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We know that you LOVE BOOKS

Love Books Activity and Book Swap We know that you love books! And since we are on the eve of a holiday that allows us to celebrate our love for our friends and family in our lives, why not share your love of books with the little people that live with you  =)  (Yes, your kids!) The LOVE BOOKS Activity Swap through snail mail has completed. This awesome group of moms has designed, delivered, opened, and created with their children! Our kids have LOVED getting "real" mail and have ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: grade school, Literacy Connections, LOVE BOOKS, Valentine's Day

By Kim Vij

Color Word Activities with Hearts

We're learning color words with a heart theme! Here are several activities that will encourage your child to learn how to spell color words, even in a new language. A fun activity for Valentine's Day or anything time of year. During the week we worked on our Paper Bag Book About Colors which inspired several Heart Activities for Valentine's Day. There are many activities that incorporate color which made it easy to sort the colors onto each page of the color ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Afterschool Express, Bilingual Babies, Colors, Hindi, India, Kim, Valentine's Day

By The Educators Spin On It

Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire Book and Activity!

Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire Book and Activity!

Discover fun, educational activities inspired by Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire! Encourage your child's love of nature and exploration with these creative ideas. My kids were over the moon excited to see this huge box in the mail waiting for them to open! As part of the "Love Books," activity and book swap, Critters and Crayons send a Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire Book and Activity package for my 2 kiddos! WHAT FUN!   Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire Book and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Literacy Connections, LOVE BOOKS

By Kim Vij

Kid Friendly Ideas for Decorating for Valentine’s Day

Quick ideas for kid-made Valentine's Day Decorations! Felt hearts, beaded hearts, heart art and even a heart-shaped pizza for tons of heart-inspired fun with your child. This year, I am letting the kids do most of the decorating. We are trying to stay within a budget and be eco-friendly. This means, we are trying to use what we have to make what we want. I told my kindergartner she could design and make a themed entryway for our family. This is what she came up with! Kid Made ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Afterschool Express, Valentine's Day

By The Educators Spin On It

The Heirloom Life Gardener Book Review

I am a mom who is trying to grow a garden in her small backyard because... Now, I want to grow more heirlooms. I have to admit, I don't know a ton about gardening. My parents and their parents were gardeners. My in-laws in Russia have some of the most amazing gardens you have ever seen. I remember visits to the Dacha in the summer and eating the most delicious fruits and vegetables I have ever tasted. Their alpine strawberries are out of this world. But eating from others gardens only ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Amanda, Kids in the Garden

By The Educators Spin On It

Literacy Development for Toddlers

Ways to support your toddler's literacy development from an early age. Explore practical ways to immerse your little one in the world of words, setting the foundation for a lifelong love of reading. Yes, my tot scribbles and I think it is wonderful!!! Yesterday, Kim wrote about exposing your babies to pre-writing activities by giving them opportunities to write. Literacy Development in Toddlers I am reading the book Raising Confident Readers: How to Teach Your Child to Read and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Literacy, Literacy Connections, Tot School

By Kim Vij

Baby’s First Scribbles

Baby's First Scribble with Crayons

Celebrate baby's first scribbles with simple tips and fun activities to encourage early writing skills, creativity, and fine motor development in your little one. Baby's First Scribbles Children are naturally drawn towards activities that give them an instant response. Drawing can be one of those activities. It is an importance concept for their little brains to learn and helps them to understand cause and effect. It can help to develop eye hand coordination and fine motor skills in the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Art projects, baby, Baby Time, Kim

By The Educators Spin On It

January Wrap Up at The Educators’ Spin On It

Welcome new friends and glad to have you back good friends!  Here at the Educators' Spin On It we blog about PARENTING WITH PURPOSE!  We teach our children a second language, cook with books , play and learn with our babies Babytime, Tot-school, Afterschool, and garden , January was a fantastic learning and playing month.  We have enjoyed learning and growing with our children and hope we were able to inspire you! In case you missed them... Not pictured, but worth a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Wrap Up

By Kim Vij

Learning About Dairy Food Group~ Balanced Eating Fun Series

Yogurt Parfait Recipe for Kids

Teach kids about the dairy group through fun cooking and reading activities! This hands-on lesson from the 'Little Hands that Cook with Books' series explores healthy eating with engaging books and simple dairy-based recipes. Learning about dairy foods with your child or class?  Here's a creative way to create a yogurt parfait and learn about the dairy food group. Plus add a little heart fun to it too! We're working on learning about all the Food Groups in our Balanced Eating ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Recipes Tagged With: Kim, Little Hands That Cook, Nutrition, Recipes

By The Educators Spin On It

Making Borscht and labeling your fridge!

Borscht Recipe and exploring environmental print with kids

Explore how one bilingual family introduces culture and language to their baby through everyday moments like making borscht and using labeled objects around the home. A heartwarming glimpse into raising bilingual children with intention and love. My father-in-law taught me how to cook Borscht. Borscht is the traditional Russian Beet Soup, well his version of it!  It is well known that if you put a bunch of Russians in one room and asked them to make a certain dish, each ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Amanda, Bilingual Babies, Recipes, Russian

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