Add reading and rhyming to your Valentine's Day activities with kids with this free, printable Valentine's Day treasure hunt! Free Printable Valentine's Day Treasure Hunt Click on the image to get download the printable clue cards. Each clue ends in a blank so that kids can think of the rhyming word and hunt for the next clue. The answers for the clues are printed at the bottom. These will … [Read more...]
How Rhyming Teaches Kids Literacy Skills
I mistakenly thought that rhyming books were meant for little kids. They aren't. Rhyming books are valuable and important for literacy skills. Rhyming and Literacy There are two kinds of books for little kids: long books and short books. My daughter (almost four) prefers the long books, with tons of words on every page, I want reading to be fun for her, so I always let her choose what we … [Read more...]
Rhyming Dust Bunnies Will Crack You Up
My new favorite picture book easy readers are written by author and illustrator Jan Thomas. Jan Thomas Picture Books Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! is the perfect book -- rhyming, bold illustrations, and funny as heck! It follows the also hilarious book, Rhyming Dust Bunnies. One dust bunny (the blue one) has rhyming issues -- but it turns out he's got his reason which you'll find … [Read more...]