Vowel Blends

The most recent addition to the Education Cubes Members Only site are the Vowel Blend insert cards! Included are five sets of cards; one for each of the vowels {a,e,i,o,u}, paired with all the consonants.  

Does your little one need some extra practice with blending consonants and vowels? Add some active fun by using the Vowel Blend insert cards! Roll a blend and then call out a word beginning with the sound. Or use the Vowel Blend insert cards in one cube and various consonants from the Lowercase Alphabet insert cards in another cube. Roll both cubes and say the word formed! There are tons of possibilities!

Do you have an idea of how to use the Vowel Blend insert cards?

You can access the Vowel Blend insert cards as well as many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

View a complete list of all the insert cards currently found on the Members Only Site.

{Attention Members: You can find these insert cards on the “Phonics” link found on the “Early Concepts” page or on the “Language Arts” page.}

1+1+1=1 Raising Rock Stars Preschool {COMPLETED} Insert Cards

There are some new Education Cubes insert cards on the Members Only Site that I am SUPER excited to share with you! If you are using the Raising Rock Stars Preschool Curriculum, then this one is for you! I have partnered with Carisa from 1+1+1=1 and have COMPLETED the insert cards designed to be used along with the RRSP curriculum! 

Images on the insert cards are used with the permission of Carisa from 1+1+1=1.

The completed set now contains eight sets of insert cards (including the most recently added K-B and R-Q Review Units), which can be accessed by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site are:

• RRSP Review Units L-E
• RRSP Review Units X-A
• RRSP Review Units K-B (shown above)
• RRSP Review Units R-Q (shown above)
• RRSP Vocabulary A-I (shown above)
• RRSP Vocabulary J-R
• RRSP Vocabulary S-Z
• RRSP Key Cards (shown above)

Designed to be used as a supplement to the Raising Rock Stars Preschool Curriculum, there are TONS of possible ways to use these!

Do you have ideas on how to use the Raising Rock Stars Preschool insert cards? Leave a comment with your ideas!!!

(Attention Members: These cards can be found in the “Early Concepts” section on the “Curriculum-based” page.)

High-flying Alphabet Fun

Check out the high-flying fun over on Room 4 at Least 1 More! They used the Uppercase/Lowercase Alphabet insert cards along with a large foam alphabet mat and came up with a fun active game to practice letter sounds! Click on the picture below for more about this fun little twist to reviewing letter sounds!

 

{Picture is used with permission from Room 4 at Least 1 More.}

Have you blogged about how you are using the different insert cards with your Education Cubes? If so, be sure to link up at the Show & Tell! I would love to feature your idea!

Easter Egg Fun!!!

The most recent additions to the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the Easter Egg insert cards.

Included are the Easter Egg Alphabet Cards (both upper and lower case) and the Easter Egg Counting insert cards. Use these as a fun way to practice the alphabet or as “dice” for Easter themed games!

You can access these insert cards and many, many more by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

Attn Members: You can find these insert cards on the “Easter” page under the “Other” category.

Cupid Alphabet

The most recent addition on the Education Cubes Members Only Site are the Cupid Alphabet insert cards. Both the capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet are included!

Use these adorable insert cards as a fun way to reinforce the alphabet during your Valentines themed activities! You can access the Cupid Alphabet insert cards by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

Working With 2 Children {Writing Letters & Words}

Carisa from 1+1+1=1 shows how you can use the RRSP Review Unit insert cards (that compliment her Raising Rock Stars Preschool curriculum) to work with two different aged children! Click on the image to see how her 4 year old and 8 year old shared ONE cube to practice writing letters and words!

{Picture is used with permission from Carisa @ 1+1+1=1.}

Have you blogged about how you are using the different insert cards with your Education Cubes? If so, please let me know. I would love to feature you!

1+1+1=1 Raising Rock Stars Preschool Insert Cards

There are some new Education Cubes insert cards on the Members Only Site that I am SUPER excited to share with you! If you are using the Raising Rock Stars Preschool Curriculum, then this one is for you! I have partnered with Carisa from 1+1+1=1 to bring to you six awesome sets of insert cards designed to be used along with the RRSP curriculum! 

