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Roll and Cover Games for One and Two Dice

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Roll and Cover games are a great way to review simple addition facts. Some of the game boards can be played with one die and the others will require two dice. Children can play the roll and cover games on their own or with a friend. Playing with a friend will hold them accountable. Friends can help them know if they are added correctly. After Continue Reading

Decorating an Umbrella Based on an Algorithm

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These decorating umbrella color pages were created to expose young children to coding. Children are asked to color all the sections that display the same number the same color. One of the pages invites children to select the color they will use for each numbered section. Getting the Decorating an Umbrella This set is a PDF.   When you Continue Reading

How to Make a Rain Gauge Using an Algorithm

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The How to Make a Rain Gauge algorithm page walks children through the steps needed to create a rain gauge. The steps or directions are displayed on Blockly coding blocks. Coding directions are called algorithms. Children will get the opportunity to see how a coding algorithm works while building a rain gauge. This page lets children explore Continue Reading

Coloring a Rainy Day Mandala Using an Algorithm

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Rainy Day mandalas are fun to color. The mandalas in this set feature directions for coloring them on Blockly blocks. The pages give children a chance to work on following an algorithm as well as fine motor skills. Some of the pages are fewer weather elements on them than others. You can decide which page is best for each of your Continue Reading

Offline Coding Academy- Rainy Day Algorithm Game Boards

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Rainy Day algorithm game boards can be explored on a rainy day. While this set has a rain theme, it could be used to work on algorithms anytime you like. The pages could be part of a weather or water unit if you would like them to. What is an Algorithm? An algorithm is a series of steps a computer needs to follow to complete a task. Continue Reading

Rainy Day Worksheets and Activity Pages

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These sets of rainy day worksheets and activities don’t need to be done on a rainy day. However, one activity will require a rainy day. April is a month known for rain. Although the sets could be explored at any time during the year. The worksheets and activity can be pulled out during a study of the weather or water or any time really. A new Continue Reading

April Holidays on a 2022 STEAM Activity Calendar

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April holidays are varied and many are celebrated around the world. Holidays that can be celebrated and explored through STEAM activities have been placed on this month's calendar. (If you are new to the monthly STEAM activity calendars, please explore the calendar from previous months.) There are activities for each day in April. Your family Continue Reading

Pajama Day Activity- Designing Pajamas with an Algorithm

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Wear Pajamas to Work Day and Pajama Day is coming up later this month. What fun it will be to celebrate The algorithm drawing set features pajamas that your children can design and color.  Wait! Could these pages be explored after reading a Llama Llama book? Yes, that would be a great idea. Other children's books about pajamas appear Continue Reading

Building Challenge Cards with a Magic Theme

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Building cards can be created to go along with a number of themes. This set of magic-theme building challenge cards invites children to create magical objects with pattern blocks. Children are asked to select three or four shape cards that represent the shapes they will use to build their selected objects. While it would be great to have a circle Continue Reading

March 2022 STEAM Activity Calendar

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March holidays include National Pi Day, World Plumbing Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Spring Equinox. The March 2022 STEAM activity calendar features activities that go with all the holidays listed above and so many more. There are activities for each day in March. Your family may decide to celebrate all or only some of the March holidays. A Continue Reading

STEM Bird Tangram Puzzles Set

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This bird tangram puzzles set would be fun to explore at the beginning of spring. Each of the birds on the mats is a water bird. Below you will find a number of activities you can use to introduce your children to water birds. This is part of a series of tangram puzzles. Please stop by and check out the STEM Tangrams Puzzles Sets page to see the Continue Reading

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