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Worksheets for Kindergartners- Counting Leaps

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Worksheets for Kindergartners: Counting Leaps

Leaping just seems like something we should all do in the spring. I recently put together a movement activity that explores the different types of leaps that animals make. I am calling it Animals That Leap or Counting Leaps. The Counting Leap activity involves more that just moving like each animal. Children are asked to predict how many of each Continue Reading

Easter Game- Egg Toss Bottles

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Fun Activities for Kids with Chicks and Eggs

  This is a sponsored post. JDaniel and I had the opportunity to go to JoAnn’s Fabrics and Crafts to hunt for treasures. We searched up and down every aisle and found way too many amazing things.  I was just looking for the material needed to make an Easter Game with Egg Toss Bottles . JDaniel wanted to see what they had beyond my supply Continue Reading

{Worksheet for Kindergarten} Saint Patrick’s Day Math Activity

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Leprechaun Roll and Draw  is a worksheet designed for children in K4, kindergarten and first grade.  It could be used to work with any child. You can change the numbers above the facial features if you like to represent numbers your children need to work on. None of the facial expressions that children are asked to draw to match the number that Continue Reading

Five Little Shamrocks Craft and Song

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    Have you heard the Five Little Shamrocks song before? Have you ever made a hand print shamrock? We hadn't done either until we started to work on this Five Little Shamrocks craft and song. We love Five Little... so much that I searched and searched until I found one for St. Patrick's Day.   Five Little Continue Reading

Saint Patricks Day Snack: Leprechaun Dust

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Saint Patrick's Day Snack- Leprechaun Dust with Yogurt

    Leprechaun are known for having magical and precious treasures.  Among those treasures are leprechaun gold and leprechaun magic dust. I decided to create a leprechaun magic dust snack with my son for Saint Patrick’s Day. One of the special things about leprechaun magic dust is that it transform a simple snack like yogurt into a snack swirled Continue Reading

Worksheet for Kindergarten-Writing Words on a Rainbow

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Worksheet for Kindergarten - Writing on a Rainbow

  Writing sight words on a rainbow is one of the ways we are working on learning sight words at home. We have been playing a game using the tiles in our kitchen as game board spaces too.  (I will tell you about that one later in the post.) Mastering sight words will help my son become a stronger reader. This simple activity of writing sight words Continue Reading

Second Hand Birthday

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Second Hand Birthdays

  JDaniel has done it again. He has chosen to add another year to his age forcing both of us to now use a second hand when describing his age.  It is true! When you turn six you can’t just hold up one hand.  You have to hold one finger on the second hand. I totally remember helping him figure out how to hold up two fingers when he was turning Continue Reading

Spring Craft- Recycled Daffodil

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Spring Craft- Recycled Daffodil

Spring is still a few weeks away, but after all the snow, ice and freezing temperatures it was time to create a recycled daffodil spring craft. We needed something bright and cheerful to put on our refrigerator. Daffodils remind me of spring. Their bright yellow petals just seem to symbolize the warmth and sunshine associated with spring. What Continue Reading

{Snacks for Kids} Kings Cake Recipe

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Snacks for Kids- Kings Cake Recipe

A preschool teacher shared this snack for kids Kings Cake recipe with me. Her students loved this sweet snack on Fat Tuesday in honor of Mardi Gras. JDaniel and I decided to try it out. I wanted to see if my kindergartner could complete the steps to make this fun snack. It was no surprise that he did a great job. He was able to do every step except Continue Reading

Getting Picky Eaters to Try New Foods: St Patrick Loves Veggies

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This post originally appeared as a guest post on The Iowa Farmer's Wife.  Some children love to eat whatever you put in front of them. Some children find one or two things they love to eat and make them their go to foods. Some children used to eat everything and then decided to stop eating foods they had previously loved for months. There are still Continue Reading

My Mom Is So Much Like Him

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  My mom is like my son. I never put that together in my mind before my mom got sick and the doctors found cancer in the her pancreas. Now as I spend time helping to care for her, I can see it. We had wondered how we ended up with an extrovert who has always wanted to do things his way and in his own time. My mom was always so independent Continue Reading

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