Discover the joy of storytelling! Learn how becoming a Barefoot Books Ambassador can inspire a love of reading, diversity, and creativity in children while earning income and building a book-loving community. Thank you to Barefoot Books for sponsoring today’s post and supporting the VBC Summer Camp. Have you heard about Barefoot Books? For many years, actually 20 to be exact, I have admired bit by bit several special books, and year after year I started to notice they all had a ... Read more...
22 Garden Themed Activities Inspired by Books
Discover 22 engaging garden-themed activities for kids inspired by books! From planting seeds and painting flowers to edible crafts and garden yoga, these hands-on ideas blend learning and fun to spark a love for nature. Here are some of my favorites from Garden Week! Garden Themed Activities for Kids Summer time is the perfect to time to get out into the garden with your child and have some fun. Here are 22 of our favorite garden themed activities to help your child grow their ... Read more...
Happy 4th of July!
Happy Fourth of July from The Educators' Spin On It! Wishing you a day full of fun and reminders of all of the freedoms we celebrate as Americans! Amanda and her family celebrating! Kim and her two little girls celebrating! Here's a few fun ideas for your 4th of July fun that we shared last year including an Edible Flag Snack! Don't forget to check our Pinterest Boards for more ideas! Including our Summer Activities & Party Ideas How and Where will you be ... Read more...
Resources for Teaching Art to Kids
A collection of resources for teaching art to kids! Explore helpful websites, online classes and books to help your child learn about famous artists and styles of art. This post contains Affiliate links. How does your school share art with their students? We are very fortunate that our art teachers worked all year long with the students in each grade. During each weekly class they explored many famous artists throughout the year. As we walked the ... Read more...
Handwriting Tips for Summer
Hands on fun for kids to work on their handwriting skills for summer! Explore these 5 handwriting tips for summer fun with your child. Many of them don't even use a pencil! Summer is the perfect time to help your child work on their handwriting skills. However, it's not what you think. Rather than sitting them down with lined paper and pencil and having them write and write until it's perfect, it's actually time to gather activities to help build their strength in their fingers and ... Read more...
Book Inspired Bug Themed Crafts and Activities
Children are naturally drawn to insects as they explore their world. Here are bug themed activities that your child will love to get a little buggy with this summer! We've found tons of ways to make a Bug Theme tons of fun at your house for a playdate or even summer camp. Here's a list of our favorites below. Bug Themed Crafts and Activities for Kids! A Very Busy Spider WebAnt Craft with Letter AAnt SnackAnt PuppetBalloon Printed CaterpillarBackyard Bee HuntCaterpillar MathFelt ... Read more...
Summer Reading
We hope that you are having a great start to your summer vacation with your family and friends. Thank you so much to everyone who shared what they have been up to in last week's After School Party! It's so much fun to see the activities families are enjoying during the summer! We have a few big Literacy focused projects launching on our site this week that will be perfect for your school aged child! Don't forget to get involved with reading at your local library, book ... Read more...
Meet our “Love Books” Summer Book Exchange Participants for 2013!
Do you like books? Are you looking for ways to extend them with your child at home this summer? We are so thrilled to bring you 36 Bloggers who are sharing their favorite Pictures Books and Activities. Right now they are sending packages all over the world as participants in the "Love Books" Summer Book Exchange. All summer long they will inspire us with their creative ideas for things that we can do to encourage our children to fall in love with books. We'd love for you to join us as we ... Read more...
Join the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp
Are you ready to join us for the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp? Have you signed up? Cerys of Rainy Day Mum, Kristina of Toddler Approved and me, Kim, from The Educators' Spin On It are Hosting and sharing with you book themed activities that can easily be adapted for children Ages 2-8. Join families all over the world as they participate in fun book themed activities at home that we've created just for you! I just discovered a comment this morning on our site from one of our ... Read more...
Thanking Summer Volunteers with a Sweet Treat
Looking for a way to thank summer volunteers from your child's vacation bible school or summer camp? Try these gift ideas for VBS Volunteers. The power of Volunteers! I hadn't planned to share about our week at VBS on The Educators' Spin On It but after watching all 4 of our children attend Vacation Bible School I can't help but not to share. For the past few years, my daughter has enjoyed attending Vacation Bible school. This year my youngest got to join the group too. Thank You ... Read more...
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