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{Homemade Giant Tangrams} Exploring Tangrams

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Homemade Giant Tangrams from a Pizza Box

  I recently served store bought pizza to my family that came in a huge cardboard box and decided the box would be great for making homemade giant tangrams. Although the bottom of the box wasn't a perfect square shape, I decided to try to cut out the tangram shapes without trimming it down to a square.  Some of the shapes ended up a little wonky Continue Reading

Great Chinese New Year Activities for Kids

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  I have some great Chinese New Year activities for kids to share with you. Chinese New Year is Friday, January 31st this year. It is one of those holidays we really enjoy celebrating at my house. I thought you might like to celebrate it too. This post shares fun meals and snacks. There are crafts and learning activities too. I am Continue Reading

Olympics for Kids: Printable Passport with Learning Activities

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It is possible to travel to the Olympics with your children using this printable Olympic passport. They won’t get to travel to the Olympic host site using the printable Olympic passport. They will learn about what a passport looks like, review basic facts about themselves, and learn a little bit about the host country as they fill it out. This Continue Reading

Finding Joy in Bleak Moments

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Finding Joy in Bleak Moments

    We can focus on the deep water covering the path we are on or find the joy of seeing a bridge at the end of it.     I have decided to find joy in the challenging situations I am in this year. Instead of making a set of New Year’s resolutions this year I am choosing to focus on joy. As I mentioned last week Continue Reading

{Number Recognition} Do You Know Five?

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When you encounter a new concept or skill for the first time, your mind may need several experiences with it to find meaning and understanding in it.  Numbers are one of those concepts. Children need to experience them through various modalities (tactical, visual, and auditory) before they have number recognition.  They also need to view them with Continue Reading

Ready For a New Year!

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Some years are just hard. They have highlights and some wonderful memories. (Those need to be remembered with joy!) None the less they are just plain hard. This year was one of those hard years at my house. Just as one thing seemed to resolve itself something else happened that was equally as challenging.  My husband had back trouble that Continue Reading

5 Little Firecrackers Craft and Song

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Five Little Firecrackers Craft and Song - This fine motor activity would be great to do for any patriotic holiday like the 4th of July. Kids can weave their own designs on the cardboard fire cracker they paint. Then they can use the to retell this fun rhyme. Kids will love having a prop to retell the rhyme. It would be fun to make for New Year's Eve too.

5 Little Firecrackers craft and song is the latest five little holiday song and craft we have done for the blog. It all started with JDaniel deciding he loved the book The Five Little Pumpkins. Since then we have explored the songs the Five Little Turkeys and Five Little Christmas Trees. I am going to be on the look out for more five little songs Continue Reading

New Year’s Drink For Kids- Firecracker Sparkler

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Firecracker Sparkler New Year's Drink for Kids

My son loves special drinks. I think it is because he is served milk at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A special drink for New Year's needed to be super special and have a super special name like the Firecracker Sparkler.  This New's Year's Drink for Kids is something super special. It includes ingredients my son will love celebrating with. What is Continue Reading

New Year’s Customs Sheet and Activities

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New Year's Customs and Activities

It is fascinating to explore the customs and traditions people celebrate during New Year's Eve and New Year's Day around the world. I made a New Years Customs Page that shares what people do to celebrate around the world. The customs sheet could  be read and discussed or it could become part of a learning activity that you could do at home or with Continue Reading

Angels Among Us

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Angels Among Us- Angel Craft for Kids

    While we totally celebrate Jesus’ birthday on Christmas day, it is the angels like the one displayed in this craft JDaniel made it school last year that are on my mind. I know that God sends his angels to look over us. The Bible shares numerous encounters with angels.  I have never seen an actual angel with wings and halo. They don’t Continue Reading

Five Little Christmas Trees Craft and Song

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Five Little Christmas Trees Song and Craft

  Have you heard the five little Christmas trees chant or song? My son loves the five little pumpkins chant so much that I searched and searched to find a Christmas themed chant that he would enjoy. I found one called the five little reindeer while searching. It is really cute, but I decided to keep looking.  When I found the Five Little Continue Reading

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