Wednesday, June 29, 2016

L is for Lucy Primer Page

"L is for Lucy, who waits at the stile, And puts down
 the pail, for she's resting awhile."
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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K is for Kittens Primer Page

"K are the Kittens, that live in the stable;
They will catch all the mice as soon as they'er able."
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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G is for Goat Primer Page

"G is the Goat, with two kids young and gay;
They run to their mother, then scamper away."
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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D is for Ducks Primer Page

"D is for Ducks, swimming, diving, and playing together;
They care not for rain nor the stormiest weather."
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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P is for Pigs Primer Page

"P for some Pigs, which have strayed from their sty,
But of course will return there to bed by-and-by.
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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Mosaic Numbers: Seven

How many shapes can you find inside of the number seven?
Description of Coloring Page: number seven, mosaic tile design, recognize the shapes

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Puzzle Numbers: Eight

Cut and reassemble the number eight
Description of Coloring Page: number eight, puzzle pieces that shape the number "8"

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Gem Numbers: Eight

A fun way to color the number eight, include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number eight, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm

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Mosaic Numbers: Six

How many shapes can you find inside of the number six?
Description of Coloring Page: number four, mosaic series, identify shapes

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Color Eight Little Sheep and The Number "8"

 
Description of Coloring Page: number eight, eight little sheep

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Color One Monkey and The Number "1"

Description of Coloring Page: number one, one monkey seated on a stool

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Mosaic Numbers: Eight

How many shapes can you find inside of the number eight?
Description of Coloring Page: number eight, mosaic tile design, identify shapes

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Gem Numbers: Six

A fun way to color the number six, include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number six, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm

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Color Six Dancing Mice and The Number Six

 
Description of Coloring Page: number six, six dancing mice, decorative number "6"

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Gem Numbers: One

A fun way to color the number one,
include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number one, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm

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Puzzle Numbers: Six

Description of Coloring Page: number six, puzzle pieces when put together make a number "6"

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R is for the Rabbits Primer Page

"R for the Rabbits, white spotted, and gray;
 Just see how that little one nibbles away"
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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Q stands for Quince Primer Page

"Q stands for the Quince I have plucked from a tree,
 To flavor the tart Mary's making for me."
Reading Level: 1rst and 2nd Grade
Genre: Poetry
Theme: Alphabet Letters

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Gem Numbers: Four

A fun way to color the number four, include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number four, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm

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Color Three Little Girls and The Number "3"

 
Description of Coloring Page: vintage little girls, A line dresses, Mary Jane shoes, bows in their hair, plus the number three

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Gem Numbers: Three

A fun way to color the number three, include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number three, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm

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Puzzle Numbers: Three

Description of Coloring Page: number three, puzzle pieces fit together to make the number "3"

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Mosaic Numbers: Three

How many shapes can you find inside of the number three?
Description of Coloring Page: number three, geometric patterns, recognize shapes

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Cursive Practice Sheets

Sample of a Cursive Writing Chart included with
early second grade reader.
       Cursive, also known as longhand, script, handwriting, looped writing, joined-up writing, joint writing, or running writing is any style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster. Formal cursive is generally joined, but casual cursive is a combination of joins and pen lifts. The writing style can be further divided as "looped", "italic", or "connected"
       Starting in the 1930s and 1940s, colleges discarded the teaching of handwriting techniques from curriculum. Students in college at that time therefore lacked the handwriting skills and ways to teach handwriting. Those who went into education at the time did not value cursive as much as the generation before them, and they were unsuccessful in passing the skills to the next generation. In addition to the new technology that would become popular over the following decades, cursive seemed inefficient compared to the technology that could produce information more quickly. One of the earliest forms of new technology that caused the decline of handwriting was the invention of the ballpoint pen patented in 1888 by John Loud. Two brothers, Laszlo and Gyorgy Biro further developed the pen by changing the design and using different ink that dried quickly. With their design, it was guaranteed that the ink would not smudge, as it would with the earlier design of pen and it no longer required the careful penmanship one would use with the older design of pen. The ballpoint pen was mass-produced and sold for a cheap price, changing the way people wrote. Over time the emphasis of using the style of cursive to write slowly declined, only to be later impacted by other technologies.
       Throughout recent years cursive has been on a downward slope due to its lack of necessity. It has been an open topic whether cursive could be soon removed from all schools. Most of school is geared toward helping students pass and take whichever route in life they choose, whether it may be college or going straight to the workforce. No option out of school requires a student to know cursive. Furthermore, teachers prepare students for using computers in their future, and cursive writing is generally thought to be of little value. The FairFax Education Association is the biggest teachers union in the country and even they have called cursive a “dying art.” Common Core for most educational institutes is to let teachers teach what is required and tested through various standardized tests. Thus, rendering cursive non-essential when it comes to a student trying to graduate from their various high schools, what makes this most important is that the “No Child Left Behind” law does not test schools on cursive also meaning that most teachers, teach toward their respective standardized test. Simply put however, many consider cursive too tedious to learn and believe that it is not useful in the long run for school. Wikipedia
       I believe that parents/educators should continue to teach their children cursive reading and writing while they are still very young. The reason for this is a simple one. If your child does not learn to read or write in cursive, then he or she will become vulnerable to those members of the society who have this easy advantage over them. Every citizen of the United States should be able to read the following: download the high-resolution Declaration and read aloud before graduating from eighth grade.  Incidentally, my children could read this when they were in fourth grade.

