Alphabet Parking Lot

We started our morning off right with a warm glass of milk, alphabet cars, and a parking lot.

 

I finished these handouts last night and got Dustin's kid approval this morning.  The cars all have lowercase letters on them and the parking spaces have uppercase letters.  Drive the correct car in the matching parking space.  Fun!  (excuse the faded print outs up above.  I just ordered more printer ink.) 

 

These print outs, along with adding, subtracting, and counting cars can be found at my shop for instant download.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/174685679/car-math-activity-pdf-diy-printables-for?ref=shop_home_active_4

Fly Swatter ABC's

I've been working with Dustin on letter recognition and try to find different ways of going about it.  Then it came to me.  He LOVES hitting stuff . . . anything really, so I designed a handout where he was encouraged to hit and we wouldn't tell him to stop.

 

 

I created one page that had the entire alphabet.  Then I drew up a wasp, bumble bee, and fly, and placed them around each letter.  I made bigger versions of these on flashcards, about 6 per page.  That way when we buy a new fly swatter, we can hang up the flashcards and he can swat at the BIG bugs.

 

He seemed to really enjoy it and kept his attention for a whole FIVE minutes!!!

 

I didn't take the time to laminate my fly swatter, so needless to say it's not going to last very long with Dustin.  As long as he has fun, I don't mind.

 

Handouts can be purchased at my shop for instant download:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/183731447/fly-swatter-abc-activity-pdf-diy

FREE Printables - Jumbo Craft Stick Shape

I had someone ask me about my craft stick shape print outs I used for my son.  Here are the three I made for him.  You can see the full post here:  http://amomknowsmess.blogspot.com/2014/01/shapes-with-craft-sticks-and-velcro.html?showComment=1395668941073#c2515427162595771276

 

These are free to print and use.  I normally sell handouts on my Etsy shop, but I made these really fast and they are not the best quality.  It gets the job done though.  :)

 

Easter Activites

I finished an Easter themed education print out today and had Dustin try it before I posted it on my Etsy shop. 

 

 

The first worksheet is a simple color matching activity.  We used pom poms, glitter glue, and tweezers (for part of it). 

I like to have Dustin use glitter glue, not only because it's sparkly and catches my eye, but it comes out a lot slower that regular glue.  Otherwise, I'd probably still be cleaning up a big mess right now.

 

The next worksheet was an egg matching activity.  I cut out the top half of the eggs and Dustin found the matching bottom half and glued them down.  We tried out a glue stick this time to change things up. 

 

**I helped straight the eggs a little when he wasn't looking . . . **

 

After being kid approved, I posted these handouts on my Etsy shop here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/181734175/easter-matching-activity-diy-printable

Build A Snowman

Despite having over two feet of snow in our backyard, Dustin built a snowman inside today . . . not really, but it's the next best thing.

 

 

One thing I am working on with Dustin is trying to get him to retell me stories in order or putting images in sequential order.  So, I made him a "Build a Snowman" handout to help him.  This was our first time trying it out, so it didn't go perfectly, but he seemed to catch on a little.

 

I printed, laminated, and cut out our snowman pictures.  Then, I asked him to put the first step of building a snowman to his left (I pointed where.  Sadly to say he doesn't know his left and right yet . . . we are falling behind!!!!!!!!!!!!)  We  continued this until the snowmen images were in sequential order.  I think after a few times doing this he will catch on pretty quick!

 

This handout can be purchased at my Etsy shop for instant download:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/179435703/build-a-snowman-activity-diy-printables?

Alphabet Matching Ice Cream Cones

I recently made these print outs for Dustin.  He is really good at repeating letters and sounds, but he is struggling with letter recognition.  So, every morning we work on 5 letters of the alphabet 20 minutes at a time. 

 

 

 

The ice cream cone print outs have four different levels of difficulty.  With Dustin we are starting with the second easiest, which are the colorful ice cream cones with only the lowercase letters on the cone.  He matches them pretty easily, but I know he is using the colors to help him.  I'm hoping he will get use to seeing the letters so when we move to the pink ice cream cones, he'll have an easier time.

 

 

Here's one way of using these print outs.  Laminate the pages, cut out the ice cream scoops, and apply sticky Velcro.

 

 

 

 

 You can purchase ALL 34 printouts for only $3.00 at my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/168154546/printables-alphabet-matching-ice-cream?ref=shop_home_active

 

I wish I could give this stuff away for free, but I am trying anything I can so I can stay at home with my son a little longer.  Thanks for reading! 

Personalized Coloring Pages

I was trying to find fun new coloring pages for Dustin during our art time when I decided to take our favorite photographs and turn them into coloring pages.

 

The picture below I experimented with deleting the background, which seems to work nicely for some photos.

If you would like me to make one for you, message me or go to my Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/166060040/personalized-coloring-pages?ref=shop_home_active
 

 

Warning:  Unwanted facial hair may be drawn on printed coloring pages by children or adults with a sense of humor.