With Halloween just around the corner, some of you may be searching for an activity that will keep your kids engaged and learning during what can be a crazy time of year. If you find it difficult to keep your kids on task and interested in the spooky season, some of the resources I've rounded-up in this post might help keep them doing something educationally productive, and more importantly, save your sanity! Some are free and some are paid, the links provided will direct you to where you can download these resources from.  Good luck! I hope you are able to find something that will help and benefit your class. 

Are you trying to save paper in the classroom or at home? Is your school encouraging more use of technology and less traditional paper worksheets? Over the past year, I've been working on building digital mystery options to start a new line that will help teachers cater for their classrooms if technology resources are needed. These mystery games take me a while to make, so at the moment I don't have too many available. But, this week I'd like to share with you my latest digital mystery creation for the spooky season coming up, The Case of the Halloween Heist! I'll include a free trial so that you can see how it works. It might be a fun option to keep your students engaged and learning in the build up to Halloween.  

On some days, my son was finding the plain old alphabet worksheets a bit dull. Motivating him to practice these important skills became tough. So, to help keep his interest and keep him learning, I decided to design a set of alphabet mysteries for him to develop early foundation skills involving:

• letter recognition 
• letter sounds
• handwriting
• cutting and pasting
• counting
• number recognition
• reading
• and a very easy way to introduce deductive reasoning

Keep on reading to learn more about the new A-Z Letter Detectives series and grab a free Letter Mystery Resource Download too!