Begin to teach your second grader (age 8 or 9) cursive handwriting: Parents/Teachers may like to practice movements with their first grader ( age 6 and 7) prior to second grade writing and reading lessons. Remember that levels in pen work do not always accurately reflect the ages of students. Levels are determined by the progression of aptitude which is directly influenced by familiarity of small motor movements. So, if a student is unaccustomed to writing, he or she may need to begin with pen work at a different age or grade level than what was previously taught in American public education institutions.

Beginner pen work:
Intermediate pen work:
Advanced pen work:
 First-grade pupils practice cursive on their classroom chalk board in 1909.

The Number "2" and Pull Toys

Description of Coloring Page: number two, ducks on wheels, pull toys from the 1930s

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Gem Numbers: Two

A fun way to color the number two, include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number two, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm

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Mosaic Numbers: Two

How many shapes can you find inside of the number two?
Description of Coloring Page: number two, geometric patterned tiles, mosaic design

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Puzzle Numbers: Two

Description of Coloring Page: number two, puzzle pieces make the number "2"

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The number "4" and schnauzers

Description of Coloring Page: number four, dogs, schnauzers

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Monday, June 27, 2016

These children are celebrating the 4th of July

Description of Coloring Page: fire crackers, drum, flags, stars and stripes, children, flag in shield shape, old-fashioned children

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Mosaic Numbers: Four

How many shapes can you find inside of the number four?
Description of Coloring Page: number four, geometric patterned tiles, mosaic design

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Color Number "4" Shaped Like a Fire Cracker

Description of Coloring Page: little boy behind a giant fire cracker shaped like the number "4", toy cannon, banner with text "JULY" and eagle, patriotic shield, stars, shield decorated like the American flag

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Puzzle Numbers: Four

Description of Coloring Page: the number 4, puzzle version

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

"L is for lick" alphabet coloring page

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Ll upper and lower case, trace the letter Ll, color a baby bear licking his paw

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"L is for liberty bell" alphabet coloring page

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Ll upper and lower case, trace the letter Ll, color the liberty bell for a patriotic holiday, gong, crack, announcement, coloring for patriotic holidays, American history

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"W is for wreath" alphabet coloring pages

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Ww upper and lower case, trace the letter Ww, color a Christmas wreath, Holly wreath
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Christmas Wreath Crafts for Kids: 

Saturday, June 25, 2016

"G is for glasses" alphabet coloring pages

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Gg upper and lower case, trace the letter Gg, color a laughing man, teeth, smile, tie, eye glasses

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"G is for giant" alphabet coloring page

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Gg upper and lower case, trace the letter Gg, color a man with very large hands and feet, plaid suit, corsage and hat

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"G is for game" alphabet coloring page


Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Gg upper and lower case, trace the letter Gg, color a group of friends playing games, goodbye, dining room, lamp, wave, game board

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"G is for geese" alphabet coloring page

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Gg upper and lower case, trace the letter Gg, color a gaggle of geese, grass, pasture

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"G is for garbage can" alphabet coloring page

Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Gg upper and lower case, trace the letter Gg, color a garbage can with a face, arms and legs

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"G is for grin" alphabet coloring page


Description of Coloring Page: identify the Letter Gg upper and lower case, trace the letter Gg, color a funny grinning profile of a man, collar, hooked nose, large ears

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The Number "9"

       According to Georges Ifrah, the origin of the 9 integers can be attributed to the ancient Indian civilization, and was adopted by subsequent civilizations in conjunction with the 0.
       In the beginning, various Indians wrote 9 similar to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a 3-look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the @ character encircles a lowercase a. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "9"
 Song about the number "9" from School House Rock

