the right hand side they had REAL life photography.  So beautiful.

 Such a delight to read, and it didn't take long either.

The third book we read was this one.  A living book of the life of a Penguin.  This too is also recommended~!! 

Now we come to the crafts.  You can't do a "theme" on an animal without a couple of crafts, it just wouldn't be right~!!

So, we used an old 2 litre orange juice carton.  Wrapped it in black paper.  Then added the white belly, feet, wings, beak, and eyes.

 It didn't take too long and was fairly easy to put together.

 Basically we free styled it.  There wasn't any pattern.

Another craft that we did was a paper piecing of a penguin.

Here is Hannah holding the one that I did with her.  She might be able to cut her own hair but she hasn't really worked out how to cut that well with paper, so I did most of that with her.

And now for Chloe, Miss Grade 2 - who ended up with a little book on her Penguin.

I thought I'd help her out when we got to the cover part with some coloring.

 Here's Chloes paper piecing of a Penguin.  They love to eat fish.

On the right hand side we have a labeling exercise which I got from:  Mrs Kramer at Kindergarten Crayons.

We used this little page to list things about Penguins that we knew.  Well, I actually let Chloe write what she knew.  That's why Penguins can have "friends", and they can "help other penguins".  LOL  If you'd like a copy of this one you can get it here: Penguins

And now the drum roll please, since I am sooooo happy that it came out this well~!!  Getting children up and writing isn't always easy, and when they do it's so awesome to be able to see them make that progress.

If you'd like a copy of this notebooking page - and another one, oh and some awesome questions to ask your students to help them in their writing process you can get them by clicking the picture below.

I hope you've enjoyed what we did for our little theme on Penguins.  :o)  Thanks so much for joining us~!!

I recently got myself another readinga-z.com subscription.  I also pulled out all the old books that I had and had a good sift through them too. 

This is how I've got them organised at the moment.  I put them into 3 tubs.

I separated all the levels with a piece of colored cardstock.   This way each level is easily accessed.  All I have to do now is actually LABEL the pieces of cardstock. 

I also keep an A4 folder with:
.  a master book list - so I can see exactly which books I actually have. I use the one found on the website and I simply place a tick next to each title.
.  books that are in the cutting / stapling / waiting mode
.  worksheets
.  discussion cards etc....

I also made a new reading log to keep track of which books the girls read and what resources they use with the books.  I just printed off the reading logs and stuck them to some nice blue paper and folded them over.  Very quick and easy.

The reading log contains spaces to write the date, a book title, and a tick off space for worksheet, comprehension, discussion cards, and finally what level the book was at.

Most days I envision that the only thing being put in will be a book title.  And that's ok.  :o)  It's just nice to have those other resources available if one wanted something extra to add to it all.  Sort of like a cherry on the top kind of thing.  

If you'd like a copy of this reading log - You can grab it here for FREE.