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Mother’s Day Pictures for Homemade Cards

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Mother's Day Pictures for Homemade Cards

  During JDaniel’s swimming lessons he has to sit on the steps of the pool and wait for his turn. He fills the time not by watching the others swim, but by doing things like making hearts with his hands and looking my direction. It is the sweetest thing! I just love receiving his hand signs of love. For Mother’s Day I decided to capture his Continue Reading

Unplanned Fun

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Unplanned Event

Sometimes you find out something is going to take place and you plan to go to see it. Sometimes you arrive somewhere, find the perfect event, and just enjoy it. That happened to JDaniel and I on Saturday after heading out to the country to get estimates for some of my mom’s furniture at an auction house about 30 minutes from our home. We ended up Continue Reading

Cinco De Mayo Taco- Fun Activity for Kids

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Cinco De Mayo Taco- Fun Activity for Kids

Cinco de Mayo is a celebrated May the 5th in Mexico and many parts of the United States. When I think of Mexican food I think of tacos so, I created a textured taco learning activity for young learners to explore while celebrating  Cinco de Mayo. It uses office and craft supplies. I know you will love how easy it is to make. What materials did I Continue Reading

Crafts for Kids- May Day Baskets

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Fun Crafts for Kids- May Day Baskets

We haven’t ever celebrated May Day before. I am not sure why because it is such a fun day to remember. This year we made a May Day craft basket to hang from the backs of our kitchen chairs to celebrate. I have heard that when you hang them behind your chair treats can be placed in them. Not anything as elaborate as the treats the Easter bunny Continue Reading

Cool Math for Kids Plastic Egg Patterning

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Cool Math for Kids Plastic Egg Patterning

  Plastic eggs are a wonderful way to introduce or review patterning with children. We always end up with a ton of plastic eggs this time of year. I am always looking for fun ways to use them. Here is a cool math activity we did using them. An AB pattern like yellow, green, yellow, green is a good place to start with young children. They Continue Reading

Our Spring Break- 2014

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Spring Break

Last week was Spring Break in our area. We were all ready to have break for our school routine. It was a time for cleaning and purging. It was a time to play and explore. It was a time to visit with friends and family. I started  the cleaning part of the week by cleaning out every cabinet and closet except the one in JDaniel’s room. (It is hard Continue Reading

Amazing Earth Day Activities For Kids

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Amazing Earth Day Activities for Kids

Here is a collection of amazing Earth Day activities for kids that I have created for this blog and for several others. These crafts, science tools, and activities feature items that have been recycled and reused.  Wait! There are a few Earth Day themed snacks and one or two activities that are not recycled. They were too much fun to leave out of Continue Reading

Earth Day Craft for Kids- Coffee Filter Earths

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Earth Day Craft

     This Earth Day craft for kids helps illustrate that the effect doing something to or for the Earth in a big or small way can spread quickly. One small drop of consideration will bleed into the lives of others and our planet. Okay maybe this is giving a simple Earth Day craft too much power. Maybe not. Children  seem understand on the need Continue Reading

Fun Activities with Chicks and Eggs

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Fun Activities with Chicks and Eggs

This is the time of year for fun activities that feature chicks and eggs. Easter is part of the reason, but it is also the season that many birds give birth during.  (We can hear the baby birds chirping outside our front windows.) A number of big and little chicks along with their eggs have been featured in posts on this blog. Let me share twenty Continue Reading

{Dolch Sight Words} Unscrambling Egg Letters

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Dolch sight words unscrambled egg letters forming the word come.

  You just never know what you are going to find when you open up a plastic egg. You might even find a  Dolch sight words game. That is exactly what my son found when he opened the plastic eggs in the brown basket above. While not the jelly beans he might have hoped to find in the plastic eggs, the letter cards that built sight words were Continue Reading

Easter Coloring Pages with Math and Reading Skills

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Easter Coloring Page with Math and Reading Skills

Easter coloring pages can be more than just filling in various objects with color. They can as you will see in this post be Easter coloring pages with learning skills. Combining both coloring and learning engages children and sneaks in concept learning and review. I created two Easter coloring pages that review a skill that my son and I have been Continue Reading

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