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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

Star Wars Snack- Wookie Cookie

October 9, 2015 By Deirdre

A few weeks back I shared with you a Chewbacca paper bag puppet and some fun Chewbacca sounds the puppet could make. Today I want to share with you another version of Chewbacca. I am calling this Star Wars snack a Wookie Cookie. It was created using the same fork painting technique the puppet did. Let me walk you through the steps that were used Continue Reading

Carnival Games- Ball and Cups Bounce

October 8, 2015 By Deirdre

After creating the "Falling Leaves" cup game, I decided we needed another game with ping pong balls. As it turned out the new game we created used cups too. We are calling the new game "Ball and Cups Bounce" because the goal is to bounce a ball in the cups. When we first started playing the game, JDaniel just tried to get the ping pong balls Continue Reading

Fun Halloween Games- Candy Corn Color Match

October 7, 2015 By Deirdre

We used the game mat from the Candy Corn Ring Toss to play Candy Corn Color Match. It is a lot like the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. After looking over the Candy Corn Game to decide where each color area started and ended, we started. My son picked a square piece of color that matched the area he was going to try to match. Then I handed him Continue Reading

Backyard Carnival Games- Falling Leaves Cups

October 5, 2015 By Deirdre

There is just something about stacking cups up and knocking them. I think that is why it is one of those games that you find at festivals and parties. I recently created a cup stacking game for my son and his friends to play in our backyard. It is called "Falling Leaves". Why did I call the game "Falling Leaves"? Well, I designed a set of Continue Reading

Halloween Games- Spider Web Frisbee Toss

October 1, 2015 By Deirdre

Today I am going to share with you the second of four backyard fall festival or Halloween games. Yesterday I shared with you a game that had a candy corn theme. Today’s game features spiders on a web. You start to put together this game by cutting holes into the side of large appliance box. Our box received three circular cut out. Feel free to Continue Reading

Five Little Pumpkins Lego Idea and Songs

September 29, 2015 By Deirdre

My son loved and still loves the Five Little Pumpkins. We read the book so often when he was little that we both memorized all of the words. Recently I was working with some of my students on a writing assignment using lines from the Five Little Pumpkins. I supplied the subject Five Little Pumpkins. They had to come up with a predicate for each Continue Reading

Halloween Games- Candy Corn Ring Toss

September 28, 2015 By Deirdre

We recently set up a backyard mini carnival in our backyard. It featured fun games that were similar to the ones we have played at my son’s school fairs and Halloween party games. They each featured a theme or symbol that represents fall. Today I am going to share the first of the three games we played. We called it Candy Corn Ring Toss. How to Continue Reading

Addition Worksheets- Roll and Cover Indian Corn

September 23, 2015 By Deirdre

Roll and cover addition worksheets are a great way to work on number facts. Some sums can only made with specific numbers on dice. While there are some sums that can be made with several different number combinations. These Roll and Cover Indian Corn will have your children thinking about addition facts in a big way. We used colorful buttons to Continue Reading

Fall Art Projects- Corn and Pumpkin Weaving

September 21, 2015 By Deirdre

When people think about paper weaving, they think about children making plate mats for Thanksgiving. I think that paper weaving is a great fine motor craft activity for children to do all year long. These fall art projects feature themes that could be associated with Thanksgiving. They could also be done right now. Both of the fall Continue Reading