Images on the insert cards are used with the permission of Carisa from 1+1+1=1.

The six sets of insert cards, which can be accessed by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site are:

• 1+1+1=1 RRSP Key Cards (shown above)
• 1+1+1=1 RRSP Review Units L-E (shown above)
• 1+1+1=1 RRSP Review Units X-A
• 1+1+1=1 RRSP Vocabulary A-I (shown above)
• 1+1+1=1 RRSP Vocabulary J-R
• 1+1+1=1 RRSP Vocabulary S-Z

Designed to be used as a supplement to the Raising Rock Stars Preschool Curriculum, there are TONS of possible ways to use these!

Do you have ideas on how to use the Raising Rock Stars Preschool insert cards? Leave a comment with your ideas!!!

(Attention Members: These cards can be found in the “Early Concepts” section on the “Curriculum-based” page.)

ABC Movement & Physical Activities

After a number of requests, I am excited to share a few new sets of Education Cubes insert cards with you! The most recent additions to the Members Only Site are the Alphabet Movement cards and the Physical Activity cards. These are a great way to add some physical activity to learning! (These cards were inspired by the Movement Cards found on The Home Teacher!)

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The Physical Activity insert cards are like the ABC Movement cards shown above…without the alphabet emphasis!

For a fun idea, you could use some Physical Activity cards in one cube and some Phonogram cards in another. Roll both cubes. Determine the number of sounds the phonogram makes and perform the physical activity that number of times! For example, if the child rolls the phonogram “a” on one cube and the push-ups card with the other cube, the child would do 3 push-ups because the phonogram “a” makes 3 sounds. Thanks Shanna C. for this awesome idea!

You can access these insert cards for your Education Cubes and many, many others by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

Attn Members: These cards can be found on the Physical Education page within the Elective category!

Do you have an idea of how to use the Alphabet Movement and the Physical Activity insert cards with your Education Cubes? Please share your ideas in a comment!

Cursive Alphabet: Unstructured Learning/Play

Mama of Many from Our Family Adventures used the Cursive Alphabet insert cards in her Education Cubes for some unstructured play/learning time. While stacking the blocks her son sang the alphabet song! Click on the image to read more about how Mama of Many is using the cubes in her home!

{Picture used with permission from Mama of Many at Our Family Adventures.}

Have you blogged about how your are using the different insert cards with your Education Cubes? If so, please let me know. I would love to feature you!

More Word Families…

I have been plugging away at the Education Cubes Word Family insert cards. The most recent additions to the Members Site are:

–ap, –ar, –at, –ate, –aw, –ay

Plus, I added a set of insert cards with all of the Word Families. This set includes all of the 37 most common used word families, plus quite a bit more!

These can be used along with the Lower Case Alphabet cards to make words! Insert some word family cards in one cube and some consonants in another cube. Roll both cubes and sound out the word that is formed!

These insert cards can be accessed by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site.

Confessions of a Homeschooler’s LETTER OF THE WEEK Insert Cards

As promised, there are some new Education Cubes insert cards on the Members Only Site that I am SUPER excited to share with you! I have partnered with Erica from Confessions of a Homeschooler to bring to you three awesome sets of insert cards to go along with her Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum!

All images are used with the permission of Erica from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

The three downloads, which can be accessed by joining the Education Cubes Members Only Site are:

• COAH Letter of the Week Capital Letters (shown above)
• COAH Letter of the Week Lower Case Letters
• COAH Letter of the Week Pictures (just the pictures…no letters)

Designed to be used as a supplement to the Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum, there are TONS of possible ways to use these! One idea is to roll the cube and Identify the picture and the letter. For more of a challenge say the sound that the letter makes!

Do you have ideas on how to use the Letter of the Week Education Cubes? Leave a comment with your ideas!!!

(Attention Members: These cards can be found on the second Alphabet page.)

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