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Gingerbread Man Books

Gingerbread Man books are great for reading with young children because of the repetition with words and strong picture clues. They are also a great way to celebrate the season in schools that do not celebrate holidays.  Here are our favorite gingerbread man books. Affiliate links to books The Gingerbread Man Books Read a classic Gingerbread Book, Retell the Story  Gain familiarity with the traditional story line by reading and retelling a classic or traditional ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book List, Christmas, Gingerbread, Gingerbread Man, grade school, Kindergarten, Preschool

By The Educators Spin On It

Holiday Bear Easy and Budget Friendly DIY Gift

DIY Gift Wrap for Kids with Bear Design for Chocolate Bars and more!

Need a quick gift idea? Try this DIY Bear Gift Wrap Tutorial for Kids! A fun way to share a personalized gift with someone you love. Perfect for teachers and neighbors! DIY Bear Gift Wrap Tutorial for Kids We want our children to learn to think of others during the holiday season, with the ultimate goal of teaching the concept that "giving is better than receiving." We are trying to stay on a budget, but are so fortunate to have so many wonderful friends, neighbors, and teachers to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Bears, Christmas, Gift Ideas, grade school, Preschool, Winter

By Kim Vij

7 Quick Tricks for Prepping for Holiday Guests

Quick Tips for Prepping for Holiday Guests with Kids

The holiday season is officially here! You made plans probably months ago for what will happen in the next few weeks but are you ready? Using these 7 quick tips for holiday prep you'll be ready to celebrate and make memories with your family and guests. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kimberly Clark®. All opinions are entirely my own. #holidaynecessities The holidays are a busy time, especially for moms preparing their homes for kids on winter break and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Christmas, grade school, Holidays, Parenting, Review

By The Educators Spin On It

Kid-Made Felted Bear Ornament for Christmas

Felted Bear Ornament for Christmas

Come in from the cold and warm up with a delightful Christmas tale and kid-made ornament craft. Snuggle under blankets with the book Bear Stays Up for Christmas. Then pour yourself some hot chocolate and make this adorable felted bear ornament to hang on your tree. Affiliate links to supplies. Best for ages 5 and up. Always be safe with needle felting! Materials Needed  Have a little one that wants to learn to sew instead? You could sew a tiny teddy bear with this ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Activities for School Ages, bear, Bears, Christmas, Creative Crafting, grade school, Holidays, Ornaments, Winter

By Kim Vij

Christmas Roll Sugar Cookies

Christmas Roll Sugar cookie Recipe with red and green sprinkles

Christmas Roll Sugar Cookies with sprinkles! A super simple recipe for Christmas Cookies this holiday season with your child! Here's how to bake. I love spending time with the kids in the kitchen during the holiday season, I especially love when I find a recipe that they can mostly do on their own. This holiday cookie recipe is one that turned out so colorful and super fun for the kids to make to share with someone special. Disclosure: This post contains amazon affiliate ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Christmas, cookies, Cooking with Kids, Recipes

By Kim Vij

Stocking Themed Sight Word Activity

Sight Word Stockings for Christmas Activity for Kids

Create a Christmas themed sight word activity for your child for hours of fun.  Using Stockings can be a playful way to practice sight words at home this holiday season.   We're sharing with you a special story and sight word activity to create special memories at home.  This post contains affiliate links  Stocking Themed Sight Word Activity  Sight words are so important to your child's success in reading. You can research the words your child should be ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Christmas, Kim, Love Books Basket, Sight Words

By Kim Vij

Personalized Name Ornament for Kids to Make

Personalized Ornament Craft by Kids for Christmas

There is something so precious about handmade ornaments that kids create hanging on your Christmas during the holiday season. They take such pride in them as they gift them to a loved one. Then year after year they truly are a treasure you uncover from the kid made ornaments from your ornament box and watch your child proudly hang on the tree. I must confess my heart melts just a bit looking at them.  Capturing how a child writes at each age is so adorable as well.   I'm ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Christmas, grade school, Kim, Ornaments, Personalized, Personalized Name Ornament for Kids to Make, Preschool

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Kindness Elf Ideas for Busy Parents

Kindness Elves Ideas and Message Starters for busy Parents

If your family does Elf of the Shelf or Kindness Elves every December and you are in need of inspiration. Here is a list of activity ideas and messages the elves could send the children.   Here is a set of free kindness elves printable messages if you do not have time to make your own! BUY KINDNESS ELVES HERE Affiliate Links included in this post As a family, we want to make sure that we are focusing on a season of gratitude and kindness. The kindness elves are a way to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting, Reading Tagged With: Christmas, Kindness Elves, Literacy Connections, Random Acts of Kindness

By Kim Vij

Fingerprint Train Ornament for Kids

Fingerprint Train Ornament inspired by Freight Train for Kids

Keepsake ornaments are my favorite thing to make with my kids. This fingerprint train ornament is so adorable and inspired by one of our favorite train book Freight Train by Donald Crews. If your child loves TRAINS, see how much fun this train ornament is to make! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon.  This train ornament craft was inspired by our featured book at The Virtual Book Club for Kids called Freight Train by Donald Crews.  In the story the author ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Christmas, Ornaments, Trains, Transportation, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Building A Moving Polar Express Train Ride with Preschoolers

Building a Moving Polar Express Train Ride with Preschoolers

The Polar Express Train is a classic tradition in many homes for the holiday season. Create your own moving Polar Express train ride to create special memories with your preschooler.   Here's how to make. Affiliate links to amazon used Our featured book this week for the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids is the popular book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. We've shared so many fun learning ideas about trains on The Educators' Spin On it.  It's such a popular ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math, STEM Tagged With: cardboard Crafts, Christmas, grade school, Preschool, Trains, Transportation, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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