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Paper Plate Shark Mask with Mask Template

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Paper Plate Shark Mask and Mask Template

  After taking a break last week to share some LEGO posts with you, I have another ocean themed craft to share with you. This paper plate shark mask would be a fun craft to create during an ocean unit, Shark Week (It is usually celebrated at the end of June or the beginning of July.), or after reading one of the shark themed children’s Continue Reading

LEGO Building- Exploring Inertia with a Moving Platform

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  This challenge has two distinct tasks. The first is to use your LEGO building skills to build a simple platform on wheels. We are calling this task "Building a Moving Platform". The second task is to use the cart and a few household items to explore just how inertia works. Let me start by explaining inertia: Inertia -a property of Continue Reading

Kids Math Games- Graphing Ocean Animals with LEGOS

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Kids Math Games- Graphing Ocean Animals with LEGOS

This is one of those kids math games that can be played in the summer when we are thinking about the beach or as part of an ocean unit. Creating bar graphs with LEGOS is something we like to do. We have great a floor graph with tape and LEGOS. We have even created a graphing tool with LEGO and graphed with LEGO. For this kids math game we used a Continue Reading

Cool Science – Make LEGO Man Sink & Float

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Cool Science - Make LEGO Man Sink and Float

If heavier objects sink and lighter objects float, then just want did we do to make the LEGO sink and float. Well, he didn't sink and float at the same time!  There were times when he floated near the top of the plastic container and other times he sank. We had fun exploring this cool science challenge.ain the Cool Science When we squeezed water Continue Reading

LEGO Building Ideas- Ocean Life Building Directions and Work Mat

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LEGO Building Ideas : Ocean Life - Building directions and free printable ocean mat a shared in this post.

Ocean life has been the theme of several activities I have created recently. I thought you would enjoy having an activity that focused on LEGO-building ideas.  Children love building with LEGOS. Why not have them build some ocean creatures and seaweed with LEGOS? I have created a learning packet for you that features cards displaying each of the Continue Reading

100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids

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100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids- LEGO Sight Word Bottle

I try to activities I plan for my son to do that tie into things he is interested in. Right now he is into LEGO! (They are currently LEGO all over our living room floor. ) When I came across an amazing sight word sensory bottle activity in a terrific book called 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids: Teach Reading, Writing, Math and More With Continue Reading

Counting Worksheets with an Ocean Theme

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This set of counting worksheets features shells. It is part of a ocean themed math worksheets series I am sharing this you this summer. Earlier I shared with you the Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats and an Open Ended Math Game Board. While this is being shared as a basic counting sheet for young children, there a tons of other ways you can use Continue Reading

Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll & Cover Mats

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Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

This set of free math games is the second in a series of math printables with an ocean theme. (Previously open ended printable math worksheets were shared. These fun roll and cover mats display cute ocean creatures and number bubbles. They can be used to work on adding 2 0r 3 numerals, identifying a number rolled on a die, or subtracting numbers. Continue Reading

Open Ended Printable Math Worksheets

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This is the first in a series of printable math worksheets I will be sharing with you this summer. It is an open ended game board with jellyfish and coral graphics. We have been using it to work on addition facts, but it could be used for a number of math games to review number and facts. You will notice that I didn't put directions for how to use Continue Reading

Paper Plate Crafts – Cupcake Liner Jellyfish

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Paper Plate Crafts - Cupcake Liner Jellyfish

      This is the third in a series of paper plate crafts that feature ocean animals. The previous paper plate crafts featured an octopus and a starfish. ( I hope you will take a moment and check them out.) Jellyfish are JDaniel's favorite ocean creature.  I totally understand why. They have such fluid movement as the Continue Reading

Arts and Crafts Fine Motor Paper Plate Octopus

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Arts and Crafts Fine Motor Paper Plate Octopus

  I promised you a series of arts and crafts with an ocean animal themes this summer. This is the second arts and crafts project in the series. Last week I shared with you a starfish craft that focused on cork and sponge painting. Today's arts and crafts project focuses on fine motor skills. Kids will paint with a gripped fork,  a Continue Reading

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