TEACHING TUESDAY [10.17.23]

Welcome to Teaching Tuesday! If you are new here, I’m a former teacher, have a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction and am now a homeschool mom. You can read more about that journey here.

Every Tuesday I’m going to share an at home learning idea for preschool and elementary age kids, new curriculum resources and a freebie or two!

I spy activities are great for developing working memory and visual discrimination.

Working Memory is a skill that allows us to do multi step tasks without losing track o the process you are completing.

Visual Discrimination is the ability to identify differences in two different things and classify them appropriately. For example, being able to discriminate the different between the shapes of a pumpkin and candy corn and then categorize them by the appropriate color.

For a preschooler who is just learning to count, it might be a bit difficult to have them color the items, count them and then write the number in the blank. However, using bingo paint dabbers is a great way for the child to identify the picture and connect it to a color,

Here are new resources that I’ve been working on this month!

You can purchase the units above through my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking the photos.

These 4 units are also available in my VIP PASS (OCTOBER 2023), a low cost monthly subscription for new curriculum resources (or save 15% on a yearly subscription with code VIP15). Once you are a member you have access to all previous VIP PASS curriculum downloads as well, forever!