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FICTION & NONFICTION RUBRICS
Streamline your student assessments with these clean, Science of Reading-aligned retell rubrics for both fiction and nonfiction texts. Designed to inform your instruction through mastery-based scoring, these rubrics allow you to evaluate critical skills such as plot progression, logical flow, factual accuracy, and academic word choice on a clear four-point scale.
ALPHABET FLASHCARDS (A-Z)
Build confident readers with these vibrant, ready-to-print Grapheme Cards. This comprehensive A-Z set is designed for parents, tutors, and teachers to reinforce letter-sound recognition through structured, high-interest visuals. Grab your FREE copy here.
ALPHABET FLASHCARDS (ILLUSTRATED VERSION) A-Z
Build confident readers with these vibrant, ready-to-print illustrated Grapheme Cards. This comprehensive A-Z set is designed for parents, tutors, and teachers to reinforce letter-sound recognition through structured, high-interest visuals.
Want the full version of the Phonemic Awareness Cut-&-Paste activity set? Grab it below. This set is complete with letters A-Z for phoneme sounds, includes scripted verbiage for each letter, black and white pictures to minimize distractions, and answer keys for each.
1:1 COUNTING & SORTING ACTIVITY
This fun counting printable is perfect for young learners looking to practice 1:1 counting. Students should place a worm on the apple based on the number presented. Students can also sort the worms into their appropriate colors for a sorting activity, making this printable two activities in one!
One of my top picks for early literacy! This beautifully illustrated, durable hardcover is packed with all the classic nursery rhymes your child will love. Beyond the gorgeous pictures, reading rhymes together is the perfect way to build phonological awareness. These early sound-play skills are the essential building blocks every child needs to master before learning to read.
This oversized tracing workbook is the perfect starting point for your little learner! Before children can independently write, they need to build fine motor control and muscle memory. With large, easy-to-follow letters, numbers, and shapes, this book gives toddlers the confidence to practice pen control while naturally absorbing early alphabet and math concepts. It is an essential, screen-free tool to set them up for writing success!
WOODEN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
This beautiful, natural wood Montessori instrument set is a must-have for your toddler's playroom! Beyond just making joyful noise, exploring percussion and beat is a powerful way to develop auditory discrimination. Being able to hear different rhythms directly translates to a child's ability to clap out syllables and hear the individual sounds in words. It is a fun, screen-free way to build the essential phonological awareness skills they need long before they begin reading
The Brain Quest Pre-K Workbook (Revised Edition) is a comprehensive early-learning resource designed to introduce children ages 4 and 5 to foundational academic skills before kindergarten. This zero-prep workbook builds essential pre-reading, math, and logic concepts—including the alphabet, letter-sound recognition, counting, and shapes—using high-contrast, clutter-free layouts that keep young learners fully engaged without visual distraction. It also features helpful parent-focused extension tips on each page, making it the perfect structured tool for families looking to intentionally build early academic confidence, fine motor skills, and an enduring love for learning at home.
This fine motor skills activity set is a versatile, hands-on educational resource designed to build early childhood dexterity, coordination, and mathematical thinking. Featuring a vibrant collection of sorting bowls, tweezers, handy scooper scissors, and soft plush balls, this high-contrast, clutter-free kit transforms fundamental skills like color classification, matching, and counting into an engaging, tactile game. Ideal for preschool, kindergarten, or home-based sensory bins, it serves as an excellent tool for developing the crucial grip control, finger strength, and hand-eye coordination that young learners need as they transition into structured writing, letter formation, and independent classroom tasks.
This Montessori Number Counting Peg Board is an engaging, hands-on math resource designed to introduce young children to early numeracy, counting, and fine motor skills. This clutter-free educational toy features a durable wooden base where kids match numbered dinosaur peg boards with the corresponding number of colorful counting pegs. By physically pushing the pegs into the boards, children build a concrete understanding of number values, quantity, and basic addition or subtraction while simultaneously developing essential finger strength and grip coordination. Its structured design makes it an excellent choice for parents and educators seeking a high-contrast, tactile tool to foster independent mathematical discovery, focus, and early learning confidence at home.
The LiKee Wooden Alphabet Puzzle ABC Flash Cards Set is a vibrant, multi-sensory educational resource that seamlessly bridges letter recognition with early spelling skills. This clutter-free Montessori tool features smooth wooden uppercase letters and double-sided flashcards that showcase high-contrast, parent-friendly animal illustrations corresponding to each letter's primary sound. By physically manipulating the wooden pieces to fit them directly into the recessed card slots, young children develop necessary fine motor control, finger strength, and hand-eye coordination. It serves as an excellent, structured addition to any home learning environment, offering families a hands-on way to nurture phonemic awareness, vocabulary development, and independent learning confidence before kindergarten.
The Melissa and Doug Magnetic Wooden Bug Catching Game is a playful, multi-sensory educational resource designed to develop essential fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination in young children. This clutter-free learning puzzle features a sturdy wooden board decorated with friendly insect graphics, ten magnetic bug pieces, and a realistic magnetic net catcher. By carefully aligning the net to pick up, sort, and place each insect back into its matching slot, children strengthen their finger grip, control, and spatial awareness. It offers an excellent, structured opportunity for parents and educators to naturally incorporate vocabulary building, color identification, and independent problem solving into a tactile, high-contrast gameplay experience at home.
The Crayola Safety Scissors set is an essential early learning tool designed to introduce toddlers and preschoolers to the fundamentals of cutting without any risk to skin, hair, or clothing. This clutter-free set features durable, rounded plastic blades specifically engineered to only cut paper, making them an excellent choice for injury-free classroom or home activities. By encouraging independent exploration through paper cutting, tearing, and crafting, these specialized scissors help young children safely develop crucial fine motor control, bilateral coordination, and the essential finger grip strength required for later writing and handwriting milestone development.