For Cora – Lesson Plans

Last Sunday, sweet little Cora passed away due to Neuroblastoma (a form of cancer). Her parents are planning to construct a playground in honor of her life and memory. Many Etsy shop are working together to raise money for Cora’s Playground. Love, September is one of the participating shops.

And what better to commemorate a little girl’s life than a tutu?!? Not just any tutu but a tutu in the most vibrant, adorable color EVER-fuchsia!!This tutu looks fabulous in photos (as you can see….speaking of adorable!) and can be made in sizes newborn to 5T. If you’re so inclined, for a little more, I can make it in adult sizes as well. And all of the proceeds will go to Cora.

If you have ever contemplated purchasing a tutu, right now is the absolute best time to splurge because 100% of the proceeds are going to be donated to Cora’s Playground fund. Doing good and getting something fantastic!! Here’s a link directly to the Fuchsia Tutu for Cora Paige.

Even if you aren’t going to purchase a tutu (I won’t be offended), please add this button to your sidebar that links to all of the Etsy shops that are donating to the Playground fund. It’s a wonderful cause and won’t take more that a couple minutes of your time to help out. The HTML code for the button is below. Just copy and paste the code and add it as an HTML gadget to your own. Then click on it to see what other Etsy goodies you can purchase for Cora!! Happy shopping!

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Butterfly Learning Activities and Crafts

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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