(no title)

Paint Chip Color Match

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

Using Paint Chip strips are a cheap (actually free) way to help your child learn about the wonderful world of color. To see that there isn’t just one shade of green, red, blue, orange, etc.; it’s like opening that BIG BOX of crayons when you were little and seeing the eye-popping, jaw-dropping wondrous world of color!

A while ago. I posted color pockets; this is great for one of these color match ideas (just remember that I cut off the top of the envelope). For the other idea you just need glue, scissor and wooden clothespins.

For the Clothespin Matching: Just trim off a strip of the Paint chip strip and glue to the end of the clothespin and allow to dry. It’s that easy.

For the Color Pocket; just use Paint chip strips in the colors of your color pockets and let the children match the strips to the pockets. It’s that easy.

craft-envelope-template-bigger

61897496_350155735658173_7577215671931502592_n

61821858_455958931631423_2009398362079494144_n

Domino Math Sheets!

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

These sheets will teach math with dominoes!

First up is the easy math with numbers 0-5. Then we will move onto 6-12.

Domino Math

Domino Math- Part 2

$Domino Math$

Color Chip Word Slides.

July 14, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

These Color Chip Word Slides are easy to make and better yet….FREE!

You can get these color chips at any paint store or big box store (Lowe’s, Menard’s, etc.) Grab as many as you like. If you are doing this for a classroom; you can ask an associate of the store and sometimes they will give you a load of them; still wrapped in the plastic!

I just picked out a square paint chip that would be in the same color category as the multi-color chips and I was set.

I cut a thin strip from the multi-color chip for my letters. Then cut a 1- inch square from the single color paint chip. Added a slit above and below the 1-inch square (just a tad longer on each side of the square) to slide in the letter strip. I used an exact-o knife to cut out the square and make my slits.

I started off using a regular fine point permanent marker and it just wasn’t big enough, so I went to a chisel point permanent marker for my letters and the words. You will notice that I didn’t use the last color square on the letter strip. This was to give the children an area to hold and be able to move the letter strip.

Easy Reader Card Sets!

July 12, 2019July 13, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

All are card sets except for A Day with Our Dogs.

These pages are large print and the words are easy for beginners.

“Let’s Play” are actually cards that can be printed off to postcard size (5.5 x 4.3 inches). You can go smaller if you wish.

With the card sets; you can use a hole punch and add a ring to it for a flip chart or two rings for a book.

A Day with Our Dogs

Easy Reader- Let’s Play

Easy Reader- My First Day of School!

A Day with Our Dogs

Beginning Blends Worksheets

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

Consonant Blends

A consonant blend consists of two or three consonants whose sounds are blended together. Each letter sound is heard in the blend. The most common beginning consonant blends include the following: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, tr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sl, sm, sp and st. Blends can also occur at the end of a word as seen here in the word “past”. The common three consonant blends include: str, spl, and spr.

Teachers will usually teach the “L” blends first (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl) and then move onto the “R” blends.

Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs

While the consonant blends allow you to hear the sounds of both letters in the blend; the consonant digraph brings letters together to create one sound. The most common digraphs are ch, sh, th, and wh.

Beginning Blends _L_

Beginning Blends _R_

Beginning Blends- Assorted

Beginning Blends _L_

MONEY!

July 5, 2019July 7, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

These sheets will teach your children math and money!

Sheets will start off easy in 1-5 and begin to get more difficult as they go on.

Money! Sheet 1 Money! Sheet 2

SEEK and COUNT! Packs

July 1, 2019July 16, 2019thebuildingblocksabcLeave a comment

These packs give children (ages 2 and up) a chance to seek out objects in a picture and either check them off a list when found (for the younger ones, or count the objects in the picture (for the older ones).

The children can also use BINGO chips or dried beans and cover up pictures as someone calls out a picture. (Can you find the sun?, Can you find the sand pail? etc.).

Seek and Count-Beach!

SEEK and COUNT! Gone Fishing!

Seek and Count-Back to School!

SEEK and COUNT! Farmer’s Market!