Favorite Kid-Friendly Fonts!

 Decisions, decisions! Choosing the perfect font can make your item and cover page really stand out from the rest! Nothing ruins a perfectly good printable or activity like an ugly (sorry so snobbish) font or one that kids just learning to read have a hard time deciphering!  I'm sure you agree there is something to be said for keeping it simple. 

 Because of my personal font addiction :) , I have been scrolling through endlessly it seems, previewing the fonts that will be just perfect for whatever I am creating. When making an item for little ones, I always try to select a fun, easy-to-read and kid-friendly font.

 I created this visual for myself so that I have a handy reference of my favorites right on my desktop! I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner! What a time-saver!

 Feel free to save it for yourself, Pin it or search for some of these beauties to download for your collection!

 Below are a few of my favorite font sites and a link to my TPT store where you can find some freebie fonts too! 

If you see one you like from the image and just have to have it, search by title!

A Cupcake for the Teacher

Hello Fonts

Kidsrcute

Kimberly Geswein

Lettering Delights

MissTiina Fonts

If you plan to download these fonts for commercial use, you will want to be sure to see the terms of use to give proper credit! Some require a license to be purchased as well. Most fonts above have no strings attached for personal use in the classroom.

Kevin and Amanda, another fantastic font site, have a great tutorial if you need help with installing your new favorites!

Giveaways Galore!

Everywhere I look, there are fabulous giveaways going on! I guess that is another good thing about the transition to Bloglovin! I hope that you have made the switch by now!

This morning the winner for the custom Pinterest button was drawn!

Carrie's blog design and Facebook page are so adorable! I can't wait to get started on her button! Don't fret if you didn't win, I'll do another giveaway button for Instagram or Twitter soon!

There are still a few days left for the Brighton flip flop key fob giveaway friends! Click on the picture to enter in case you missed it! 

I need your help!

If you have a suggestion for a tried and true, favorite kid-friendly font to add to another visual I am working on, please leave it in the comments below! Don't be modest, if it is one that you made, go ahead and tell us about it! There are just too many to list in one picture! :) Let's put our heads together and get a great list going here!

Snowman-Themed Compound Words Center and a Fun Font

This big snowstorm has motivated me to do some creating in winter themes! This is a new center that I know my students will love during Daily 5 (which is more like Daily 3 lately) for the month of January! There are four weeks of card matches here and a recording sheet too. I anticipate that it will be a 20 minute long station rotation which will be perfect with our full schedule.

I am going to have them work in small groups cooperatively on this one. It may prove to be challenging for a few of them. I can see matches like rainglasses and suncoat making sense to some of my kiddos!

What I like about this design it is that it won't use up a lot of ink to print. And don't you just love Nikki's graphics! You could print the set and then photocopy it on blue or any colored cardstock. That would be cute too!

I used all of my own fonts for this item! There is one that I favor lately for directions and descriptions but it wasn't quite dark enough for titles so I created it in bold. This is what I used in the headings and on the cover. The font is called Second Grader! The medium and bold versions are available at my shops.

I have seen a few of my fonts on some wonderful items out there! I get so excited when I spot them and am glad to know that they are coming in handy! If you have created anything using one of my freebies or commercial use fonts, leave me a comment and a link so I can check it out and others can too!

Tonight I am going to start on a winter poetry collection and hope to get some Tacky the Penguin activities ready for the week we return. I just love Tacky!

If you think you may like either the font or the compound word center or both :), please leave me a comment below. I'll randomly select a few names to win a copy this weekend so you can try them out! Be sure to leave me your email too!:)