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Learn About Parts of Speech with Scrabble

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Put a twist on Scrabble by playing with parts of speech.This is such a fun idea for kids who can spell and are learning about the parts of speech (or already know them).

Instead of playing Scrabble in the regular way, where players can make any word they have the letters for, Amy at Planning Playtime decided to try Adjective Scrabble, where only that part of speech was allowed.

She says her almost second-grader learned a lot about what an adjective is while playing the game, but even kids who already know their parts of speech would benefit from the extra challenge of parts of speech Scrabble.

Visit Planning Playtime for more on this fun learning idea!

[Photo via Planning Playtime.]

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Earth Day Printables and Activities

I know doing printables for Earth Day doesn’t sound very eco friendly, but it does give you a chance to talk to kids about how you can make the classroom or the home a little greener by only printing what you need, using low ink or only black and white printing, printing on the back of other pages, using recycled paper and recycling what you can when you are done.

These Earth Day printables help kids learn about Earth Day or use earth designs.

Pre-K Pages has Earth Day math printables, including a dice rolling game with a recycling theme, graphing, number grouping and sequencing activities.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has a variety of printables for Earth Day including writing prompts, plant life cycle worksheets and links to other activities.

A Dab of Glue will Do has a little printable emergent reader book that explores the basics of Earth Day and some things we can all do to be kind to the planet. You can print it in color or black and white and have kids color it themselves.

Speaking of coloring pages, Preschool Mom has a collection of coloring pages with color versions that you can use as posters in the classroom as well as having kids color the black and white ones.

I love all the printable hands on activities from Differentiated Kindergarten, which help kids build fine motor skills with an Earth Day twist. You’ll find printable mats for use with playdough, geo boards, snap cubes, pattern blocks and Legos, as well as a Q-tip painting activity. You can get these when you sign up for emails.

Here are a few more quick printable Earth Day activities for your kiddos:

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