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Bear Snack Recipe for Kids to Make

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Bear Snack for Kids to Make- The ingredients for this fun snack are based on items from favorite bear books.

Before or after reading a wonderful bear themed book like Bear Gives Thanks you will want have your kids make this yummy bear snack. This bear snack features food bears love to eat and food that resemble objects  from bear books. Bear Snack Links below are affiliate links Ingredients 1 cup dried berries (Bears like the one in Continue Reading

Counting on Bear Paws with Number Claws

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Counting On Bear Paws with Number Claws- This math learning space can be used for counting blessings, explore the number of things to be grateful for, or just doing math facts.

This fun counting on activity was created to go along with the Virtual Book Club book Bear Gives Thanks. This math learning space can be used for counting blessings, exploring the number of things kids have to be grateful for, or just doing math facts. Making Counting On Bear Paws Number Claws Cardboard Bear Shape The bear shape math counting Continue Reading

We Love Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Ready Have

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We Love Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Ready Have

  Some children dive right into a bucket of LEGO and start building. They just know what they want to build. Others love to build with LEGO, but don’t seem to know what they want to build. If you have kept the manual that came with your LEGO kits then  your children may look through them for ideas. Another wonderful new source for Continue Reading

Owl Craft Based on the Book Owl Babies

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Owl Craft Based on the Book Owl Babies- It is fun to paint and create this fun owl craft.

  This week started with my sharing with you an owl eyesight viewer. It could be used to look at the world through the eyes of an owl. Today I want to share an owl craft with you. Both activities could be done after reading the wonderful book Owl Babies. Creating the Owl Craft Owl Craft Supplies brown paper lunch bag Continue Reading

Owl Eyesight – STEM Exploration for Kids

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Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids

Did you know that owls have unique eyes?  They have something called binocular vision. No wonder they have to turn their heads almost completely around to see the world around them. This unique owl eyesight keeps them from seeing well from side to side. The link below is an affiliate link. This week the Virtual Book Club is exploring the book Owl Continue Reading

Space Math- Moon and Star Muffin Tin Number Game

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Space Math- Moon and Star Muffin Tin Number Game - Exploring Numbers with these Muffin Tin printables will be out of this world.

Muffin tin math activities are so much fun! I thought I would make a space math themed muffin tin math activity to go along with the Time for Bed theme the Virtual Book Club is exploring this week. If you decide your children would like to do more muffin tin math activities, I have created apple,  leaf, and apple basket sets you will want to Continue Reading

Simple Machines Games- Counting Sheep with Pulleys

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Simple Machines Games - Counting Sheep

This post contains affiliate links. This week's STEM activity explores double pulleys. We created a pulley system that uses counting sheep to play some simple machines games. You may remember that we created a fixed pulley activity that went along with the book Little Blue Truck a few week's ago. These simple machines games are based on the Continue Reading

STEM Challenge – Spider Web Hanger

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STEM Challenge Spider Web Hanger with Free Printable Task Cards

  During the month of October, I have been sharing a STEM challenge that explores one of the books featured in the Virtual Book Club each week. There was a fixed pulley activity shared during Little Blue Truck week. Before that, there was a STEM challenge that looked at whether pumpkins can float. Today's STEM challenge explores a theme of Continue Reading

Anansi the Spider Shape Craft for Kids

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Ananasi the Spider Shape Craft for Kids

  Anansi the Spider is a tricky character from an African folktale.  We love the Gerald McDermott version of the tale. It has amazing illustrations that display great characters built with shapes. I thought it would be fun to come up with a craft that children could create based on Anansi. This Anansi the Spider shape craft has been Continue Reading

Spider Crafts for Preschoolers

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Spider Crafts for Preschoolers

With Halloween right around the corner I thought I would share with you some wonderful spider crafts for preschoolers. You may decide that you don't want to use them for Halloween. You may decide that you want to use them while you are exploring insects and arachnids. You may decide that you want use them to explore a nursery rhyme like Little Miss Continue Reading

Fixed Pulley Helps Truck Out of the Muck

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Fixed Pulley Gets the Truck Out of the Muck

The Virtual Book Club book of the week is Little Blue Truck. My son and I are exploring pulleys as a Scout enrichment project. I decided to combine an event from the book with the creation of a fixed pulley. Younger children will find the turning of the rolling pin a challenge. They will have to get both of their hands to turn the rolling pin at Continue Reading

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