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Fox in Socks Themed Tangram Printable Set

February 19, 2018 By Deirdre

JDaniel loved the book Fox in Socks so much when he was little that I made in a fox sock puppet based on the book. Your children probably love it too. I have created a fun set of tangram patterns based on the book that your children can explore. They will have fun exploring basic shapes, problem-solving and working on visual-spatial awareness as Continue Reading

Binary Code Bracelet That is Out of This World

February 17, 2018 By Deirdre

Binary code is a number system made up of zeros and ones. Every letter, number, and symbol on your computer keyboard is represented by eight digits or a byte. Each of those digits is either zero or a one. Your children will have fun exploring binary code by creating a bead bracelet. They will string the beads in three bytes or groups of eight to Continue Reading

Electric Circuit Kids Valentine

February 14, 2018 By Deirdre

Your kids will have fun exploring how an electrical circuit works when they put together this kids valentine. Your children won't be able to mail the valentine, but they will be able to set it out at a family member's place at the dinner table. How fun it will be for them to let someone know that they are the light of their Continue Reading

Emoji Feeling Faces: Feelings Recognition Activity

February 12, 2018 By Deirdre

Emoji Feeling Faces Feeling Recognition Activity - The paper plate craft and activity is a fun way for children to learn and understand feelings.

Getting kids to talk about their feeling can be a challenge. This fun emoji feeling faces activity invites to display and share various feelings. This feelings recognition is an activity that will be one your children want to do over and over again. JDaniel has really had fun with it. You will want to read a book about feelings and emotions like I Continue Reading

Measuring Length in Non-Standard Units with Candy Hearts

February 7, 2018 By Deirdre

Valentine's Day is only a week away I thought this would be the perfect time to explore the book Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney. It tells the tale of a big and a little sharing how much they love each other. At one point in the story, Little Nutbrown Hare stretches his arms as wide as they can go to show how much he loves Continue Reading

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