Kids often go through a mystery phase where they love stories with a bit of suspense and clues they need to follow to solve a mystery. My daughter has been in this phase for a few years now and I’m … Read More ...
Using Loose Parts in Block Area
Whether you’re setting up a block area in a classroom or at home, it’s a great idea to include materials other than just blocks.
Items like small dolls, bits of fabric and loose parts can be added to make block … Read More ...
Make Corn Dance with this Simple Science Experiment
Corn is in season now through the fall so now and for the next few months would be a good time to use corn in a science project.
Little Bins for Little Hands has a great experiment where students learn … Read More ...
Printable Bear Counter Pattern Strips
Bear counters are fun for all sorts of things, from just playing with them to counting, sorting, weighing and making patterns.
The Measured Mom has a great collection of free printable pattern strips for use with bear counters.
With these, … Read More ...
Use this Alphabet Sorting Game to Help with Letter Recognition
As kids are learning to recognize letters, it’s helpful to play lots of different games and expose them to letters in different ways.
This alphabet sorting game from Learning 4 Kids is a great way to play with letters and … Read More ...
Take a Leaf Walk and Graph Your Results
It’s a little early for leaf changing, though I did notice some of the leaves on our neighbor’s dogwood trees are starting to turn already.
When it’s time for a fall nature walk or exploration on the playground, print out … Read More ...
A Giant Fall Learning Pack for Preschool
Little kids in particular seem to love a theme in the classroom or the homeschool room because it can help keep them engaged across a variety of activities.
Pinay Homeschooler has an amazing package of activities for preschoolers with a … Read More ...
Printable Back to School Chatterbox
My daughter just started fourth grade, and she’s still at the age where she loves to make and use cootie catchers, fortune tellers or chatterboxes, as the blogger behind the Gingerbread House calls them.
Teaching Kids How to Use Glue Properly
If you teach little ones or have a little one at home, teaching them how to use glue properly is an important skill for crafting as well as just regular classroom activities that use glue.
Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station has … Read More ...
Decorate the Classroom with About Me Buntings
About me activities are perfect for back to school because they give kids and teachers alike a chance to get to know each other.
It’s great for these sorts of projects to also be cute to display in the classroom, … Read More ...
Check Out this Super Cute Pool Noodle Sidewalk Chalk Pencil
If you’re looking for a prop for first day of school photos or a fun way to decorate a classroom on the cheap, check out this adorable and easy to make pool noodle pencil.
I love how she added a … Read More ...
This Hula Hoop Lasso Game is Perfect Summer Fun
I am totally in love with this hula hoop lasso game from Raising Dragons.
If you have hula hoops
, jump ropes
(or string) and balls you can set it up quickly and the kids will play with it for … Read More ...
Multiplication Helpers for Kids
I am not great at multiplication, and while my daughter is sort of learning her multiplication tables, I know she’s often just trying to do the math in her head rather than having the facts memorized.
Knowing how to … Read More ...
Bugs and Bottle Tops Matching Game
Every teacher of preschool and early elementary that I know (and a lot of the parents, too) seem to have a vast collection of plastic caps from milk cartons and other places. These can come in lots of fun colors … Read More ...
The Art Teacher’s Version of “What I Did on My Summer Vacation”
Ooh, I love this idea for turning what kids did over the summer into art.
I found it on Pinterest though the link was to the Instagram page of Ridgy Didge Resources, who had reposted the idea from Learning … Read More ...