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Welcome March by Creating Lion and Lamb Paper Plate Crafts

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At the library last week JDaniel and I picked up the book When the Wind Blew. It looked like the perfect book to welcome March with. After all March has a 50-50 chance of entering like a lion. That means lots of wind, rain or even snow. Of course it could enter like a lamb! Days of sunshine and warming weather.  Long ago JDaniel and I made paper Continue Reading

Make Pi Day Brownie Brickle Pie Day

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  On March 14th pi or 3.14 gets its own special day.  It is a day to explore Pi and learn about why it is important. I have searched high and low to find some wonderful number activities for you to do with your kids that look at pi. You will find them at the end of the this post. Many of us have cake on our special days. I decided that Continue Reading

STEM States of Matter Sensory Bottles

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JDaniel has been studying the three states of matter at school. I thought it would be fun to create a STEM science activity that would help him to visual the three states of matter. This activity uses only two objects. A bunch of Augshy 120 Pcs 1 Inch/25 mm Christmas Silver Jingle Bellsand small water bottles. (You could use large water bottles, Continue Reading

Coding Activity- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Algorithm

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt Algorithm Coding Activity- Children can learn about building an algorithm while retelling a story. The algorithm story sheet is available for free on JDaniel4smom.com .

Learning to code isn’t something that you have to wait for your children to get older to do. I have been working on coding with my kindergarten and first-grade students. We started by exploring what an algorithm is.   They were told an algorithm is the series of steps needed to complete a task. There have been several activities we have used to Continue Reading

Coding Games -Building and Walking an Algorithm

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Coding Games Building and Walking an Algorithm

  An algorithm is step by step set of operations need to reach a goal. I taught my students how to build and walk an algorithm by playing a series of coding games.  They liked it so much I brought it home for my son to play. The first of the two games is one I made up to introduce algorithms. The second game is one I learned when I attended Continue Reading

STEM Simple Pendulum Experiment for Kids

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STEM Simple Pendulum Experiment for Kids

Children may have seen a pendulum swings back and forth on a grandfather clock. They may have even notice that the pendulum has a weight attached to it.  My son and I recently did a STEM simple pendulum experiment to see if adding weight to the pendulum will make it swing slower or faster. Our pendulum was a large bolt hanging from a laundry Continue Reading

5 Ways I Give to a Food Pantry Near Me

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5 Ways I Give to a Food Pantry Near Me - My son and I have found several fun ways to gather food to donate to our local food pantry.

It is so important for children to realize that not everyone has the things they have. When they are hungry, you have food to offer them. They probably have three meals a day and a snack or two. Taking the time to gather food to take to give to others and actually delivering it to the food pantry is a tremendous gift to our children. It is also Continue Reading

President’s Day Counting Activity

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President's Day Counting Activity- Counting on Washington and Lincoln Printable Numbers. We used pennies as counters.

  President's Day was once a celebration of George Washington's birthday. Now other presidents like Abraham Lincoln are celebrated on President's Day. Here is a set of President's Day Numbers. Washington appears on the odd numbers and Lincoln appears on the even numbers. They would be great to have your children explore around President's Continue Reading

Valentine’s Day Tangram Activity with Printables

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Valentine's Day Tangram Activity with Printables - This is part of a set that features printable Valetnine's Day with a small set of tangrams, a large set of tangrams, and a heart shaped pattern mat.

Earlier I shared with the tangram Valentines with a printable tangram set. I made them for JDaniel to take to school to pass out to his classmates. At the same time I made them I made a large set of tangrams and a tangram pattern mat. I would you would like to see this tangram activity too. Tangram Activity The links below are affiliate Continue Reading

Fire Truck Games and Activities for Kids

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Fire Truck Games and Activities for Kids- This is a collections of games, crafts, and free math worksheets that all have a fire truck or fire fighter theme.

We have played and created fire truck games and activities for a long time at my house.  I think it all started when we went to a story time at the library that had a fire safety theme.  A fire truck was invited to come to the library and JDaniel loved climbing all over it.  Since that library visit, we have checked out and explored books about Continue Reading

STEM Engineering for Kids- Building an Eraser Tower

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STEM Engineering for Kids Building an Eraser

  Are you looking for a fun Valentine's Day engineering challenge? I have just the one for you. It uses materials that are reasonably priced. We concentrated on building a tower with our materials. You could easily create an engineering  for kids challenge that focused on bridge building or creating 3-D shapes. All you need for this Continue Reading

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