****Guess what?!  Letter of the Week lesson plans are getting an overhaul!  I’m going through and updating all plans, adding new free worksheets and making sure all links are up to date!  I’ve created a bunch of templates too for some of the crafts that’ll make your life a lot easier!  Hang tight!  It may take some time to get through all the letters, but it’s coming soon!!  If you’re seeing this message, this post has already been updated!*** 6/12/23

Y’all know the letter lmnop, right?

I’d say about one fourth of the population knew it as a 4 or 5 year old.  It’s like a misheard lyric in the alphabet song.  I had so many kindergartners coming in misunderstanding that part of the alphabet when it was sung.

But my favorite unknown letter of the alphabet?  Anzee.  Yup, pronounced just like it looks, “an-zz.”

I had the cutest little redheaded boy once who when asked to identify the letter z would say, “anzee.”  It took me a minute to figure out but I figured out he learned his ABCs and letter identification at home by singing the alphabet and pointing at the letters as he went along.  So when he came to w,x,y and z… See what he did there?

Bless his heart it was so stinking cute, I almost couldn’t bear to correct him.  But I did, and now I’ve got that adorable memory to share before giving you our last letter of the week lesson plan!!

We are finally there,  but I’m not done with you yet, so stick around after this week’s letter z lesson plan and learn what’s to come!

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****Guess what?!  Letter of the Week lesson plans are getting an overhaul!  I’m going through and updating all plans, adding new free worksheets and making sure all links are up to date!  I’ve created a bunch of templates too for some of the crafts that’ll make your life a lot easier!  Hang tight!  It may take some time to get through all the letters, but it’s coming soon!!  If you’re seeing this message, this post has already been updated!*** 6/11/23

Y’all….!!!

We have finally made it to the letter y!  I hope you’re still plugging along and seeing incredible progress with your babies!  Even though we haven’t focused much at all on writing the letters, your child is likely picking them up anyways.  You are probably seeing your child experiment with writing.  One of my daughters favourite things to do is practice writing on her easel.  Of course without help, she writes  just random letters, but with my help she is already sounding out and spelling words!

Watching your child learn and independently use the skills they have been taught is a pretty awesome thing, right?

And just think, in a short time, your child could be reading!  Yep Mama, it’s ok if a prideful tear escapes right now!  You’ve earned it!

But lets finish this series first…and start with this weeks letter y lesson plan!

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Halloween’s around the corner and it’s the perfect opportunity to surprise your child’s teacher with a sweet treat!  You know how wild your own child gets around Halloween.  Now multiply that times 20!  The least you can do is show your appreciation through a tiny treat!

To make things easier,  I’ve rounded up 15 of the cutest teacher treat ideas out there!  Most of these have a free printable too!  All you’ve got to do is hit Walmart or the Dollar Tree and print a tag and you’re done!  Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!  I got you Mama!

Be sure to pin this post so you come back to it next year!

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It’s officially fall y’all!

And here, in my neck of the woods, it’s like Mother Nature was waiting for that date on a calendar. I stepped out on my front porch this late this morning to let the dog out and enjoy a hot cup of tea and was meet by cool air with the tiniest bite of chill. Even the trees suddenly have a red tint this morning.

My girls are so excited for fall because it means their birthday is within sight, and the oldest starting begging to decorate for fall when school started back in, and reluctantly I gave in. But…. while I’m still somewhat saltly about summers abrupt end, I’m mostly excited for all the fun things fall will bring.

So I’m full on the fall train now and have started working on some of the cutest printables and SVGs! Today I wanted to share with you the fall SVG designs I have been working on, as well as round up a ton of more amazingly adorable and FREE Halloween SVG files.

P.S.  This post was so successful I created a 2nd round-up of even more adorable free Halloween SVGs.  Be sure to check it out here!

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****Guess what?!  Letter of the Week lesson plans are getting an overhaul!  I’m going through and updating all plans, adding new free worksheets and making sure all links are up to date!  I’ve created a bunch of templates too for some of the crafts that’ll make your life a lot easier!  Hang tight!  It may take some time to get through all the letters, but it’s coming soon!!  If you’re seeing this message, this post has already been updated!*** 6/11/23

Y’all, I can’t think of any cute stories or X puns to introduce this post.  I am sure you’re devastated…right?

