Make Learning Fun

Fun Combination of Word Games and Puzzles Bananagrams, the letter-tile game that is similar to Scrabble, is the better game in my opinion...

Online and Printable Mad Libs for elementary school, middle school, and high school Are you the parent or teacher of a child who struggl...

"Work" is another old, anonymous poem introduced in First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind but with slightly different ...

Here's another poem from First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind . It's an old, anonymous rhyme called "Hearts Are Lik...

Christina Rossetti's "The Caterpillar" is a wonderful first poem for a child to memorize and study. It is short, simple and co...

Today my students found over 100 words hiding in the word "signature." Most of the kids are English language learners. It was a fu...

Struggling to motivate a reluctant writer? I bought Draw...Then Write a few years ago to use with my English language learners. Since then...

Spelling practice can be fun. When I became a teacher, I swore off repetitious spelling drills and looked for ways to make spelling time a f...