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Thanksgiving Crafts- Paper Plate Turkey

November 4, 2015 By Deirdre

When JDaniel was in preschool we made a paper plate turkey just like this. It was one of those Thanksgiving crafts that you hold onto. You take it out just to remember the crafts you made together. Recently I made a new turkey paper plate craft to share with you. I thought it would be fun to make with your kids. They will love the whimsy that Continue Reading

Chewbacca Star Wars Shape Craft

November 2, 2015 By Deirdre

A few weeks ago I shared with you a Chewbacca puppet. I recently came across a super cool Yoda shape craft on Toddler Approved. It got me thinking. Why not try to make a Chewbacca Star Wars Chewbacca craft with you! This craft focuses on using a variety of shapes to build Chewbacca. Kids will be familiar with the square, rectangle, and Continue Reading

Yoda Puppet- Star Wars Craft For Kids

October 30, 2015 By Deirdre

A short time ago I shared with you a simple Chewbacca paper bag puppet. Today I have a Yoda puppet to share with you. It looks a little complicated, but it really isn't. Let me walk you through how to make this Star Wars craft. Craft Supplies Needed: Three brown paper lunch bags Green paint Plastic fork White, brown and black construction Continue Reading

STEM Engineering- Bridge Building

October 28, 2015 By Deirdre

JDaniel loves to build so; recently took him aside and posed a building question to him. I asked him how we can get some farm animals across a busy road. His answer was that we needed to build a bridge. I gathered together some toys and some build materials that we could use to build the bridge. What was gathered? Small potato chip Continue Reading

Counting Worksheets- Weaving a Web of Numbers

October 27, 2015 By Deirdre

Creating a Number Web is such fun. Your children simply connect the numbers found on the sides of the spider. They will start with the number one and work their way up to the number ten. When they have connected all the numbers one to ten, they will have created a spider web. There are many ways that children can connect the numbers to make their Continue Reading

Preschool Worksheets- Pumpkin Counting Book Printable

October 23, 2015 By Deirdre

Last month I shared an apple seed counting book I created on Pre-K Pages. It went over so well there that I decided to make Pumpkin Seed Counting Book. The layout of this book is a little different than the apple seeds book. The space to work in is bigger. This version of a seed counting book has number sentence for children record their seed count Continue Reading

Smashed Pumpkin Spelling Practice

October 21, 2015 By Deirdre

Yesterday I shared with you how a list of "R" words JDaniel brought home with him from school that inspired our October Word Board. Today I want to share with you the way the words were displayed. JDaniel told me it was a smashed pumpkin. He told me it was cool. It is was a cool way to display "R" words I thought it would be cool Continue Reading

Raising a Rock-Star Reader- Tips You Will Love

October 20, 2015 By Deirdre

When I think of rock-stars, I think of people that are at the top of their fields. They are people who have worked at mastering their skills. They have practiced the finer points over and over again. Yet they make what they do seem effortless. I truly believe that if you use the tips in the new book Raising a Rock-Star Reader by Amy Mascott and Continue Reading

Halloween LEGO Candy Corn Challenge

October 15, 2015 By Deirdre

I have candy corn on my brain lately. Earlier this fall I shared with you two fall festival games with fall-themed. There was one called "Candy Corn Color Match" and another called "Candy Corn Ring Toss". Today I am going to share with you a Halloween LEGO challenge. Originally the idea was that my son would replicate a candy corn LEGO build I Continue Reading

Second Grade Worksheets – Exploring a Number

October 13, 2015 By Deirdre

My son has learned so many different ways to write or illustrate numbers in second grade. I thought it would be a lot of fun to create Second Grade Worksheets- Exploring a Number that would display a few of those different ways. I also included a box for him to tell me if a number is even or odd. It came out so well that I thought I would share one Continue Reading

Science Fair Projects- Blowing Up a Balloon

October 12, 2015 By Deirdre

I have seen this blowing up a balloon experiment done as a classroom or home kitchen chemistry experiment. It would also be a or wonderful science fair project. To make it meet the guidelines for science fair projects you need to add some variables to it. After reading about ways to add challenges to this experiment in Asia Cistro's new book Continue Reading