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Owl Hand Puppets

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Owl Hand Puppet- Fun craft that would be great for retelling a book or poem with an owl theme.

  Every fall we try to do an owl craft at my house.  Owls just seem like a symbol of fall to me. In the past we have made a torn paper owl with cupcake liner eyes and one out of leaves. They both featured craft elements that made the owls look like they had textured feathers. This year's craft will allow kids to make hand puppets that have Continue Reading

Creative Writing Prompts- Fall Poem Printables

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I have been teaching children how to write three word poems for a long time. The poems are super short and such fun to write. They have only three sentences. Each of the three sentences contains a theme word supplied by a teacher, adult or another child. Let me walk you through how children create the poems.  I also want to share with your some Continue Reading

Kids Play Mat- Driving on a Corn Stalk

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Kids Play Mat- Driving on a Corn Maze

  Playing with toy cars is always fun. Driving them on a homemade play mat will add some excitement to car play. I recently made a corn stalk driving course so my son could take his cars on a fall drive. The cars could travel up one stalk and change to another where they are gathered together in the middle. Additional cars can be parked Continue Reading

Halloween Crafts- Button Spider

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Halloween Crafts Button Spider

  We just loved using button dappers when we did a symmetry painting activity. They were great for painting and looked so cute. I thought it would be fun to create a craft using the same craft items that the dappers used. What craft could we make using buttons and pipe cleaners? After a little bit on thought, I decided we could make Continue Reading

35 Totally Awesome Kids Activities with Pumpkins

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Pumpkins are one of my favorite fall themes. I don’t think you have to wait until Halloween to work on kids activities with pumpkins. They can be explored September through November. There are so many ways that children can learn and create with pumpkins. I have found totally awesome pumpkin themed activities you will love on wonderful blogs. Continue Reading

Fall Craft- Woven Apple

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Fall Craft- Woven Apple

  Early learners have been weaving plate mats for decades. Why? They are such a great way to work on cutting and fine motor skills. The end product is so cute.  We have fond memories of doing them and we know our kids will love making them too. Why not have our children in the primary grades work on those same skills? The project could be a Continue Reading

Let’s Get Moving While Reviewing for a Spelling Test

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Let's Get Moving While Reviewing for a Spelling Test

Earlier this week I shared a printable spelling ladder game along with some other spelling games that you can use with your children to review spelling words.   For many kids it can be hard to sit down and review spelling words. (Yes, even with a game!) While I feel it is important to write words to review them, I think it is just a important to Continue Reading

Chicken Parmesan Recipe and Tyson Project A+™

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  My son goes to one school and I teach at another. I am always looking for ways to help his school that don’t involve being at school during the day. The Tyson Project A+™ gives me two avenues of helping out JDaniel’s school. I am also always looking for fun and fast dinner ideas! Let me tell you a little about Tyson Project A+™ and share Continue Reading

Free Spelling Games Printable- Spelling Ladders

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Free Spelling Games Printable- Spelling Ladders

My son's first spelling list of the year came home on Friday along with his weekly newsletter. This year instead of ten words he will have twenty. (That is a lot of words to work on each week. ) We have several games we play to review his words, but over the weekend I created two more spelling games that we can do to review his words. Today I am Continue Reading

Chicken Nugget Recipe Ideas and Tysons A+ Project

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Chicken Nugget Recipe Ideas and Tysons A+ Project

  With school now in session my son and I headed to our local Walmart to stock up on Tyson® chicken  we can use to make quick dinners. We both are in school! He has started second grade and I teach in the computer lab. With full days at school, homework sessions and sports some nights I just need quick yet healthy meals to put on the table. Continue Reading

Cool Painting Ideas- Exploring Symmetry

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Cool Painting Ideas- Symmetry Painting

I have been dying to explore symmetry with JDaniel this summer so I put together a series of activities.  This is the first activity in the series I will sharing with you.  It involved painting with a mirror. The mirror allowed JDaniel to see what his painting would look like on both sides of a piece of tag board when we finished the project. As Continue Reading

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