Guides for parents and teachers
Short, practical guides to teaching a kindergarten skill step by step: what to do first, what usually goes wrong, what to try without a worksheet, and when a child is ready for the next step. Each guide points to the free printable sheets that go with it.
- How to teach counting to 10October 3, 2026Say the numbers, touch each thing once, know the last number says how many — one small step at a time, with free printable practice.
- How to teach letters and first soundsOctober 3, 2026Start with their own name, match capitals to lowercase, learn a few sounds at a time, and listen for the first and last sound of a word.
- How to teach sight wordsOctober 3, 2026Three to five words at a time: look, say, trace, find the word in print and read it in a sentence — and what to do when a child guesses from the first letter.
- Addition and subtraction with picturesOctober 3, 2026From real objects to pictures, the number line and dominoes: adding, taking away and, last of all, writing the sum.
- Ten frames, tens and onesOctober 3, 2026Fill the ten frame, make ten, see a teen number as ten and some more, then count by tens and find your way on the hundred chart.
- Pre-writing and cutting: fine motor skillsOctober 3, 2026From playdough and tongs to lines, shapes, pencil grip and scissors — what to practice first, and what to do when a small hand tires.
- Rhymes and syllablesOctober 3, 2026Clap the parts of a word, hear a rhyme, make one, then meet word families and the last sound — all listening games first.
- Patterns, sorting and logic puzzlesOctober 3, 2026Sort, find the odd one out, continue a pattern, color the other half and solve a first sudoku — and why "how do you know?" matters most.
- Looking carefully: spot the difference, mazes and puzzlesOctober 3, 2026Shadow matching, spot the difference, mazes and cut-and-glue puzzles, with simple ways to help a child look instead of telling them the answer.
- How to use worksheets wellOctober 3, 2026What to set before printing, how long to sit, how to help without doing it for the child, how to use the answer key, and when a sheet is too hard.
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