All About Me Scrabble Math Printable Pack

My boys are addicted to Scrabble math and they simply cannot get enough. I love that these printables are great for a variety of ages. Both my preschooler and my early elementary son can work on them independently in ways that suit their needs and their skills. The latest ones we have been working on have focused on an "all about me" theme, focusing on body parts, family members, the five senses, and the clothing that we wear. I've bundled them all up into one easy printable pack, which you can download below.

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To do Scrabble math, you will need:

• Scrabble letter tiles
• Pencil
• All about me printable pack (find out how to download below)

What You Get in this Pack

The All About Me Scrabble Math Printable Pack is 21 pages long. It includes 60 words for kids to spell and add based on four different themes. The themes are: family members, body parts, the five senses, and the clothing we wear. This pack also includes lots of suggestions on how to use the printables for further learning.

{Click here to get your copy!}

30 Personal Questions & Prompts to Build Language Skills {Free Printable}

To encourage conversation and build language with my son who has hyperlexia, we rely on practicing "WH" questions a lot. We also write and read mini scripts about how to interact in certain social scenarios and how to respond appropriately to questions. 

These 30 questions and prompts are a simple way to work on asking and answering personal questions for children with autism and hyperlexia. 

They will also help these kids to speak in sentences and learn sentence structure. 

And they're yours free to download. YAY!

Just before my son entered Kindergarten (and before I knew what hyperlexia was), we practiced these questions orally a lot. A lot of these questions were tricky for him to answer back in the fall, but now he can answer most of these questions without hesitation. There are still some that require a bit more practice. 

We also use these cards to help him to practice appropriate sentence structure because sometimes his spoken sentences are still jumbled. But with his strong ability to read, he can simply just read the questions and prompts word for word and internalize the sentence structure.

How to Use this Printable

Here are a few different ways to use this printable:

• Cut them all out and match the question with the appropriate answer.

• Have your child ask the question and you respond.

• You ask the question and the child responds.

• Keep the question and answer prompt attached (i.e., don't cut the cards vertically) so that you can fold the answer behind the question. Then your child can read the question, try to answer it, and then double check by folding it open to see the answer prompt.

• Read the prompts only and see what creative answers your child may come up with. When I read the statement "I live in..." my son said, "Costco," for example. I can assure you we do not live in Costco although with the amount I spend there, I basically help pay their lease payments.

Download the Free Printable

This printable is seven pages in length, including a cover page. Each of the other pages contains 5 questions with 5 matching prompts. That means there are 30 question and prompt pairings in this printable pack. Simply print and cut and it's ready for use.

To get a copy of this printable, click the link below:

>> Click here to download the free printable

 

Body Tracing Self-Portrait Mirror Drawings

Looking for all about me drawing activities for kids? Try these body tracing self-portrait mirror drawings!

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The theme for this month's Light & Reflections series is all about me. So, to explore this theme, we combined body tracing with self-portraits, but gave it a twist by doing it on a vertical, mirrored surface.

The result? Body tracing self-portrait mirror drawings!

This activity was great for practicing fine motor skills, learning about body parts and identity, exploring creativity, and practicing French words. And frankly, it was just plain fun! Plus, the results are totally adorable.

What You'll Need for this All About Me Drawing Activity

Here's what we used for this body tracing activity:

• Large vertical mirrors - We have two large mirrored doors in our dining room, but you could use a full length floor mirror or something similar.

• Window markers - You could also use dry erase markers if you prefer, but we like window markers for drawing on mirrors and windows.

• Googly eyes (optional, but way more fun)

To set it up, I first asked the boys to stand as tall as they could against the mirrors so that I could trace their bodies with the window markers. I really enjoyed the fact that K chose a "stick-em-up" kind of pose...haha

Once you have the outlines of their bodies traced, it's time to decorate them.

Body Tracing Self-Portrait Mirror Drawings in Action

The first thing the boys wanted to do was add some eyes. You can add googly eyes to the body silhouettes with a little bit of magic. Okay, not really magic, but pretty darn close. Simply add a splash of water to the back of the googly eyes and they stick right to the mirrors, similar to how craft foam sticks to mirrors when wet (see here) or what we did with this abstract window art project.

Here's K adding some googly eyes to his face:

Next, the boys added facial details like a nose and smile. And then some crazy, floating hair. Here's K working on his portrait:

J's self portrait originally started off with gigantic ears, but ended up with three ears on one side of the head. Then J added extra details like teeth, hair, and a shirt.

Since J just started French Immersion kindergarten, we practiced saying the different body parts in both English and in French as he draw and decorated his portrait. Then we followed up the activity by singing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" in both languages as well.

Overall, both boys had a lot of fun with this activity. And it was a great way to explore body parts and learn about identity, while also building fine motor skills and practicing some French vocabulary.

Other All About Me Activities Your Kids Will Love

This body tracing activity is part of the monthly Light & Reflections series where a few bloggers and I share fun ways for kids to explore and learn using light and mirrors. Here are the other all about me ideas from this month's series:

All About Me Baby Play Station from Happily Ever Mom

All About My Feelings: Identifying Emotions with Self-Portraits from Still Playing School

Photo Puzzles on the Light Table from Where Imagination Grows

I hope you decide to give any of the above ideas a try, including the full body tracing self-portrait mirror drawings shown here. They're great for an all about me unit at school.

Making Faces on the Light Table

J and K have really been into making funny faces themselves, all thanks to my adorable niece who showed them how to pull their mouth wide with their fingers and stick out their tongue.  Good old fun I tell you!  So I took that love for funny faces and put it on the light table.  Yup, it's like Mr. Potato Head on the light table...just without the potato-shaped head.

And, seriously, how can you not giggle when you see fun cartoon faces like this?

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Light Table Activity for Kids: Making Funny Faces

To make some funny faces of your own, all you will need are some clear overhead transparencies, some colored permanent markers, and some imagination.  Oh and some scissors to cut the pieces to the appropriate sizes.

I drew a face shape, freehand of course because that's how I roll, and you can see it's kind of weirdly proportioned.  Whatever.  Like the boys even noticed.  Then I drew some face pieces and accessories: eyes, glasses, bow, mustaches, mouths, hair, etc.  Draw whatever you'd like.  Make it fun, colorful,and most importantly, goofy.  There may be a pig snout nose in my collection...

I assembled some funny faces ahead of time for the boys to check out, which made them giggle hysterically.  And honestly, I giggle every time I look at the picture below.  I think it's the mouth that does it.

Then J started making some faces of his own.  I particularly like how he is putting a mustache on the chin and that the nose is upside down.  Insert giggles from me.  Yes, I am a child at heart and things like this amuse me.

But the plump red lips just didn't work with what J had in mind.  So bucktooth smile it is.  Oh and some red glasses look pretty fine dandy too!

Now to pick out some hair...what will he choose?

Nope, no hair.  Bald it is.  Looks great, doesn't it?  As for K, he enjoyed giggling while J assembled some funny facial masterpieces.

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