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Apr
30
I love this list of 50 ways to get children to read from Read Aloud.
I think the first one is especially important:
Make a love of reading be your most important education goal for your children. Children who love to read…
Apr
29
Matter was a unit in the science curriculum that I taught. Teaching about solids, liquids, and gases involves lots of experiments and hands on learning. Every year as a culminating activity for the unit, we would make ice cream in…
Apr
26
School is almost out and moms everywhere are gearing up for the inevitable “I’m bored” from their kids. With the help of Creative Kids at Home, you can relieve some of the boredom with great activities like making a mummy,…
Apr
26
Figuring out the placement of all the States is often a difficult thing for students to learn. In fact, most adults can’t tell you where all of the States are located. With this fun online game, kids AND adults can work…
Apr
22
Still celebrating Earth Day? Making Friends has many fun, easy craft projects for kids with a recycling and Earth Day theme. From an Earth made of tissue paper to a tote out of recycled materials to baby food jar animals, these…
Apr
20
Using alumnium foil, Sharpies and some black cloth, Filth Wizardy made a huge, wall spanning solar system. She made the planets with young children, but I think this is a great lesson even for the older kids. My sixth graders would…
Apr
17
My Montessori Journey posted a really great demonstration for kids who are learning about the body-specifically the parts of blood. She uses wonderful visual aids to teach about plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and the other components that…
Apr
15
Even with the sixth graders, I had to constantly emphasize that the kids needed to wash their hands. Especially after using the bathroom–yuck!! Often sicknesses would spread through the classroom at lightning speed and it was because the students didn’t…
Apr
14
And thanks to all of you who entered, tweeted, blogged, subscribed and followed.
Head on over to Kids Crafts Store to purchase your favorite kits for your kids!!
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Apr
14
A really great experiment to use when teaching the Laws of Motion in science!! Using a balloon, straw, pencil and some tape, you’ll have a great visual, hands on demonstration proving that Newton was right!! Ordinary Life Magic gives you…
Apr
11
Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up at the beginning of May (May 4-8th). It’s a wonderful time to express gratuitude to your kids’ teachers for all of the time and energy they put into preparing and teaching. Some of my…
Apr
10
Have some extra toilet paper rolls, paper plates, and paper laying around? Then, you have all the supplies that you need for making some great Easter crafts with instructions from Chic Mummy!!
She shows you how to make a toilet paper roll…
Apr
10
Put those brightly colored plastic eggs to good use with this Memory game from Scrumdilly Do! Hide matching colored jelly beans with half of a plastic egg and you’ve got a game that the whole family will love to play! And…
Apr
7
I have been looking for creative eggs to make with my kids and this idea might be the most EGGcelent (sorry, I couldn’t resist). Using a silk tie, water and vinegar, you can color an egg in the tie colors. …
Apr
4
Every kid’s dream is to play with slime and now here’s a chance to win some!!
Kids Craft Store is an Etsy shop that sells kits for fun crafts and science experiements to work on with children. These kits would be especially…
