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Party Hat Tessellation Coloring Pages

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This set of tessellation coloring pages features party hats. There are coloring pages that can be used with younger children and older ones too. The party hat-themed would be great to explore on New Year's Eve or at a birthday party. What is a Tessellation? A tessellation is a pattern of shapes that fit perfectly together. The pattern Continue Reading

Poinsettia Pinwheel Template STEM Challenge

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The poinsettia pinwheel template is the fourth in a series of Christmas STEM challenges I am sharing this year. The first is a wreath made with quadrilaterals. The second features a Christmas tree tessellation. The third activity looks at using old Christmas cards to make tangrams. Each set has a printable set that you can download for Continue Reading

Old Christmas Cards Make Great Tangrams

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Old Christmas Cards can become a set of holiday-themed tangrams in just a few steps. Before you throw away all the cards you receive, look through them and see if they would make a fun set of tangrams. Many of us still get a few in the mail however there are some of us that may not. You can get a cheap box of Christmas cards at a dollar store Continue Reading

December 2021 STEAM Activity Calendar Featuring December Holidays

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December is a month that seems to fly by quickly. This month's STEAM activity calendar features a number of December holidays. Feel free to grab challenges and explorations from later in the month at the beginning of the month. New Year's Eve will be here before we know it. The December holidays on the calendar are: 1st National Continue Reading

Christmas Tree Tessellation STEM Challenge

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This Christmas tree tessellation challenge is a great way to introduce children to tessellations. The set features large trees. It was created for younger children. However, older children will enjoy building a tessellation with trees too. What is a Tessellation? A tessellation is a pattern of shapes that fit together and don't overlap. Many Continue Reading

How to Make a Wreath with Quadrilaterals

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Let's learn how to make a wreath and learn about quadrilaterals simultaneously with this printable set. This STEM building set includes several pages. A shape chart, printable shapes, and step-by-step direction pages are available in a printable set. The directions are displayed on Blockly blocks. They also feature a sample of what the wreath could Continue Reading

Christmas Sweater Symmetry STEM Challenge

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This Christmas sweater symmetry STEM challenge invites children to create and color a Christmas sweater. The directions children will need to follow are displayed in a Blockly block algorithm. The set is one of many Offline Coding Academy printables available here and at my TPT shop. The set contains three different versions of the Christmas Continue Reading

Button STEM Challenge- Collecting Data and Creating Line Plots

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Line plots can be hard for children to understand. This button STEM challenge set invites children to sort, collect data, and create line plots with buttons. This set contains two sorting pages and one that focuses just on building a line plot. The set also includes sets of button printables. This will give you the option of having your children Continue Reading

Button STEM Challenge Activity Cards

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Button STEM challenge cards invite children to create shapes and objects with buttons. The cards purposely don't display what they invite children to create. Each child can decide what that object or shape will look like. Then they will select what shapes and colors the button they will need to look like. Despite picking the same card to work on Continue Reading

Thanksgiving STEM Activity- Create a Turkey Hideout

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This Thanksgiving STEM activity invites children to create a turkey hideout. Turkeys like the one found in the book A Turkey for Thanksgiving get nervous around Thanksgiving. They don't want to be served on a table to a family or group of friends on Thanksgiving. The turkey will need a hideout to stay safe. The instructions for a turkey hideout Continue Reading

I Spy Candy Corn with Feelings Activity Pages

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I Spy Candy Corn with Feelings Activity Pages explore a number of skills and concepts. The most obvious is identifying and sharing feelings. However, children will also be looking for like objects on a page or using visual discrimination. After children have talked about feelings and counted how many each feeling is displayed, they still have more Continue Reading

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