We're heading out to the woods to learn about bears for our virtual book club activity! Explore numbers with this bear counting activity inspired by our featured book Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. This bear series is a favorite in our house and is sure to become a favorite in yours too. Here's how to play this bear counting activity! Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by ... Read more...
Exploring Northern Lights with Kids through Art and Music
This northern lights art project for kids is so fun and easy as your child learns the science behind why they are formed. Plus we'll use art and music to explore together to create our very own Aurora Borealis. Come join us as we have our first Science Lesson about Sweden. While we explored the globe we discovered that Sweden is located in the Arctic Circle, a great place for watching the Northern Lights. Here's a fun way to learn about Science using both Art and ... Read more...
Teddy Bear Picnic Fun with Story Writing
A playful teddy bear picnic story writing activity to create with your child. The activity plan includes many fun teddy bear picnic ideas too. It's Forest Week at the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp! I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite stories Where's My Teddy by Jez Alborough when I found out we were exploring the forest this week! It's a story about a little boy who has lost his teddy bear and ends up discovering a real bear's big teddy bear instead believes that ... Read more...
Activities for Learning About Martin Luther King Jr
Are you wanting to discuss and celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with your child or class? Here are some hand-picked activities to help you share with your child his influence on the world with age-appropriate resources. Kids Activities About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I realized that I needed to find some last minute ideas for my own daughter so I thought I'd share with you what I found. Just type in the words Martin Luther King Jr. on Pinterest or ... Read more...
Ideas for a Teddy Bear Tea Party
“I’m sharing how my kids plan a tea party with Goldfish Grahams as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #GoldfishTales” One favorite spot that my two girls love to plan and create play ideas in is their playground clubhouse. They tend to spend a lot of time in the afternoons up in their clubhouse imagining all sorts of things. Most recently their snack time with Goldfish® crackers turned into a whole other adventure…. a teddy bear tea party. Teddy Bear Tea ... Read more...
Valentine Card Idea with Winter Birds
Create this adorable winter birds art project with your child for someone special. A sweet homemade valentine's day card for kids to make. The birch trees in the background are so easy to make too. A winter art project your child will love to make. Here's how to make this winter birds art project... Homemade Valentine's Day Card Here's a fun project to make with the kids for Valentine's Day or anytime to give a little sparkle to someone's smile. It incorporates ... Read more...
Pretend Snow Themed Alphabet Sensory Bin
Create a little winter fun focused on learning your ABC's with this fun pretend snow themed alphabet sensory bin. This hands on snow experience will be a winter hit in your home. Plus discover tons of snow themed activities featured in our virtual book club activities below! Here's how to make this snow activity including a recipe for pretend snow... Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. We're slightly obsessed with snow after our recent trip to ... Read more...
Indoor Movement Games and Activities for Kids
The Winter for many part of the nation is a time that you need some new ideas for indoor activities for kids. Between colder weather and even snow days stuck at home you start to look for ways to get your child moving. Here are 9 ways to get moving and learning at the same time after school in your home during the cold and snowy days when outdoor play is simply not an option. Which one will you try first? Snow Day Indoor Movement Games and Activities for Kids Create your ... Read more...
Mitten Sight Word Games
When the weather outside is chilly, warm up your reading skills with these Mitten Sight Word Games. Great for literacy centers! Mitten Sight Word Games Learning Objective: Recognize and read basic sight words. More about Sight Words: You may see many matching games for kids to play. That is because they are some of the easiest games for young learners to play and require children to look at how the word is formed and find the match to that shape. The word ... Read more...
Snowflake Stamping – the perfect craft for kids on a cold winter day!
Feeling cooped up because of the weather? We're right there with you... but kids that are engaged, learning, and crafting are kids that are "hopefully" not tornadoing every room in the house. So try this project - TODAY. Snowflake stamping is such a flexible craft for kids of any age! Just change the materials for the age of your kids. It's a quick project to get ready, open-ended for creative exploration and FUN to do. Disclosure: affiliate links included in this ... Read more...
