My daughter loves making books and telling stories, though she usually doesn’t get more than a couple of pages done before she moves on to the next project.
I love the idea of collaborating on a book where I take … Read More ...
Play with Science with Periodic Table Battleship
This is so clever and I can’t wait until my little one is learning chemistry so we can play Periodic Table Battleship.
How to set it up and the printable (free with subscription) are all at Teach Beside Me. … Read More ...
Dr. Seuss-Inspired Science: More that Just Oobleck!
When you think of science and Dr. Seuss, it wouldn’t surprise me if your first thought went to oobleck, that gooey (in the original, green) goop that’s easy to make and fun to play with.
But there are many, many … Read More ...
Make Your Own Montessori Sandpaper Letters
Montessori materials are beautiful and great for kids learning about letters, numbers and other basics, but they can be really expensive.
One of the classic Montessori early learning materials is sandpaper letter cards, which I found can run up to … Read More ...
Awesome Art Discussion Topics Printables
It can be difficult to get kids to talk about art, especially when you don’t have the vocabulary to encourage them. Get beyond “I like it” and “I don’t like it” with these lovely printable art discussion signs to use … Read More ...
A Yearlong Music Curriculum for Kids
I try to post about a variety of subjects here to inspire different kinds of learning with kids, but I think this is the first time I’ve posted something about music.
Every Star is Different shares her yearlong music curriculum, … Read More ...
Encourage Writing and Storytelling with Printable Comic Book Templates
Sometimes reluctant readers get interested in graphic novels and comic books, so it stands to reason that the same format could help reluctant writers and storytellers as well.
Plus, it’s just fun to tell a story in a comic book … Read More ...
Learning in Nature with Kids
There are many times in the year when you just don’t want to take your kids outside, whether as a parent or a teacher. It’s too hot or cold or rainy or whatever and you’d rather not bother, right?
It’s … Read More ...
Easy Ways to Get Ready for Back to School
I know different areas of the world are different in terms of when kids go back to school, and if you homeschool you could be on a completely different schedule, but where I live kids have been trickling back to … Read More ...
Celebrate Left Handers Day
Today is Left Handers Day, and it’s fun to celebrate by learning about being left handed and learning a little bit about what it’s like to be a lefty.
The Left Handers Day website has a list of ideas for … Read More ...
Make Report Writing Easier with this Visual Format
As children learn to write, they are also learning how to tell stories. Often when kids are starting to write stories we encourage drawing a picture and writing about what is shown, whether they are retelling a favorite fairy tale … Read More ...
Check out this Brilliant Way to Help Kids Learn Multiplication Tables
I have to admit that I never really learned all my multiplication tables. I don’t know how that’s possible, but it is. I couldn’t tell you want 7 times 6 is or 8 times 9 (well, maybe that one because … Read More ...
Science Activities for Learning about Water
Our town has a great little botanical garden that runs summer programs for kids, and the last one we went to was all about water, which has gotten my daughter interested in learning more about water.
Water is a great … Read More ...
A Ton of Weekly Preschool Theme Unit Studies
Ellen at Cutting Tiny Bites is working her way through a list of 52-plus different weekly unit study themes for preschoolers, and there already a lot of great stuff there (as I write there are 32 themes), whether you’re working … Read More ...
Helping Kids Learn About Geography
With the Olympics coming up you might be talking more to your kids about different countries and pulling out maps or a globe to show them where different countries are.
If this is your first time introducing concepts of geography … Read More ...