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By Kim Vij

Top Places to Visit in San Francisco Bay Area

Top Places to Visit in San Francisco from The Eduators' Spin On It

San Francisco happens to be one of my favorite places to visit. It’s like no other place, the sites are unforgettable from every angle of the city and of the bay. The history of the buildings is fun to explore as you discover the architecture. I shared with you a few months ago that I got the chance to escape for a week with my husband to this famous area. Here's our visit to Half Moon Bay, trust me a place you'll want to visit too! Top Places to Visit in San Francisco ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Travel Tagged With: California, Kim, Places to Travel, Review, San Francisco, Travel, Traveling Ideas

By Kim Vij

Top Activities for School Ages Week 29

Finding fun ways to incorporate Reading, Math, Science and Art can be so much fun.  These week's After School Linky parties featured six top activities you can do with your child that are fun and also filled with learning ideas.  Which one will you try first?         Top Featured After School Activities  Teaching Number Bonds from Pinay Homeschooler  How to Plan Science Activities for Ages 3-7 from The Measured Mom Sight Word Slam from P is for Preschool  Simple Minecraft Math ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: #afterschool, #learningafterschool, #smartsummer, After School Link Up, Afterschool Express, Kim, Summer Activities

By The Educators Spin On It

Chapter Book and Activities for GIRLS

Chapter Books for Girls with Activity Ideas for LOVE BOOKS exchange

Explore these chapter books and activity package ideas for hosting your chapter book exchange with friends! LOVE BOOKS participants have built and sent some amazing packages for our CHAPTER BOOK edition! This age can be such a challenge for parents and teachers to extend reading into creative play, writing, building, science, and more. It is still extremely important to help kids make literature connections. Find out how these talented parents and bloggers extended some popular ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book Extenstions, Chapter Books, grade school, LOVE BOOKS, Reading, Summer Reading

By The Educators Spin On It

Chapter Book and Activity Packages for Adventure and Nature

Get kids EXCITED about reading! Make Chapter Book and Activity Packages with these 4 Ideas. Grade school children need to be reading EVERY SINGLE DAY!  Yes, every day. We need to read with them and to them. They also need to read on their own. AND, it is important that they have activities to extend their reading and make better connections with literature. Affiliate links used in this article to Amazon. Parents and teachers often struggle to keep up with speed readers and can ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book Extensions, Chapter Books, Dinosaurs, Dragons, grade school, LOVE BOOKS, Summer Reading

By Amanda Boyarshinov

Preschool Learning Activities

Preschool Activities

Plan your PLAYFUL PRESCHOOL learning week with the amazing ideas from our fellow kids activity bloggers. I know my preschooler is going to love delivering mail to family members with a DIY post office.  He will also like making painted rock turtles and counting with a ladybug counting stick! These articles were shared with us on the Educators' Spin On It Facebook Sharing Days. Facebook Page every Wednesday and click to view posts to page on our wall. I know I am always ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: 3-5, Activities for Preschoolers, Playful Preschool, Preschool, Weekly Planner

By The Educators Spin On It

Reading Chapter Books Team

Love Books Chapter Book Team of Participants

Meet the LOVE BOOKS chapter BookTeam! Bloggers and parents with grade school children in the USA have exchanged a popular chapter book and activity to accompany that book to another like-minded family. They are extending their children's learning through book interactions. Stay tuned to see what they have created... Chapter Books Participants The Educators' Spin On It Amanda is a writing mom who enjoys spending time crafting and reading with her little ones. She also happens to be ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Chapter Books, LOVE BOOKS

By Kim Vij

Top Activities for School Ages: After School Linky Party Week 28

There are a variety of ways to incorporate math, literacy, science and even music into your summer fun with kids.  This week we're featuring activities that are playful and fun but yet still encourage our kids to learn over the summer. Did you know that The Educators' Spin On it has a Pinterest Board that features each of these topics too!  Here's the links to them to find inspiration and follow along!  Math, Science, Sight Words, Art, Music.  Here are our top most viewed ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: #afterschool, #learningafterschool, #smartsummer, After School Link Up, Afterschool Express, Kim, Summer Activities

By Kim Vij

Life Lessons Learned from the World Cup

The world has been captivated by the FIFA World Cup this summer. It’s an opportunity to see the best of the best players battle for the right to call themselves the best soccer team in the world. I grew up as a soccer kid. I played competitive soccer from an early age and traveled all over the nation competitively with travel leagues. As a teenager, I was lucky enough to compete at the US Nationals with my Florida team and ironically ran into my old teammates from Arizona. On my Florida ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: #worldcup, Kim, Parenting, Parenting with Purpose, Soccer, World Cup

By Kim Vij

Hosting a Book Exchange with Friends

Tips for Hosting a Book Exchange with children's books this summer.

Hosting a book exchange with kids is easier than you think and tons of fun. Here are a few simple tips to get you started. Did you just discover our Love Books Summer Exchange and want to join the fun? The good news is that YOU CAN! There are 60+ Bloggers that have been selected this year for swapping books and activities with each other. Do you want to be a part of the fun? Hosting a Book Exchange with Friends  We encourage you to do the swap with a real-life ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Exchange, Book Swap, Kim, LOVE BOOKS, Summer Book Exchange, Summer Reading

By The Educators Spin On It

Board Book Activity Ideas for Babies and Toddlers

Board Books and Activities for Toddlers

This summer, our friends have been busy building LOVE BOOK activities for babies and toddlers! Our annual LOVE BOOK exchange has added a board book section! Bloggers signed up to choose one book and activity and send it to another family. They created a LOVE BOOK package and are sharing what they chose with YOU today! This post contains Amazon affiliate links to the board books. Activity Ideas for Board Books with Toddlers and Babies The Board Book Team: Make sure to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Babies, board books, LOVE BOOKS, reading activities, Toddler

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