Valentine's Day is this week! Are you looking for a easy quick craft to do with your kids? We were so excited to see so many Valentine's Day Activities shared on Last Week's After School Express! We figured you might be looking for last minute ideas to do after school this week with your kids so here are our favorites! Grab a button if you were featured! Last Minute Valentine's Day Ideas Thumbprint Valentine's Day Card from Gummy Lump3D Hearts from Look What I ... Read more...
Healthy Heart Fun for Mommy & Me – Part 2 The Inside Edition
Healthy Heart Activity Ideas Were you inspired by Kim's Go Red for Women post last week? We sure were and after a great workout with heart stations, my kids wanted to share theirs. So, we woke up ready to exercise and have a great time outside together with our hearts, looked out the window and saw... RAIN! Really? I was in no mood to go exercise in the rain with 2 little kiddos and came up with a zillion excuses not to grab my tennis shoes, put on my comfy clothes, grab my hearts and ... Read more...
Simple Steps to Building Pinterest Boards that work for you!
Are you using Pinterest? Do you have a teaching website or business online?The Educators' Spin On It LOVES PINTEREST! It puts learning tools into the hands of both teachers and Parents. We believe parents are a child's first teacher and using Pinterest just made it so much easier!Pinterest has become an amazing virtual filing cabinet for us and our 1.6 Million Followers!Pinterest Becomes Your Filing Cabinet During my teaching internship, goodness 17 years ago, my mentor teacher gave ... Read more...
Connecting Children When a Large Age Gap Exists
I am delighted to be sharing our Parenting With Purpose guest post with you on The Educators' Spin On It. I have been reading Kim and Amanda’s blog since well before I started my own blog. The TotSchool posts have been my favourite posts. I am Amie from Triple T Mum, so called because I have twins Strawberry and Ooffa (23 months), a toddler (3 year old Chook) and a teen (14 year old Gamer). I am sharing with you today a post on connecting children when a large age gap exists.Life happens. ... Read more...
Budget Friendly Math Games for Home
Are you looking for ideas for how to create hands on fun with math at home? We were so excited to see so many fun math activities that linked up to our After School Link up last week! Using simple household items there are some terrific ideas for making with your child. From muffin tins and bulletin boards to rocks and seeds you can create math games from anything around the house. Check out some of these Activities listed below! Math Games with Household Items Multiplication ... Read more...
30+ Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities for Kids!
Valentine's Day is a special time with kids. Providing opportunities to create colorful hearts and decorate the house with them or even sending them off to loved ones. Here are 30+ Valentine's Day crafts and activities for kids.Valentine's Day Activities by ThemesWe've selected our top favorites from The Educators' Spin On It and shared them by themes for your child. From crafts and painting to math and fine motor we know you'll find just you're looking for to do with your child this Valentine's ... Read more...
Healthy Heart Fun for Mommy & Me {Go Red for Women Blog Hop}
Let's join together to Go Red for Women in support of the American Heart Association and it's awareness campaign. {DONATE HERE} Looking for a simple way to get your children involved with you in exercise? Having trouble fitting in exercise and being a mommy. You’re not alone. Day in and day out as moms we find ourselves taking care of everyone, it's what we signed up for we we took the job . However I want you to stop for a moment today and think about you and your ... Read more...
Using Play to Parent Through Stress
Tips for finding ways to use play to parent through stress, tantrums, anxiety, and big emotions for kids.I'm delighted to be able to guest post in this fantastic series. Here is a snapshot of how we try to use play to parent through stress, tantrums, anxiety and big emotions.Using Play to Parent Through StressMy son is a very sensitive little soul and usually, any negative sensitivities come out with banshee-like cries and shouts, which quite honestly make me want to smother myself with a ... Read more...
Unplug and Enjoy Quiet Time: Snapshot of Parenting with Purpose
I love it when my grandchildren come over to visit. But they often want to turn on the television or play on my computer. I offer them other things to do and it helps us all relax and enjoy each other’s company. We live in a fast-paced world bombarded by stimulation. It’s so easy and tempting to turn on the television or an electronic game to keep a child occupied. But what if YOU need some peace and quiet? Establish a quiet time as a routine or scheduled time and it will help everyone in ... Read more...
Winter Fun with Friends
Once January hits for some reason we are always looking to have friends over for a playdate afterschool. Just gets a little quite in Winter I suppose. Here's a few Winter Themed Activities that are easy to plan and fun for the kids Did you try out the After School Planner from Last week? How did your week go? A few readers commented that they wished they had as much time as we do after school with their children. And to answer your question yes our children go to school very early and ... Read more...
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