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 Organic , Sprout ... 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...
Personalized Christmas Ornaments Inspired by India
Learning about other cultures during the holidays with kids can be fun. Here's how to create an ornament using another language. The very first time I arrived in India I stepped out of the car from the airport and heard a very familiar tune.... I stood there for a moment observing the Diwali lights and realized that I was hearing Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells coming from the lights at the house across the street from my husbands home. The second time I visited was the day after ... Read more...
Tips for Meaningful Family Mealtime
Here are a few simple tips to make our mealtimes more meaningful together. Tips for Meaningful Family MealtimeI have a confession. We rarely eat dinner together at the table as a family. Well, at least not every night. We’re lucky if we get the table clear of art supplies and homework and have everyone home and hungry at once to eat around it a few times a week. So when we do have a family dinner, we try to make it special. Not with elaborate recipes or candlelight or anything like that. We make ... Read more...
A week of just being a Kid: Afterschool Express
It was so nice just to have my daughter home this week from school for Thanksgiving! It gave her lots of opportunities for playtime with her younger sister who will be turning two next weekend. I think with our busy schedules sometimes I forget she's just six and needs just as much play as ever with the schedule she has at school in first grade. After School Playtime This week they had a baby nursury with the baby dolls and even an airplane trip with them. There were lots of handprint ... Read more...
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