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Constellation Activity for Kids- Cookies in the Universe

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During the month of January, I have bee working group created by Little Bins for Little Hands to share the STEM concepts from A- Z. Earlier this month I shared the steps in the STEM design process. Just last week I shared different types of quantitative and qualitative observations. This is the final post I will be sharing in the series.  It Continue Reading

Kindergarten Math Worksheets – Penguin Number Activities

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Kindergarten Math Worksheets - This set contains a number line, number and picture cards, and muffin tin numbers. They can be used to work on a number of math concepts.

Earlier this week I promised to share activities using the penguin acorns I shared with you.  Today I have two sets of kindergarten math worksheets and printables that would be great to use with the penguins. While I am calling these kindergarten math worksheets, they could easily be used with younger and older children. You can use the Continue Reading

Penguin Action Song and Gross Motor Activities

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Your children are going to love these gross motor activities that will have them moving like penguins.  They will have a great time flapping their arms and doing the other actions found on a set of penguin activity charts and action sequence cards I created. When they are done with them, they waddle around while reciting a fun penguin action song I Continue Reading

Acorn Craft- Wobbly Penguins

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Wobbly Penguin Acorn Craft - These fun penguins are fun to make to use a game pieces, counters or to display.

I have been working on a variety of penguin themed learning activities to share with you during the Virtual Book Club's penguin week. On Tuesday I dropped a whole bunch of books into our local libraries book drop. The book drop was surrounded by fall acorns. I grabbed a bunch of them to bring home. They would somehow find their way into one of the Continue Reading

Quantitative and Qualitative Observation Skills for Kids

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Quantitative & Qualitative Observation Skills for Kids- Children can use both when conducting science experiments.

There are two different types of observations that children will need to do while conducting STEM experiments. They can be a part of the each step of the STEM design process. (You can learn more about the STEM engineering design process in a post I wrote called What is the STEM Engineering Design Process?)  Both can type of observations will ask Continue Reading

Kindness Activity – 5 to 1 ratio of Positive to Negative Printable

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Kindness Activity - 5 to 1 ratio of Positive to Negative Printable- It takes a lot of positive comments to get past a negative one. This printable will help kids learn more about that.

I cringe when I realize I have said something negative. Why? I heard a long time ago for every negative comment said to someone they will have to hear five positive comments.  I think it is important for us to share this fact with our children. This kindness activity can be used to help children understand the impact of their words. I made a Continue Reading

Kindness Activity-The Ripple Effect Experiment

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Kindness Activity- Ripple Effect Experiment Featured

This post contains affiliate links. Kids often think that they can't do things to help others. They may think that they aren't old enough or big enough to do something. This kindness activity looks at how big actions and small actions have a ripple effect. I bet the lion in the book The Lion &the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney didn't think when he was Continue Reading

100th Day of School Printable for Kids to Explore

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100th Day of School Printable for Kids to Color and Count On

We have the 100th Day of School celebration coming up at school soon. I thought I would make the primary teachers in my school a fun 100th Day School printable that they could work on as part of the celebration. The printable features 100 small school themed objects displayed on the numbers that make up 100. What are the objects on the 100th Day Continue Reading

Martin Luther King Craft- With My Two Hands

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Martin Luther King Craft - With My Two Hands - The poem use in this craft is free to download.

  While searching for a poem for kids that focused on kindness for a Martin Luther King craft, I came across With My Two Hands. The line " I can change the world with my two hands" in the poem lead to my thinking that it be great to craft Earth painted hands to go along with the poem. Making the Martin Luther King Craft Links below are Continue Reading

Color Games for Kids with a Bear Theme

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Color Games for Kids with a Bear Theme

There are so many wonderful children books about Bears. You have been given activities that explore the books Bear Give Thanks,  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, and Paddington in the past. Today's color games for kids activities were created to go along with the Virtual Book Club book of the week Time for Sleep. You, of course, can play Continue Reading

STEM Engineering Design Process- Building a Basketball Hoop

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STEM Engineering Design Process Featured Collage

Yesterday I describe each of the steps in a STEM engineering design process. A copy of the steps in the process display in a printable poster and a student planning document are shared in that post. Today I want to walk you through the STEM  Engineering design process steps. I will be sharing a recent project we did at my house. Walking Through Continue Reading

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