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STEM Activity- Creating the Olympic Flame in a Bottle

February 3, 2018 By Deirdre

I thought I had finished sharing Olympic themed STEM activities, but I have come up with several more that I think your kids will enjoy. You have stopped by to see how to do the paper plate ski lift with a pulley, a magnetic figure skating activity, an interactive snowboarding craft, ski jumping straw rocket, and the snowboarding halfpipe I in Continue Reading

Harry the Dirty Dog Thaumatrope Printable

January 31, 2018 By Deirdre

This week I am sharing Harry the Dirty Dog activities with you. Your children will have fun creating a thaumatrope based on Harry the Dirty Dog. What is a thaumatrope? It features a different picture on its front and its back. When children spin a wooden dowel or chopstick placed between the pictures, the pictures seem to blend together. It Continue Reading

Winter Olympic Sports – STEM Snowboarding Halfpipe

January 30, 2018 By Deirdre

This is the fifth in a series of five Winter Olympic sports that I have created STEM activities for. Previously I have shared a paper plate ski lift with a pulley, a magnetic figure skating activity, an interactive snowboarding craft, and a ski jumping straw rocket. Your children will have fun creating any or all of them. The STEM snowboarding Continue Reading

Harry the Dirty Dog Printable Counting Activity

January 29, 2018 By Deirdre

This week I am going to be sharing with you activities based on the classic children's book Harry the Dirty Dog. Your children will have fun identify how many buttons to place on each dog counting card. Some of the cards display a number and others display a number word. You can decide which number recognition cards you want your children to work Continue Reading

If You Give a Pig a Pancake Coding Activity

January 26, 2018 By Deirdre

If You Give a Pig a Pancake Coding Printable - Children at home and students at school can learn about coding and building an algorithm while exploring this printable. It can be printed in BW or color. Children will love coding a favorite story.

If You Give a Pig a Pancake is a great jumping off point for coding with young children. They love the rhyme of the words and the story ends back where it started. After reading If You Give a Pig a Pancake, you can help your children connect the pictures on the coding printable to create an algorithm or series of steps that sequence the events. If Continue Reading

Counting and Skip Counting Printables Based on If You Give a Pig a Pancake

January 25, 2018 By Deirdre

Counting and Skip Count Printables Based on If Your Give a Pig a Pancake - This is a set of pre-colored and ready to color printables.

Your children will have fun coloring, cutting and putting number strips on these counting and skip counting printables in number order. Each of the printables features a character or event from the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake. There are printables that focus on counting from 1-10 and 10-20. Others in this fun Continue Reading

Shapes for Kids Matching Game Based on If You Give a Pig a Pancake

January 22, 2018 By Deirdre

Your children will have fun matching each butter pat shape to the pancake that displays that shape in the middle. You will be able to put this shapes for kids matching game based on the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake with items you have in your pantry and craft closet. If you have older children at home, they will be able to help you put it Continue Reading

Cool Science Projects – Ski Jumping Straw Rockets

January 19, 2018 By Deirdre

Cool Science Projects -Ski Jumping Straw Rocket : A set of printable ski jumpers is available.

This is the fourth in a series five Olympic themed activities. Previous I have shared a paper plate ski lift with a pulley, a magnetic figure skating activity, and an interactive snowboarding craft. Children will have fun decorating the printable ski jumper and launching it from a straw rocket. This is one of those cool science projects that that Continue Reading

Teaching Kids to Code – The Snowy Day Algorithm Coding Printable

January 18, 2018 By Deirdre

Sequencing the events in a favorite childhood book like The Snowy Day is a great way to teach children how to code. Why? Children build algorithms or a series of steps to get from the start of the story to the end. They can refer to the pictures and text in a children book to verify the sequence of events in a story. Teaching kids to code through Continue Reading

Adding Two Digit Numbers – Snowman Number Spin Addition

January 17, 2018 By Deirdre

This is the second snowman activity I am sharing with you this week. (There will be a total of four snowman posts.) The first activity was a snowman building activity that featured a paint bucket lid snowman. Today's activity features a set of four math worksheets that focus on adding two digit numbers. My friend Cassie of 3 Dinosaurs inspired Continue Reading

Do You Want to Build a Snowman Preschool Activity

January 13, 2018 By Deirdre

Do you want to build a snowman? Even children that can't build a snowman outdoors build this paint bucket lid snowman. The one major difference between an outdoor snowman and this snowman is that it lays on the ground. Your children will have fun adding facial features, arms and other elements to the snowman. They can change the way Continue Reading