Remembering to be kind is important for young learners. Using songs to teach kindness can encourage more thoughtful behaviors toward others We encourage you to weave songs about sharing, helping others, using kind words, and being a friend throughout your daily activities. Here are 7 songs for Teaching Kindness What I Am, A Sesame Street Song by Will.i.am What I am is HELPFUL!!!" Children's Song for Developing Manners and Character by Tiny Grads Being honest ... Read more...
Making Heart Shaped Pretzel Candy for Valentine’s Day with Kids
Create a delicious heart shaped treat for kids this Valentine's Day by using just a few ingredients. Enjoy a yummy chocolate treat you've created for someone you love. Plus these holiday shaped pretzels are perfect to make for Valentine's Day Treats for school or a playdate with friends. Here's how to make these heart shaped pretzel candy treats! Heart Shaped Pretzel Candy Recipe Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon Supplies & Ingredients To ... Read more...
Heart Shaped Breadsticks Recipe
Here's how to make heart-shaped breadsticks for Valentine's Day using pre-made dough. It includes a lesson about the Grains Group and activities related to grains for kids. Making food in the shape of hearts for Valentines day is a hit with most kids. Here's an idea for creating heart shaped bread with kids. We've shared these with my child's class and it's a big hit and an easy way to stay away from sugary sweets that we typically see at holiday parties. Making Heart Shape Breadsticks ... Read more...
25 Ways to Say I Love you to your Spouse
Are you looking for a creative way to celebrate Valentines' Day with your Spouse when you have kids? Here are 25 Ways to say "I Love You" to your husband this year with special gifts from the heart. I've included a printable checklist of ideas to do for your Valentine. Truthfully...every day we all should try to find ways to show our love in our relationships but oftentimes life keeps us busy, jobs, houses and then we add children to the mix and it gets even busier. However, it's ... Read more...
Heartwarming Children’s Books About Kindness
Explore this collection of heartwarming children's books about kindness all in one spot. Over 50 Kindness books for kids with read-alouds and activity ideas to encourage kindness. This is a collection of the best books to teach kindness and empathy. Did you know that World Kindness Day is November 13? The purpose of World Kindness Day is to highlight and encourage good deeds in your community. It also serves as a reminder to all that simple acts of kindness have power and that ... Read more...
Random Acts of Kindness Wreath
Are you looking for ways to encourage your child to be kind? Do they easily think of others and their needs? How do you sneak those life lessons into our busy days between school, work and commitments to after school activities? As parents, we strive towards these goals to raise well-rounded children. However, with busy schedules it becomes harder to fit in those opportunities we want our child to have. Often one can struggle with as we become distracted by various things in our ... Read more...
Kindness Challenge: Create a Love Books Package
A fun way to participate in International Book Giving Day. Share a Love Books Package. Here's how to make and give your own... We are excited to be participating in Toddler Approved’s 100 Acts of Kindness Project!. We were thrilled when Kristina asked us if I wanted to give you a challenge! You may have noticed that at The Educators' Spin On It we LOVE BOOKS! So we thought it might be fun to include them in our challenge this week! Kindness Challenge: Show ... Read more...
Bilingual Paper Bag Color Word Book
Create a Paper Bag Color Book with Hearts for Valentine's Day. The best part is you can learn a new language with this colorful activity too. Here's how to make this activity with your child. We're working on our Colors! We made a Color Book that uses various learning opportunities to learn how to identify, spell and read Color Words in Hindi. We created Paper Bag Book using Hearts, English, and Hindi Color Words. You can make your own Paper Bag Book too with ANY ... Read more...
Heart Art for Preschool and Toddlers
Get creative this February with open ended heart art projects designed to let little ones explore a variety of art mediums. When the Heart Art for Preschool are complete, assemble to create a DIY book for children to read and share with their families. An easy homemade valentine! Art + Literacy = AWESOME! Heart Art for Preschool and Toddlers From splatter painting to sticker fun, let little ones explore art materials in a way that is open-ended AND gives families a fun end ... Read more...
Valentine’s Day Alphabet Games
Play and learn your alphabet with hearts this Valentine's Day. Fun games for kids to play to help master their ABC's Directions on how to make and play the following games are included in this article. Affiliate Links. Valentine's Day Alphabet Games Valentine's Day Alphabet Mystery Puzzle Game TotSchooling made these adorable Valentine's Day Alphabet Puzzles. You can print them here, cut them out and place the pieces from a few of the puzzles into a ... Read more...
