The activities that we include in our children’s daily lives After School are just as important as the things that we ensure are in our children’s education at school. As parents we put much thought and consideration into the decision of the school they will attend and which teacher they will get each year. A Parent is a child's first Teacher Do you put as much effort into your own home and what your child will do each day after school? Year after year it all adds up and you are and will always ... Read more...
Top 12 of 2012: Our Most Popular Posts
Are you ready to see what was your favorite posts for 2012? We're sharing the Top 12 Most Popular Posts of 2012 from The Educators' Spin On It . We've had so much fun we sharing ideas in 2012 for your children. Can you believe that between the two of us we wrote 246 posts in 2012! The two of us dedicated our time in between raising our 3 kids each to creating and sharing ideas for Baby Time, Tot School, After School Express, Gardening with Kids, Love Books, Bilingual Babies, Little Hands ... Read more...
New Years Activities & Printables for Kids
Here's a New Years Interview for all our readers of The Educators' Spin On It.We hope that you will join us in the new year as we share more ideas for your child. It's fun to capture your child's memories each year and create a keepsake of their childhood. You might be surprised at some of their answers. We'd love for you to share a photo of your child's completed New Years Interview with Kids on facebook.What do you think their Goal will be in 2013? Printable New Year's Interview with ... Read more...
Happy Holidays from The Educators’ Spin On It
Happy Holidays from all of us at The Educators' Spin On It! In an effort to stay true to why we started The Educators’ Spin On It (to learn and play with OUR kids and inspire others) we will be taking a 2 week break over the holidays. We will be posting the top 12 posts of 2012 after Christmas but there won't be any new posts from December 22th - January 1st. We hope you will stay awhile and browse all the fun and inspiring posts we have written previously! Here are just a few from ... Read more...
Resources for How To Help Children Cope with Tragedy
We both have 6 year olds at home. The tragic events that occurred on Friday in Connecticut hit both of our hearts and homes very strongly especially as classroom teachers. We felt that we needed to stop, acknowledge and grieve for the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Our hearts and prayers go to the victims, their families,the surviving students, teachers and community at Sandy Hook.The past few days we've all seen how the media and peers and the world have reacted to the news. We all ... Read more...
Our After School Pinterest Board is Growing!
Are you following The Educators' Spin On It on Pinterest? Join 1.6 Million followers, we're pinning awesome ideas from our favorite sites to save you time online. We're excited that our After School Enrichment Pinterest Board has added a few new members! It's a great place to stop to find ideas for what to do with your children after school and over the holiday break. Plus we're working to create a board that you can turn to for additional resources when you feel your child need more ... Read more...
Top Pinterest Boards for Holiday Fun with Kids
Here at The Educators' Spin On It we love searching the Internet for sources for you and your children. We spend MANY hours on Pinterest and on the top blogs and websites dedicated to children to find just the right activities for your child. We'd like to think that we're saving you time online so that you can spend more time with your children off line and to create childhood memories together. We're pinning with a mom's point of view an Early ... Read more...
Ways to Play with Peppermint Scented Play Dough
If you give a toddler some home-made peppermint scented play dough, he will start by making a bunch of balls. When he is finished making balls, he will ask you for some TOOLS! You will give him a garlic press and he will make LOTS of spaghetti. Then he will want another tool. You will hand him your wooden rolling pin and he will roll the play dough flat. He will want to stick something on it. You'll hand him some lace. He'll press the lace in but want something "better" to push ... Read more...
Christmas Tree Fun with Lids
We're sharing a playful game for the holidays with toddlers and preschoolers. This Christmas Tree Lid Game will provide hours of play plus sneak in a little learning too! Christmas Tree Fine Motor Activity with LidsHave you been collecting lids at your house? We have and we've been having so much fun with this Christmas Tree Game! Gather up your lids, any kind will work! We chose the lids from the Squeezable Food Pouches like Happy Tot Organic, Plum Organics, Ella's Kitchen ... Read more...
After School Enrichment Community
Did you see that Google+ has just created Communities? We are so excited about it because it's created an amazing platform for our Sunday After School Express Friends. What are Google + Communities? Find Communities for your interest How do you use them? Why are we choosing After School to focus on for a Community? We want to create a place for parents to share the resources they've discovered and created to support their child's learning, discoveries, creativeness and fun ... Read more...
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