Please accept my sincerest of apologies as I skip the entertainment and humbly offer you this week’s letter x lesson plan!

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****Guess what?!  Letter of the Week lesson plans are getting an overhaul!  I’m going through and updating all plans, adding new free worksheets and making sure all links are up to date!  I’ve created a bunch of templates too for some of the crafts that’ll make your life a lot easier!  Hang tight!  It may take some time to get through all the letters, but it’s coming soon!!  If you’re seeing this message, this post has already been updated!*** 6/8/23

Letter W – say whaaa!?  Only 3 to go y’all!

Letter W brings to mind one of my all time favorite children’s books, Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak.  I loved that book as a child and again now as a parent to my own little wild things.

That’s just one of the great books in this week’s Letter W lesson plan.  There are tons of adorable crafts too!

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Even though I’ve got the summertime’s ending blues, I can still appreciate fall.

I mean the cooler temperatures, fall festivals, pumpkin patches, and beautiful leaves are some of the bigger allures of the season.  I’m not a fan of pumpkin spice (*gasp*), but I can appreciate the seasonal food no doubt.

And truly one of my favorite things to do in fall is decorate the house.  There are the cutest fall decorations just begging to be bought at Hobby Lobby and there are SO many cute DIY projects!  I went ahead and ticked one off my checklist today and wanted to share a quick tutorial and free SVG!  This tutorial walks you step by step through my process making this flag AND also tells you how to apply HTV to burlap!

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****Guess what?!  Letter of the Week lesson plans are getting an overhaul!  I’m going through and updating all plans, adding new free worksheets and making sure all links are up to date!  I’ve created a bunch of templates too for some of the crafts that’ll make your life a lot easier!  Hang tight!  It may take some time to get through all the letters, but it’s coming soon!!  If you’re seeing this message, this post has already been updated!*** 6/8/23

Y’all…when I start these letter of the week posts, the cheesiest stuff ever floods my mind.

Like  the letter V.  Immediately that stinking” V for victory” cheer gets stuck in my head.  I wasn’t even a cheerleader but some of my best friends were.  That stupid cheer is still so clear, but I can’t remember where I put the spare car key.  Go figure.

Anyways…I guess the price you pay for admission to these  blog posts is my cheesy intros at the beginning, right?   Maybe that little “V for Victory” ditty is stuck in your head now too.

Sorry.  Not sorry.  You get this week’s super cute letter V lesson plan in exchange!

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****Guess what?!  Letter of the Week lesson plans are getting an overhaul!  I’m going through and updating all plans, adding new free worksheets and making sure all links are up to date!  I’ve created a bunch of templates too for some of the crafts that’ll make your life a lot easier!  Hang tight!  It may take some time to get through all the letters, but it’s coming soon!!  If you’re seeing this message, this post has already been updated!*** 6/5/23

In this house we do unicorns.  Lots and lots of unicorns!

My equine obsessed oldest has branched out into the world of unicorns and I.absolutely.love.it!!!  I’m currently in the very early stages of planning my girls 2nd and 5th birthday party and the them is unicorns.  More to come on that later.

Anyways…So as we look at this week’s letter u lesson plan, you are lucky I don’t have you reading unicorn books and doing unicorn crafts all week long.  Though that does sound like an awesome weekly theme.  True, it may be lacking in educational value but how amazingly fun would it be?

For now though, you’ll have to settle for plan on letter U.  Don’t worry this week’s lesson plans still have lots of cute crafts!

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It’s almost fall y’all!

I’m one of those people who has to be drug out of summer kicking and screaming. I love the sun, the longer days, swimming, campfires and cookouts. Summer has always been my favorite season.

That said, fall has a beauty all it’s own. Of course, I love the fall foilage – who doesn’t? I love festivals and carnivals and the brisk but not yet bitterly cold fall nights. But what I love most of all about fall???

Fall crafts!

There are a million different reasons to craft in the fall and sooooo many cute fall craft ideas! To keep track of them, I’ve created this post and it’s chock FULL of cute and free fall SVGS and craft ideas! You’re going to want to pin this one!  Annnndddd.  I’ve made another just for Halloween files!  Be sure to check that out here.

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