A fun menorah craft for kids to make for Hanukkah that has a great book that you can read as well. You can read the book and make this great craft. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah Crafts on the site. We have included links to some of the products and resources we…
With the use of my Hanukkah Pack, we have been counting down the nights and graphing out dreidel spins. This has been great fun for the girls. Each night we have been coloring the candles on our Color the Menorah Each Night. It is a fun way the girls can keep track of what night…
Name: Thanksgiving Point: Museum of Ancient Life Location: Lehi, Utah Website: https://www.thanksgivingpoint.org/visit/museum_of_ancient_life/about.html Length of stay: 2 hours Thanksgiving Point Museum of Ancient Life is a great place to see many different types of fossils from different periods of development. The fossils are arranged in many different ways. Most of them look like scenes from their…
Yes, you heard that right, a second Nativity Pack. These images were just too good to pass up. There are a few different things in this pack! I can’t wait for you to see it. The Nativity 2 Pack Printables are a great addition to the Nativity Printables on the site. The Nativity 2 Pack…
We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah activities on the site. I have been exploring Hanukkah with the girls. It has been a great fun….
There are a lot of Dot marker words on the site. A common question is how do you use them if you don’t have dot makers. There are many ways you can use them. I always try and think out of the dot when I can. These are fun little circles that you can use…
We celebrate two holidays: Christmas and Hanukkah. It has become something fun to look forward to! The girls love having both! It has not always been easy to balance it all out, but something fun no matter what. Here are two books that cover this subject: My Two Holidays: A Hanukkah and Christmas Story and…
Are you doing a count down to Christmas? We have two different ways going right now! I blogged already about the other one we are doing with our Elf Red Snowflake. This coloring chart was made by MelonHeadz Illustrations as a freebie that she offered. I included it as part of the Reindeer Pack Part…
This week are still in Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers. Book 6 is now available. Each week you will find Word Paths, Read Write & Stamp, Making BOB Book Words, Write a Sentence with the word, Cube Flashcards and this week a special Dot Mark Words. A great way to use the words from…
If you missed our November Virtual Book Club for Kids, December is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Jan Brett! She is one of my favorite authors! Here are some of the great books you can read by Jan Brett. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book…
You have a fun learning about Hanukkah and having fun with Hanukkah-themed activities with this fun free Hanukkah Pack. You are going to find Hanukkah vocab cards, dreidel spin and graph, color matching, puzzles and dreidels, and more. You have a mix of hands-on Hanukkah activities and no-prep Hanukkah worksheets. All that work great for…
I want to thank everyone that joined me in November 2012 and sent traffic my way. These are in no specific order. Creative Learning Fun 1+1+1=1 Living Montessori Now Royal Baloo Learn with Play at Home Enchanted Homeschooling Mom One Perfect Day PreK and K Sharing Totally Tots Homeschool Creations From Chalkboards to Strollers Rockabye…
A Free Reindeer Pack for those kids that love a reindeer theme a Christmas! This is also put out with Erin from Royal Baloo! Between the two packs there are over 220 pages! We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the…
With three girls you would not think “Dinosaurs”. But that is something we have a lot of! Someone asked me for a list of items to buy someone who is interested in Dinosaurs. I have made a short list of items that we have and have enjoyed! Figures Schleich Tyrannosaurus Rex Schleich Brachiosaurus Schleich StegosaurusSchleich…
The books this month a lot come from looking at Christmas books we wanted to get this year. I hope that you can enjoy them as much as we have and will during the holiday season! Yum Yum!: What Fun! by Mara Bergman and Nick Maland is a great book about two kids and a…
Over the weekend our Elf on the Shelf, the girls named last year Red Snowflake, arrived. They were very excited to see her. There are so many fun ways to learn with your elves. Do you do anything learning with your elves? We had Elf Cookies to celebrate! It is a fun tradition to start…
The Yarn Poinsettia is a great addition to the Christmas crafts on the site. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. We read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola and made…
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so…
I know that learning to read is not always easy. That is one reason why I love the BOB Books so much. They introduce words, sounds, and sight words slowly over several books. Each book builds on the book before it. So the same sounds you learned in the books before, are used again with…
If you are like me you don’t like to have tons of things to pull out for decorating for a holiday. Then after the holiday is over pulling all the decorations down. One easy way I get around this for Christmas is I wrap the pictures in the house! It is simple and easy, plus…
Christmas has so many great themes and activities for kids to learn with. This free Christmas Pack is great for Tot, Preschool, Prek, and Kindergarten! You have a mix of cards, no-prep pages, hands-on puzzles, and more with loads of Christmas themes. Plus the pack goes along with a great Christmas book! We have included…
I want to wish those that live in the United States of America a Happy Thanksgiving! I will be taking a few days to spend with my family. I hope every one has a great time! A small reminder that more Christmas and Holiday Packs will be out soon! I am working to get them…
I have always loved the different Christmas stories! And the Polar Express is one of my favorites. You can read the story over and over and enjoy every part of it! The Free Polar Express printable pack has some fun elements from the story to help kids learn in fun ways. You will find loads…
A great fall theme is a corn. There are lots of different activities that you can do for it. We did this fun and simple to use craft and learned about corn. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links…
As you gain new books you learn new words. And I love that the BOB Books build on words that you know. They are great for kids who are just learning that need simple sentences and easy words to decode or remember. Each build gives you more decodable words and simple sight words. You build…
We read The Birds of Bethlehem by Tomie dePaola for the Virtual Book Club. This is a new book that just came out by Tomie dePaola. We made our own birds to watch over our Christmas this year. What you need: tissue paper of various colors, bird pattern on wax paper cut out, and glue….
Another Seasonal Pack For Christmas this time a Nativity Pack. The Nativity Pack Printables are a great addition to the Nativity Printables on the site. The Nativity Pack printables are to be used with children from 2 to 7. This pack was made to go with the following book The Birds of Bethlehem. Things to…
The girls love doing things different and you can always use a printable different than you think! This time we use the shape book from the Thanksgiving Tot Pack to make a fun new activity. We made some Thanksgiving Shape Matching Activities! What you need: Shape book from the Thanksgiving Tot Pack printed on card…
A Free Shelf Elf Pack! This is a great elf themed printable pack you can use with kids. It has loads of different tot, preschool, kindergarten, and some first grade activities for them. You have over 80 pages of printables to use with kids. The Shelf Elf Pack is a great addition to the Christmas…
What is a sensory bin? A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool. Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items. Thanksgiving Sensory Bin This Thanksgiving sensory bin has a…