Word Families on a Budget

    To us, a huge part of the learning process is making sure it's fun, which usually means allowing my preschooler to interact as much as possible with what he's learning.  It's very easy to head to the teacher store and buy a ready-made learning game but I've notice that if our son is involved in making his own out of everyday items, he is much more motivated during the learning process.  In learning word families we decided to use paper cups from the dollar store.  He loved it so much that he asks to do the same type of activity when we do our math number studies.