My almost three year old loves stickers… Here is something that keeps her busy a good 20 minutes… I give her stickers and she decorates plain paper with them. She loves it. I know it is a simple idea. Still I thought I would post it for those that have never given it a try! […]
Make Your Own Earrings
Happy Saturday Everyone! Let’s try a mommy craft today!!! I feel so lucky to have such crafty friends… One of the most creative friends I have wrote a special tutorial for this blog! Rebecca at http://jewelryandgiftsbyrebecca.com/ is going to tell us how to make earrings. I will tell you that if I can do this, […]
Read a Great Valentine’s Book!
The Teddy Bears Picnic / Foreman, New Columbian Brass Band – Play this CD while you complete the Activities in the book.After ReadingAfter sharing the book with your class, ask students to list the food gifts Mr. and Mrs. Bear gave each other for Valentine’s Day, such as chocolate-covered ants and Crispy Critters. Next ask […]
100 Days of School – Star Wars Style
My son wanted 100 Star Wars Characters on his shirt. So today we went online and he picked ten characters. We found the graphics of the ten. We then printed ten of each character on iron-on Avery computer paper. My son’s idea was to do the characters in groups of five on each side of […]
Creative Kids Valentine’s Cards
The weekend before the school Valentine’s Day parties is here. Thought I would share a few ideas for Valentine’s Day cards and some other blogs with interesting Valentine’s Day Card Ideas. Two ideas from two friends: My friend and neighbor Amy B. made these cute Flock of Valentines. Amy says, “I got that idea from […]
Roll a Valentine Craft!
I love using dice for games. My almost three year old, likes to roll them and count the dots. My six year old loves math and making addition problems with dice. Lately, he enjoys rolling them a writing out a math problem. How about creating a craft where your kids need to roll the dice […]
100th Day of School
Well, Phil the Groundhog saw his shadow and I need to get over it and realize, winter is here to stay for a few more weeks. So I am moving on and looking towards the 100th day of school. It should be around the corner for many students. Funny, this is my first year being […]
Warm Up With Learning Fun
That is my pup there… I’m tired of the snow… but she loves it! Isn’t she cute? She warms my heart! Some updated pages from Teaching Heart you may want to check out!!! Get warm with learning fun! Get some quick ideas for your celebration of the Super Bowl!http://www.teachingheart.net/football.htm Will the Groundhog see his Shadow??? […]
Book Club Game – Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah
I just finished hosting my book club for the book Firefly Lane. I personally loved the book… Definitely a total chick flick-read – grab the Kleenex! I think I liked it so much because it made me think about my friends (just what is a friend and what would you do for a friend?) , […]
Best Mommy Blog – Scholastic Contest!!!
Vote for your favorite Mommy Blog at Scholastic!! Scholastic invites you to vote for the mommy blogs you love to read. I just put my votes in! Go on over and vote! http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogcontest/