Have you ever put on a puppet show with the kids? We’ve done it a few times and they always had a blast with their puppet characters. We’d usually have rehearsed lines in advance, but someone always wanted to improvise and take the story in a different direction. Which is part of the fun! WhenKeep Reading…
8 Must-Try Winter Homeschool Ideas
I hate winter. Hate it. I’m from Florida and, whenever the temperature dips below about 60, I’m done for the year. But when you’re homeschooling, you can’t just opt out of teaching during the cold. I know. I’ve tried it. So that’s why I wanted to find some ways to make winter homeschooling fun! TheseKeep Reading…
Polar Animal Pattern Activity for First Grade
We’ve been having an unseasonably warm winter down South this year. But that changed drastically this week. Last week, we had highs in the 70s. This week, we woke up to 25 degrees in the morning. That’s nothing to Northerners and Midwesterners, but us Southerners panicked. I think it’s safe to say that winter hasKeep Reading…
Peppermint Hot Cocoa Sequencing Mats for Kids
When I was little, I was a total hot cocoa addict. My parents drank coffee every morning. But I was in love with hot chocolate. I had a little microwavable mug and, once I learned to make cocoa on my own (usually with Nesquik), I was off to the races. As the weather gets colder,Keep Reading…
20 Community Helpers Books for Kids to Read
Community helpers are such an important theme in early childhood education. After all, it’s important for children to learn how their local community works and who provides the services we all rely on each day. So when you’re ready to teach a community helper theme in class, make sure to use some of these community helpersKeep Reading…
Multicolor Mail! Preschool Color Sorting Game
Preschoolers love to pretend to deliver mail. When we took our little ones to a pretend neighborhood, they all wanted to dress up as mail delivery workers and put envelopes in the tiny mailbox. It was adorable. Since learning to recognize colors and color words is an important skill for toddlers and preschoolers to master,Keep Reading…
Printable Spanish I Have Who Has Game for Kids
Early foreign language learning tends to focus on numbers, letters, and basic sentences. Which is great! But it’s also cool when you add in a little fun as you go, right? We’ve already shared printables to help kids learn to count in Spanish, but that’s not quite the same as learning to interact with othersKeep Reading…
DIY Origami Fox Bookmark Craft for Kids
When I was little, one of my very favorite movies was Disney’s Robin Hood. You know, the one with the foxes. Actually, I think fox Robin Hood might have been one of my very first crushes. (Please tell me I’m not alone in this.) Ever since then, I’ve had a soft spot for foxes. SoKeep Reading…
Preschool Worksheets: Cookie Counting Worksheets for Preschool
One of the wonderful things about preschool is that you don’t have to teach a whole lot of math. After all, you’re working with kids that are four to five years old. So it’s really a time for introducing the very basics of mathematics: shapes, sizes, counting, numbers, and so on. I thought we’d addKeep Reading…
Delicious Donuts ELA Activity Set
Donuts are life. Okay, maybe not life-sustaining. But definitely life-enriching. Nothing gets my kids up and out of the bed faster than me shouting “Alright, let’s go to Krispy Kreme!” So when I wanted to share a fun ELA activity set to keep them practicing creative writing, parts of speech, and more, I knew thisKeep Reading…
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