The Family Fun website has a really great idea for Valentine’s Day-a scavenger hunt!
You can do this activity with an entire class or just a few children-adapt the amount of questions to the size of your group. If you … Read More ...
Valentine Fun: Woven Hearts
I remember making woven Valentines at school as a kid. Take the old classic and modernize it by using unexpected materials to weave together, like newspaper, fabric or even an old map to make things more interesting!! This tutorial from … Read More ...
Literacy and Art: The Rainbow Fish
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
is a wonderful tale with a moral that isn’t too deep even for the smallest of children to understand. The story belongs to a very vain fish who discovers how rewarding it is to … Read More ...
Make It: Alphabet Books
My son is really excited about the alphabet. He points out letters on signs as we drive and finds letter shapes in every day objects. I want to take advantage of his new-found obsession, so I’ve been searching for fun … Read More ...
A MUST read!!
I’ve just discovered Unplug Your Kids and I am ready to spend hours reading this blog’s archives!! The ideas are perfect for use at home or in a formal classroom setting. Every week a new Unplugged Project theme is introduced … Read More ...
Caterpillar Exchange
Eric Carle is one of my very favorite children book authors. I love his vibrant illustrations and simple story lines that include a life lesson.
Carle’s books are timeless and great to use in the classroom, which is why I … Read More ...
Read It: D is for Dancing Dragon
Picture books are appropriate for any age-from birth on up. And they make great introductions to mini-lessons. Read a picture book to the whole class, go over a correlating concept as a class, then have the students work individually to … Read More ...
Let’s get this party started: At home
It’s fun to start thinking about all the great projects you are going to work on with your children. But before you add kids to the glue and glitter mix, you’ve got to organize your space.
Even though our house … Read More ...