The Number "8"

       English eight, from Old English eahta, æhta, Proto-Germanic *ahto is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓ(w)-, and as such cognate with Greek ὀκτώ and Latin octo-, both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective octaval or octavary, the distributive adjective is octonary. The adjective octuple (Latin octu-plus) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive octuplet is mostly used to refer to eight sibling delivered in one birth.
       The Semitic numeral is based on a root *θmn-, whence Akkadian smn-, Arabic ṯmn-, Hebrew šmn- etc. The Chinese numeral (pinyin ) is from an Old Chinese *priāt-, ultimately from Sino-Tibetan b-r-gyat or b-g-ryat which also yielded Tibetan brgyat.
       It has been argued that, as the cardinal number seven is the highest number of item that can universally be cognitively processed as a single set, the etymology of the numeral eight might be the first to be considered composite, either as "twice four" or as "two short of ten", or similar. The Turkic words for "eight" are from a Proto-Turkic stem *sekiz, which has been suggested as originating as a negation of eki "two", as in "without two fingers" (i.e., "two short of ten; two fingers are not being held up"); this same principle is found in Finnic *kakte-ksa, which conveys a meaning of "two before (ten)". The Proto-Indo-European reconstruction *oḱtṓ(w)- itself has been argued as representing an old dual, which would correspond to an original meaning of "twice four". Proponents of this "quaternary hypothesis" adduce the numeral nine, which might be built on the stem new-, meaning "new" (indicating the beginning of a "new set of numerals" after having counted to eight). Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "8"
  1. Mosaic Numbers: Eight
  2. Color Eight Little Sheep and The Number "8" 
  3. Puzzle Numbers: Eight
  4. Gem Numbers: Eight
"Figure 8 song" by School House Rock

The Number "7"

       In the beginning, various Hindus wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase J vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the character more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the character from a 6-look-alike into an uppercase V-look-alike. Both modern Arab forms influenced the European form, a two-stroke character consisting of a horizontal upper line joined at its right to a line going down to the bottom left corner, a line that is slightly curved in some font variants. As is the case with the European glyph, the Cham and Khmer glyph for 7 also evolved to look like their glyph for 1, though in a different way, so they were also concerned with making their 7 more different. For the Khmer this often involved adding a horizontal line above the glyph. This is analogous to the horizontal stroke through the middle that is sometimes used in handwriting in the Western world but which is almost never used in computer fonts. This horizontal stroke is, however, important to distinguish the glyph for seven from the glyph for one in writings that use a long upstroke in the glyph for 1.
       Most people in Continental Europe and increasingly in the UK and Ireland as well as Latin America write 7 with a line in the middle ("7"), sometimes with the top line crooked. The line through the middle is useful to clearly differentiate the character from the number one, as these can appear similar when written in certain styles of handwriting. This glyph is used in official handwriting rules for primary school in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, other Slavic countries, as well as in France, Finland, Romania, Germany and Hungary. Read more...

 Coloring Pages About the Number "7"
The alligator king had seven sons! 

"R is for reading" alphabet coloring page

These children can read the letter Rr.
Description of Coloring Page: Color upper and lower case Rr, children reading together, books laying about, identify the word "read" and Rr

How to Use This Alphabet Coloring Page:

  1. Help little ones to become familiar with reading and writing every day. Don't be too demanding of any child under five years of age. Just repeat the words and point out the upper and lower case letters. Gradually he or she will begin to retain the information.
  2. Talk about other words that start with the same letter.
  3. Talk about how words may rhyme with the words used on the page.
  4. Remind your young student of the shared experience both while you are coloring the sheet and practicing their writing and when you may be seeing or doing a similar activity depicted on the coloring page.
  5. Practice coloring and writing for just a few minutes everyday; especially during mid-morning when children are most alert and do not tire as easily. Practicing regularly helps develop their small motor skills and also conditions young students for academic environments.
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The Number "6"

       The evolution of our modern glyph for 6 appears rather simple when compared with that for the other numerals. Our modern 6 can be traced back to the Brahmins of India, who wrote it in one stroke like a cursive lowercase e rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Gradually, the upper part of the stroke (above the central squiggle) became more curved, while the lower part of the stroke (below the central squiggle) became straighter. The Ghubar Arabs dropped the part of the stroke below the squiggle. From there, the European evolution to our modern 6 was very straightforward, aside from a flirtation with a glyph that looked more like an uppercase G.
       On the seven-segment displays of calculators and watches, 6 is usually written with six segments. Some historical calculator models use just five segments for the 6, by omitting the top horizontal bar. This glyph variant has not caught on; for calculators that can display results in hexadecimal, a 6 that looks like a 'b' is not practical. Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "6"
 Counting six times table song with Mr. DeMaio,
 making videos for his students!

