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Cinco de Mayo for Kids – Addition Mats

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Cinco de Mayo For Kids Addition Mats- This is a free set of printables that could be used for Cinco de Mayo or as part of a unit on Mexico.

Whether you plan to use these Cinco De Mayo For Kids - Addition Mats with a unit on Cinco de Mayo or as part of a unit on Mexico I think you children will enjoy them. Each one displays an item that represents an object I think of when I think of Mexico. Each of these was drawn on the computer by me. They have primitive look to them that I hope Continue Reading

Cinco de Mayo for Kids- Paper Bag Chicken Puppet

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Cinco de Mayo for Kids Paper Bag Chicken Puppet

This post contains an affiliate link. I recently went searching for wonderful book to share for Cinco de Mayo. I came across are number of Cinco de Mayo for kids books. Many of them were non-fiction.  One of the fiction books that came of over and over again in my search was Chicks and Salsa. It is fun book about farm animals who are looking for Continue Reading

Kid’s Science Activity – Planting and Growing Grass Words

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Kid's Science - Planting and Growing Grass Words

Kid's science experiments that tie into other learning areas are twice as fun. This planting and growing grass words activity weaves science and words study together. Children are given the opportunity to grow words or letters using grass seed. We grew the word grow. You could have your children grow other plant related words like grass, seed, or Continue Reading

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity and Printable

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity Printable

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  is the perfect book for building a coding algorithm. It asks over and over again what is being seen. On the Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity children will draw arrow from the brown bear to first thing that he sees. After drawing arrow north connecting the brown bear to the red bird, children will Continue Reading

Care to Recycle Flower Craft for Kids

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Care to Recycle Flower Craft for Kids

  Painting with the tops, bottoms and sides of objects creates a totally different print on paper. We were asked to participate in the Care to Recycle® program sponsored by Johnson & Johnson  Consumer Inc. It gave us an opportunity to trying painting with some of their cool shaped bottles and make a recycled flower craft for Continue Reading

Plant Life Cycle Activity and Printable Cards

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The pictures used to illustrate the plant life cycle were actually drawn to be used on the Plant Growth Algorithm Worksheet. I thought it would be fun to use them to create a second activity with. This plant life cycle activity is supposed to look like plant stakes displaying the various stages of plant growth. Here are stages the plant life cycle Continue Reading

Kids Math -April Showers Printable Numbers

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April Shower Printable Numbers

This set of printable numbers featuring raindrops and umbrellas is perfect for exploring numbers in the month of April or as part of a weather unit. I have made it really easy for you to just print them and then cut out the pieces. Your kids will really enjoy matching the correct number of numbers to each number. These April Showers Printable Continue Reading

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Paper Plate Mask

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear Paper Plate Mask

  This post contains an affiliate link. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is one of those stories your children love to hear over and over again. After reading so many times, children memorize the words found in the book Brown Bear, What Do You See? Why not create a paper plate mask with kids that they can use to retell the Continue Reading

Earth Day Activities -Recycled Planter on a String

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Earth Day Activities- Recycles Planter on a String. The book The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle would be great to read before doing this activity.

This activity combines the desire to plant and grow in the spring with the need to find ways to recycle items from our recycling bin. It was inspired by the book The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling . We don’t have a lot of plastic water bottles at our house. We need to use reusable water bottles for the most part. Every now Continue Reading

Plant Growth Algorithm Coding Worksheet

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  A few weeks ago I shared a few algorithm building coding activities. Two of the activities were based on the books. The first one was We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and the second was based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Recently I made another coding building or sequencing activity based on the growth of a bean plant. This activity isn’t Continue Reading

April Fool’s Day Craft for Kids-Woven Strawberries

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April Fool's Day Craft for Kids- Woven "Straw"berries: Yep! They are berries crafted with straw. This is a fun fine motor craft.

  Last year for April Fool's Day JDaniel and I made brown E's to serve as a joke. This year we have make "straw"berries for April Fool's Day. They will be served in a plastic berry container. Neither of these crafts for kids is supposed to make someone feel like a fool. Both of them are thinking jokes filled with lighthearted fun! How We Continue Reading

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