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Fine Motor Skills: Magnetic Astronaut and the Tape Rocket

June 25, 2015 By Deirdre

This post contains affiliate links. We love to do learning activities with tape at my house. There has been a fire ladder, set of numbers, and mazes in our main hallway made of tape. Recently I placed a painter's tape rocket ship on our refrigerator along with an astronaut magnet I made. My and I worked on several learning skills with them Continue Reading

You see Cloud Pictures in the Sky Tool

June 24, 2015 By Deirdre

You See Cloud Picture are in the Sky Tool

Do you remember staring up at the clouds to look for cloud pictures or shapes? I used to take my students out to look at clouds. Then we would go back into the classroom and write stories about what we had seen. We recently painted a cardboard tube blue with white fluffy clouds to create a sky viewing tool and did several activities with it. Do Continue Reading

How to Create Sewing Projects for Kids with Yarn

June 23, 2015 By Deirdre

Sewing projects for kids give them the opportunity to work on their fine motor skills and create. While you can buy sewing project kits for your kids, it is super easy to create sewing project for your kids. All you need are few craft supplies and your imagination. Here are the supplies you will need to replicate the project we did: burlap Continue Reading

How to Make a Minion Puzzle with Craft Sticks

June 22, 2015 By Deirdre

Minions are very popular at my house. My son was even dressed up as Minion one year for Halloween and he took prinable Minion Valentine's Day Cards I made to school last year. I decided it would be fun to create him a Minion puzzle with craft sticks. After seeing how easy it is to make, I am hoping he will make craft stick puzzles of his own. How Continue Reading

Jokes for Kids Books That Will Make Them Laugh

June 19, 2015 By Deirdre

I have been sharing with you collections of wonderful books that focus on a particular genre. This summer I am encouraging my son to read everything under the sun. In fact, I created a punch card for him to work on this summer. It displays 12 different genres of books that I think would be fun for kids to read during the summer. In the past few Continue Reading

Sandpaper and Crayon Art Iron On Transfers

June 18, 2015 By Deirdre

Last year one of the craft projects the kids did at my church's vacation bible school was to create sandpaper and crayon art iron on transfers. Each child brought a white shirt and their drawing was transferred by a volunteer onto it. I thought it would be fun do this craft at home and create 4th of July crayon drawings for shirts. As Continue Reading

Here is a Dinosaur That Will Sing Dinosaur Songs

June 17, 2015 By Deirdre

Here is a Dinosaur That Will Sing Fun Dinosaur Songs

Kids love to sing songs with hand motions or a puppet. The hand motions or puppet give kids something to do with their hands when they sing. I think puppets give shy kids the the opportunity to sing with something or through it. It takes their attention off of themselves and gives them something else to focus on. We recently Continue Reading

Adding to Ten Pool Noodle Game

June 16, 2015 By Deirdre

This summer I am trying to keep my son working on math skills. We are spending some time using math workbooks and some time playing games like this Adding to Ten Pool Noodle Game. This pool noodle game can be played using pieces from just two pool noodles. Children can add using three or four numbers if they like. I made two complete sets of Continue Reading

The Best Poetry Books for Children to Read

June 15, 2015 By Deirdre

Poetry gives children the opportunity to explore words and the pictures they paint. Whether they read all the poems in a book straight through or just two or three at a time, they will truly enjoy them. Another great thing about poems is that children will memorize them and remember them later on. What fun it is to share a poem you have learned Continue Reading

4th of July Craft- Flag Mobile

June 13, 2015 By Deirdre

My son just started preschool last fall and it was the first time he head the Pledge of Allegiance. I remember asking him what he had learned one day after school and he responded by repeated the Pledge in full. Although he learned the words of the Pledge of Allegiance all year, I am pretty sure that he didn’t understand what all the Continue Reading

Here Are My Top Ten Myths for Kids Books

June 12, 2015 By Deirdre

Early this summer I shared a way to encourage kids to read a wide variety of genres of books. It was a free printable punch card called Reading Everything Under the Sun. I think it is super important for kids to read and explore all different kinds of books. Today I want to share with you some wonderful myth books for kids with you. Continue Reading