The Number "5"

       The evolution of the modern Western glyph for five cannot be neatly traced back to the Indian system as for the numbers 1 to 4. The Kushana and Gupta empires in what is now India had among themselves several different glyphs which bear no resemblance to the modern glyph. The Nagari and Punjabi took these glyphs and all came up with glyphs that are similar to a lowercase "h" rotated 180°. The Ghubar Arabs transformed the glyph in several different ways, producing glyphs that were more similar to the numbers 4 or 3 than to the number 5.
      It was from those characters that Europeans finally came up with the modern 5, though from purely graphical evidence, it would be much easier to conclude that the modern symbol came from the Khmer. The Khmer glyph develops from the Kushana/Ândhra/Gupta numeral, its shape looking like the modern version with an extended swirled 'tail.' Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "5" 
Here are The Jackson Five singing about the Alphabet and love. 
More Music Video About the Number "5"

The Number "4"

       Representing 1, 2 and 3 in as many lines as the number represented worked well. The Brahmin Indians simplified 4 by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the numeral, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the numeral to a point where speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the numeral less cursive, ending up with a glyph very close to the original Brahmin cross. Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "4"
  1. Mosaic Numbers: Four
  2. Color Number "4" Shaped Like a Fire Cracker
  3. Puzzle Numbers: Four
  4. Color Number "4" and four schnauzers 
  5. Gem Numbers: Four
A catchy song about the 4 seasons of the year. 
More Music Video About the Number "4"

The Number "3"

       Three is the largest number still written with as many lines as the number represents. (The Ancient Romans usually wrote 4 as IIII, but this was almost entirely replaced by the subtractive notation IV in the Middle Ages.) To this day 3 is written as three lines in Roman and Chinese numerals. This was the way the Brahmin Indians wrote it, and the Gupta made the three lines more curved. The Nagari started rotating the lines clockwise and ending each line with a slight downward stroke on the right. Eventually they made these strokes connect with the lines below, and evolved it to a character that looks very much like a modern 3 with an extra stroke at the bottom. It was the Western Ghubar Arabs who finally eliminated the extra stroke and created our modern 3. (The "extra" stroke, however, was very important to the Eastern Arabs, and they made it much larger, while rotating the strokes above to lie along a horizontal axis, and to this day Eastern Arabs write a 3 that looks like a mirrored 7 with ridges on its top line): Read more...

Coloring Pages About the Number "3"
  1. Gem Numbers: Three
  2. Puzzle Numbers: Three
  3. Color Three Little Girls and The Number "3"
  4. Mosaic Numbers: Three
     
    The number three from School House Rock 

    "O is for otter" alphabet coloring page

    Description of Coloring Page: otter holding a fish between his teeth, upper and lower case Oo, practice tracing letter Oo, the word "otter" used in a sentence, whiskers, long tail

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    The Number "2"

           The glyph used in the modern Western world to represent the number 2 traces its roots back to the Brahmin Indians, who wrote "2" as two horizontal lines. The modern Chinese and Japanese languages still use this method. The Gupta rotated the two lines 45 degrees, making them diagonal, and sometimes also made the top line shorter and made its bottom end curve towards the center of the bottom line. Apparently for speed, the Nagari started making the top line more like a curve and connecting to the bottom line. The Ghubar Arabs made the bottom line completely vertical, and now the glyph looks like a dotless closing question mark. Restoring the bottom line to its original horizontal position, but keeping the top line as a curve that connects to the bottom line leads to our modern glyph. Read more...

    Coloring Pages About The Number "2": 
    1. Gem Numbers: Two
    2. Mosaic Numbers: Two
    3. Color Number "2" and pull toys
    4. Puzzle Numbers: Two
     

    My favorite song about "2" is Tea For Two.
      (Original 1925 Orchestration) - Jason Graae & Rebecca Luker
    More Music Video About the Number "2"

    "D is for dog" alphabet coloring page

    Description of Coloring Page: letter Dd identification, practice tracing the letters Dd upper and lower case, the word "dog" in a sentence, dog's face with tongue, wet nose, teeth, floppy ears, different sizes, color Dd

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