Hanukkah Dreidel & Candle Sensory Bin
Dreidels and candles are a big part of Hanukkah. We always have fun exploring them in different ways. A few years ago we did a
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Using Calendar Cards: Making a Seasonal Number Line
I often hear those are great calendar cards, but I don’t have space to use them. One simple way to use them is to make a number line. Kids that are just starting math often use a number line for those activities. This makes it fun and is easy to change up for the season…
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Hands-On Learning With Skip Counting Tile Printable
Skip counting can be made a lot of fun. We love doing our skip counting activities and this was a fun way to add more hands-on activities with skip counting. You can put the numbers in order and working on skip counting patterns and more! We have included links to some of the products and…
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Hands On Learning With Leaves
In the fall we love learning about leaves and doing activities with them. We are always doing some activities with them. This year we did a full 2 weeks on the study of leaves. As part of that we did these hands on activities and sensory bin. When we have a sensory bin I always…
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Different Ways to Use the Calendar Cards
How do you use your Calendar Cards? Is a comment question that I get asked. I love calendars. They teach so many different skills. Every month you see the great cards but don’t know what you would do with them. You lack space to put them up and no where to store them. I thought…
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Easter Egg CVC Word Family Puzzles
After having so much fun with our Easter Egg Number Matching. I though since we have been working on various CVC words with my middle Amelia, that we would have some fun with that. I also love to do puzzles with the girls. What you need for this activity: Jumbo Foam Easter Eggs (24 pieces…
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Easter Egg Number Matching
Every season there are great foam shapes that come out. I love using them for puzzles and some hands on learning. We have been doing some number matching games and I thought it would be fun to use the foam Easter eggs that I found to do it. We have been reading stories about Easter…
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Gross Motor Sight Words
I love to do hands on learning when we can. One fun way we have been doing this masking tape words. There are variety of things you can do when you make the words on the floor. I just want to show some of them that we do. Not everything has to be about flash…
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Adding Roses – Hands on Learning
We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. This is a great addition to the Valentines Activities and flower activities on the site. The other day you saw the counting activity my youngest did…
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Counting Roses – Hands On Learning
We have been doing a lot of counting. A book we have been reading lately is the There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!. I have a daughter named Rose. So this is always fun when reading. My youngest has been working on her counting. We have been doing some of the Valentines…
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Learning to Write Your Name
My youngest Mary has been wanting to learn to write more of her name. She has learned all the letters and she can write them on her own, but she wants them all together. We have made her name with the ABC Sensory Bin and sorted ABC buttons with letters in her name. She knows…
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Hands On Gem Patterns
After doing the Gem Wreath the other day. My middle girl really wanted to do something with the gems. I put a simple pattern set together for her to finish. She loved it. What you need: green gem stones, red gem stones and paper so they show up. (This would also be fun on a…
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25 + Button Activities!
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so…
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A Simple Request
On our weekly trip to the library the girls saw a mommy duck and six ducklings swimming away. They were so excited about it. We went into the library and then came out. We sat on a bench and watched the pond. The girls were so excited by every simple little bird sound they heard….
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Easy Science At Home: Coloring Flowers
Coloring flowers is an easy science project that everyone can do almost anywhere. We cut up 4 stems of mums. The girls each picked a color. Amelia picked red. Mary picked yellow. Rose picked green. We kept one set white to compare later. After a few hours we checked and saw some changes already. The…
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The Longfellows Wayside Inn: Grist Mill
Name: Longfellows Wayside Inn: Grist Mill Location: Sudbury, MA Website: http://www.wayside.org/guide/grist+mill Length of Stay: 45 minutes The Grist Mill is open from April to November. It is a great stop to see the workings of an historic water mill. Outside you can look around and see the waterwheel and the small pond and stream that…
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Little Red Hen and Making Bread
The Little Red Hen is a class folktale story. It is one that is fun to read and learn from. We read the book and learned about making bread and the steps that we did. We read The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book) and then made bread. Amelia put the ingredients in the mixer….