Hey everyone! It’s time for our 12 Months of Sensory Dough linkup! Every month, I’m honored to co-host this linky with 11 other bloggers, including Dayna at Lemon Lime Adventures, Val & Alex at Glittering Muffins, Devany at Still Playing School, Sarah at Little Bins for Little Hands, Kimberly at Natural Beach Living, Melissa Ann at The Eyes of a Boy, Nicolette at Powerful Mothering, Amy at Wildflower Ramblings, Rachel at I Heart Crafty Things, Michelle at Delightful Learning, and Jennifer at The Life of Jennifer Dawn!
Homeschool Planning with Kids Underfoot
It’s that time of year! Time for everyone to break out their homeschool planning ideas! School year planning is probably one of the most exciting times for me personally. I get to look at my kids’ progress over the years, feel sad about how much they’ve grown (sniff), and get excited about what we’ll learn in the upcoming months.
Review: Hands-On Language with Lego Writing Prompts!
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Our kids, like just about all kids, love LEGO blocks. Love them. But I never had the idea to combine LEGO building with writing. Renee Brown from Great Peace Academy did, though, and she’s put together some adorable LEGO writing prompts printable packs for just $1 each! We got the chance to try them out with the kids and they had so much fun building and writing their own stories!
10+ American Sign Language for Homeschoolers Resources
A big part of our curriculum involves American Sign Language for homeschoolers. We’re in an ASL congregation, but we still try to make use of structured ASL lessons and resources whenever we can.
If you’re searching for ways to teach American Sign Language for homeschoolers, check out some of these great ASL resources!
10+ American Sign Language for Homeschoolers Resources
ASL2U is our virtual ASL tutoring service. We’ve completed our very first downloadable lesson and you can grab it now for just $1.99! The lesson includes more than 20 color signs and a complete practice conversation to help you learn to introduce yourself and meet someone in sign language!
To get your copy of ASL2U Lesson 1, visit our Store!
Here are even MORE great American Sign Language for Homeschoolers resources!
A Basic Course in American Sign Language
Sign Language: My First 100 Words
My First Book Of Sign Language
Sign Language for Kids: A Fun & Easy Guide to American Sign Language
The American Sign Language Puzzle Book
American Sign Language Bingo Game – Super Duper Educational Learning Toy for Kids
400 American Sign Language Cards Fun Deck
Learn more about teaching sign language to kids!
American Sign Language Alphabet Flashcards
Sign Language Weather Fingerspelling Pack
Sign Language Number Flashcards
And don’t forget to follow my American Sign Language lessons board on Pinterest!
This post is part of the “Foreign Languages for Your Homeschool” linkup from iHomeschoolNetwork! Click on over to read how our fellow bloggers teach foreign languages to their families!
Learn the Swahili Alphabet with Jambo Means Hello
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Happy Monday! We’re participating in the Multicultural Kid Blogs “Read Around the World” summer series for a chance to share a multicultural book that Jay and the kids first learned about on Reading Rainbow – Jambo Means Hello!
Polar Bear What Do You Hear Printable Animal Notebooking Pages
We love reading Eric Carle books! One of my kids’ absolute favorites is The Grouchy Ladybug. That’s been a huge hit in our family. (Secretly, I think they like the grouchiness.) But one of the other books we love is Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
These wild animal notebooking pages are a simple way to introduce kids to these animals as you read the book! Read on to see how to get your copy absolutely free!
Don’t miss our other animal notebooking pages, including our free Polar Animals Notebooking Pages and our Sea Monsters Notebooking Pages!
Polar Bear What Do You Hear Printable Animal Notebooking Pages
We’re linking up with iHomeschool Network again today to offer a great set of printable animal notebooking pages! Today several of iHN’s bloggers are sharing activities for Eric Carle books, so we decided to focus on the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?.
Throughout the book, several kids get to act out the parts of wild animals such as polar bears, walruses, peacocks, and zebras, including making the correct animal sounds. To help our young kids work on identifying wild animals and learning about them, we put together a free set of wild animal notebooking pages called “Animals Gone Wild!”
