“Painting” with yarn is a classic activity that usually involves a fair amount of mess because you usually do it by coating the yarn with glue or putting down a glue line and smooshing the yarn into the glue. Either … Read More ...
How to Set up a Nature Exploration Station
If spring is starting to happen where you live, now is a great time to go on a nature walk and collect some fun things to observe in the classroom or at home. With Earth Day
this week, it’s even … Read More ...
Cloud Spotting Learning Tool Craft
Now that the weather is getting warmer in the Northern Hemisphere (and we are getting closer to the end of the school year) it’s great to have some learning opportunities available that can be done outside.
Whether you do this … Read More ...
How to Draw a Daffodil
One of the most common flowers of springtime is the daffodil, and this easy drawing tutorial will help your budding artist to draw one.
It takes just seven steps (plus coloring) to make this flower. This would be a great … Read More ...
Fun Family Easter Games
These “minute to win it” style Easter games are a lot of fun for families to play on Easter or to do in a classroom around Easter or for a spring party.
You don’t need a lot of supplies to … Read More ...
Egg Pattern Mats for Easter and Spring
Real eggs are fun to decorate, and the egg shape is fun to decorate with patterns, stripes and colors, too.
These egg patterns mats from Picklebums are not only cute, you can use them in lots of different ways. Color … Read More ...
Printable Spring Memory Cards
There are so many cute images associated with spring, from flowers to baby animals and insects. What better way to celebrate the things of spring than a fun printable memory matching game?
This game from Kiddy Charts has three pages … Read More ...
Tracing Line Eggs Printables
Tracing lines that follow different paths is a great way to practice pencil skills that will become important as kids learn to write. These printable eggs have different lines for kids to trace and are perfect for kids ages 3-7 … Read More ...
Printable Spring Counting Puzzles
Puzzles that you can cut apart and that have numbers on them so they can be put back together are an easy way to introduce number sequencing to kids.
These printable puzzles from The Craft at Home Family have spring … Read More ...
Color by Number Spring Coloring Pages
These sweet color by number coloring pages from In the Playroom are great to have on hand for the art area this time of year, or to print out for use at home.
Color by number is a great way … Read More ...
Easter Bunny Letter Search Printables
Learning letters is an important part of getting ready to learn to read and write, and this activity puts an Easter twist on learning by placing the letters in the Easter bunny’s belly.
The printables from ABCs of Literacy include … Read More ...
Insect Movement Dice Printable Game
This printable dice game is a lot of fun for kids to use inside when it’s too rainy to play outside or outside or those warm spring days.
The activity is from Taming Little Monsters, and it includes different movements … Read More ...
Book Review: Upcycle It! Crafts for Kids
Crafty pro Jennifer Perkins offers lots of ideas for crafts kids can make with materials that would otherwise be on the way to the trash or recycling bins in her book Upcycle It! Crafts for Kids.
The book covers the … Read More ...
Easter Themed Sight Word Game
This easy sight word activity is a fun way to bring a spring or Easter element into learning.
The Soccer Mom Blog used paint chips to make her egg-themed sight words, but you could also cut them out of construction … Read More ...
Printable Spring Bingo Cards
Bingo is a fun game to play with a group of kids at just about any age. These printable bingo cards from Crafts on Sea have spring images and only use pictures, not words, so they’re great even for kids … Read More ...
