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Knuffle Bunny Color Exploration Activity

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Knuffle Bunny Color Exploration Game with Printable Bunny Cards - This is a fun way to explore color words.

  Fans of the wonderful book Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems know that Knuffle Bunny has to spend some time in a washer. I thought it would be fun to create a Knuffle Bunny color exploration activity with a washing machine. Yesterday I walked you through how to make a DIY cardboard washing machine. You will want to put it together Continue Reading

DIY Cardboard Kids’ Washing Machine

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A DIY Cardboard Kids' Washing Machine - It is great for pretend play or a part of a learning activity.

You can easily put together this DIY cardboard kid's washing machine together. When you have created it, they can use it for pretend play or as a part of exploring a learning concept. We created it to be used in a Kuffle Bunny color exploration activity. How to Put the DIY Cardboard Kids' Washing Machine Together Building Supplies Three Continue Reading

Boat Craft- Paper Plate Boat with Waves

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Rocking in the Waves Paper Plate Boat Craft for Featured Spot

This week we have explored several boat activities. We started the week with a post on How to Make a Recycled Boat. Yesterday I shared how we made two tin foil boats for the penny challenge. Today I have a boat craft for you! This fun paper plate boat with waves rocks back and forth. Kids will love watching it move in the waves! Boat Continue Reading

Tin Foil Boat Ideas for the STEM Penny Challenge

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Tin Foil Boat Ideas for the STEM Penny Challenge Featured Picture for Post

When you look up tin foil boat ideas on the Internet, you find a number of them feature a foil raft design. We decided to see if we could find another tin foil boat idea that would be as successful as the flat raft. Before building boats with your children, you may want to read a book to them that features a boat. You will find some of my Continue Reading

How to Make a Boat with Recycled Materials

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How to Make a Boat with Recycled Materials Featured Picture

The boat in the book Toy Boat is made using a variety of recycled or upcycled materials. You can make a boat similar to the boat in the book and it is easy to put together. Let me walk you through how to create it with your children. How to Make a Boat Supplies Links below are affiliate links. Empty juice box container Duct tape, Continue Reading

Plant Cell Model Activity for Kids with Printables to Use

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Plant Cell Model Activity for Kids with Printables - Kids will have fun crafting a plant cell.

  This week the Virtual Book Club is exploring the book The Tiny Seed. Earlier this week I shared a flower and worm number activity that could be explored with young children based on the book. Today I wanted to share a plant cell model that could be done with older children after sharing the book with them. How to Make the Plant Cell Continue Reading

Parts of a Flower Craft for Kids

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  It is probably easiest to start by teaching your children the parts of the plant that they can easily see.  Creating a craft or illustration of those basic parts of a flower will help them remember each of the parts. Today I want to share with a craft that focuses on the parts of a flower.    Your children will create a flower, some Continue Reading

Number Activities with Printable Flowers and Worms

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Number Activities with Printable Flowers and Worms- This set is a wonderful way to work on number recognition and counting. Kids will have fun planting flowers to match the number on each worm.

  After reading a book about plants and flowers, it is fun to do a learning activity with the same theme. This set of number activities focuses on number recognition and counting. The links below may be affiliate links. I am sure you can come up with a wide variety of other math related number activities.  Older children might Continue Reading

Robot Building Kit From Green Kids Craft – Love It

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Robot Building Kit From Green Kid Crafts - This fun kit comes with the materials to make three robots.

    This is a sponsored post. JDaniel is supposed to build a robot as one of his Scout projects. When we had the opportunity to review a robot building kit from Green Kid Crafts, I jumped at the chance. The robot building kit came with directions and most of the supplies to create several different robots. (The supplies that Continue Reading

Teaching Numbers with Rainbows and Gold Coins

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Teaching Numbers with Rainbows and Gold Coins

Earlier this week I shared a printable roll and cover rainbow themed activity that focused on color recognition and fine motor skills. I thought it would be fun to end the week with another rainbow themed activity. This one focuses on teaching numbers to your child. We used this teaching numbers set in a muffin tin.  Muffin tins hold the Continue Reading

Preschool Color Activites – Roll and Cover Rainbow

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Preschool Color Activities - Roll and Cover Rainbow with Simple and Challenging Printables

Building a rainbow is a lot of fun when you build it on a roll and cover rainbow. Your children will have a blast playing either of these preschool color activities. Preschool Color Activities I love to read my children a book before starting an activity. Since this activity has a rainbow theme, I would read a book likeA Rainbow of My Own. Next, Continue Reading

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