To use this pack, you’ll need the following:
- Printer (with ink)
- Printer paper
- Scissors
- Laminator (if you want to laminate the flashcards)
- Pencils
In this pack, you’ll find notebooking pages for eight animals, including:
- Polar Bear
- Walrus
- Peacock
- Zebra
- Lion
- Leopard
- Hippopotamus
- Elephant
Each notebooking page includes spaces for the average lifespan and weight of each animal, as well as their native habitats, diets, and species names. You’ll also find links where you can locate the information for each fact. Younger kids can get in on the action with animal flashcards, including a set of blank cards for them to practice naming each animal.
To download your free copy of “Animals Gone Wild”, click the image or the link below!
>>>>> Wild Animal Notebooking Pages <<<<<
If you love these printables, don’t miss these other posts!
And get even more awesome printables from my Homeschool Printables board on Pinterest!
This post is part of the “Homeschooling with Eric Carle” linkup from iHomeschool Network! Click on over to find out what activities our fellow bloggers are sharing today!
Introducing ASL2U – An Online ASL Class Program!
Hey hey hey everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying our American Sign Language lessons so far, because we’re now offering a one-on-one online ASL class for our readers! Our program is called ASL2U and it launches next month! Yay!
25+ Free Summer Themed Printables and a Cash Giveaway!
Today is a super special day, because we’re joining up with fellow bloggers from the Kid Blogger Network to offer a cash giveaway! We’re all featuring great roundups on our blogs today and ours is a roundup of 25+ free summer themed printables! Plus, three of our readers will have a chance to win $500 in their Paypal accounts!
Activities for the Book Hello Ocean: Beach Shoebox Diorama
I’m originally from the coast and I miss the beach so much. In fact, I think it actually intensifies as I get older.
So when summer time approaches, my mind lightly turns to thoughts of warm sand, salt air, and waves.
Unfortunately, we live several hours inland now, so a trip to the beach is not always feasible.
But we can always head to the shore with a beach shoebox diorama activity!
This was such a fun summer activity and it only took a few minutes. Plus, it was a great tie-in for a beautiful beachy read-aloud!
If you enjoy this project with the kids, be sure to try our simple Coffee Filter Beach Ball Craft!
Beach Shoebox Diorama Activity
To make this beach shoebox diorama, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)
- Empty shoebox
- Crayons
- Printer (with ink)
- Printer paper
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Cotton balls
- Play sand (If you want to make your own, try our DIY play sand recipe!)
- A copy of our Day at the Beach Diorama Pack (See below)
We decided to read the book Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan to introduce our beach theme.
I love this book. It’s very simple for young readers and the pictures are absolutely beautiful.
The poetry does an excellent job of capturing the feel of a day at the beach, right down to the taste of the salt water.
After we read the book, we decided to put together a shoebox diorama featuring a beach scene.
This was another of our super simple activities.
We only needed a shoebox, some crayons, scissors, glue, and our printable Day at the Beach Diorama Pack!
The kids colored the bottom and sides of the shoebox using the colors mentioned in the story: grey, blue, and green.
We cut out the background scenes…
and pasted them to the bottom of the shoebox.
Our background is all done, so it’s time to add a few props!
We cut out each upright scene image, including the bottom square, as one piece.
Then we folded the bottom square under to make the image stand up.
After we used a stretched cotton ball as a cloud, we poured a little play sand in the bottom and added our upright images to get a feel for the beach in our dining room! 🙂
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To see even more fun summer crafts, follow my Summer Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!
If you’d like to complete this activity with your littles, grab our free Day at the Beach Diorama Pack by clicking the image or the link below to download it!
>>>> Day at the Beach Diorama Pack <<<<
This post is part of the “A Book and a Big Idea: Summer” linkup at iHomeschool Network! Click on over to read the great book activities of our fellow bloggers!
12 Months of Sensory Dough: Vanilla Ice Cream Sensory Dough
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Hey everyone! It’s time for our 12 Months of Sensory Dough linkup! Every month, I’m honored to co-host this linky with 11 other bloggers, including Dayna at Lemon Lime Adventures, Val & Alex at Glittering Muffins, Devany at Still Playing School, Sarah at Little Bins for Little Hands, Kimberly at Natural Beach Living, Melissa Ann at The Eyes of a Boy, Nicolette at Powerful Mothering, Amy at Wildflower Ramblings, Rachel at I Heart Crafty Things, Michelle at Delightful Learning, and Jennifer at The Life of Jennifer Dawn!
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