If you’re a teacher looking for resources to send home with parents with ideas for educational and fun things to do with kids over the summer or a parent looking for the same, these printable activity sheets from Growing Book … Read More ...
Fun with St. Patrick’s Day Poetry
Poetry is not really associated with St. Patrick’s Day, but you can use the occasion as a fun way to learn about limericks, which are fun and easy to write rhyming poems.
This idea from Rock Your Homeschool has links … Read More ...
St. Patrick’s Day Worksheets for Preschoolers
These fun worksheets from Team Cartwright are great for little kids wanting to get a little St. Patrick’s Day learning fun.
They include pattern practice, cutting, coloring, number matching and a memory game.
These are great to make a themed … Read More ...
St. Patrick’s Day Printable Activities
Real Life at Home has a great collection of St. Patrick’s Day worksheets and activities to use in the classroom, homeschool or with an individual child at home.
These are generally suited from preschool to second grade depending on the … Read More ...
Lunar New Year Dot Printables
Lunar New Year is coming up at the beginning of February, and these dot painting printables are an easy activity for little kids to learn about some of the symbols of the season.
In all there are 10 pages in … Read More ...
MLK Day Felt Board Template
Felt boards are a great way to share a story with kids and then give them the elements to play with so they can tell their own stories.
Growing Up Blackxican made a felt board for Martin Luther King Jr. … Read More ...
Jingle Bell Activities for Kids
My daughter has a huge bag of jingle bells. I’m sure we needed a couple for a project or something (I think it was for an ugly Christmas sweater?) but you can’t just buy one or two jingle bells
, … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Lesson Plans from a Native American Perspective
A friend of mine shared this resource on Facebook recently and I think it’s great, whether you are in a classroom teaching about Thanksgiving or just want to give a broader perspective to your kids.
This PDF is from the … Read More ...
Veterans Day Activity Pack for Kids
Veterans Day isn’t a holiday that seems to get a lot of attention outside of military communities, but it’s important for all of us to remember the service of our members of the military.
3 Dinosaurs has a nice printable … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Printable Worksheets for Preschool
Adding a holiday twist to learning activities is always fun, but I feel like it’s a little extra at Thanksgiving time because parents can grab learning activities for kids to do while they’re waiting for food to be done or … Read More ...
All About Microscopes for Kids — with Free Printables
Using microscopes with kids — whether at home or in the classroom — is a lot of fun. It’s always cool to see how amazed they are by the things you can see under a microscope that you wouldn’t know … Read More ...
Fun Halloween Ideas for Preschool
This post isn’t a single idea, but Ms. Stephanie’s Preschool has a bunch of photos of great ideas you can use for Halloween activities if you have a preschooler at home or work with preschoolers. Some of these would be … Read More ...
Printable Olympics Lapbook
I love this lapbook full of Olympics themed activities from Homeschool Share.
It covers the basics like what team you are rooting for and how many medals they win, to tracking the weather in the host country, learning about Olympic … Read More ...
Learning Flags for the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are happening for the next couple of weeks, and they provide a great opportunity to sneak in some learning about other countries.
It’s always fun to watch the parade of nations during the opening ceremonies and see … Read More ...
Flag Day Unit for K-2
Flag Day is coming up soon, and while some schools are already out of session for the summer, this is a great holiday for those still in school to use as a transition into summer.
Double Dose of Learning has … Read More ...