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SPLASH, GIGGLE, and LEARN. How to set up Car Wash Subtraction

Car Wash Subtraction: Child having fun washing cars and learning math outdoors

Learn and Play CARS! An Outside Math Activity for Kids: How to set up a Car Wash Subtraction Activity for kids. Great for ages 3-7! Car wash subtraction is the perfect summer play and learning inspiration. It’s a casual way to start bringing the idea of subtraction, or take-away, into your child’s vocabulary. Early mornings with my preschooler are my favorite time of day. He’s in a good mood. We can be outside before the sun gets to hot. And I have my morning coffee. This outside math ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Amanda, cars, math, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, Transportation

By Kim Vij

Songs About Holi for Kids to Celebrate

Holi Videos for Kids

Celebrate Holi with your child with these fun songs about Holi for kids. A fun way to learn about the story of Holi Festival with your child with songs, videos, and books and how people around the world celebrate Holi! I've found a special Holi book that your child will love for this festival too! Learning about various traditions in other cultures is one thing I encourage all families to do with their children.  It helps us to grow and appreciate the diversity that exists in the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading Tagged With: Around the World, grade school, Holi, India, Preschool, Review, Songs

By Kim Vij

Holi Books for Kids

holi books for kids

Take a look at this growing list of adorable Holi books for kids to learn about this Hindu festival. Explore and learn about the festival of colors as Hindu families welcome spring. In recent years there have been so many more diverse children's books published. One of the topics that have grown in options is these colorful Holi books for kids. Holi Books for Kids One of my favorite holidays to celebrate with my family is Holi. A playful day full of colorful fun as we welcome ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading Tagged With: Around the World, Book List, grade school, Holi, India, Preschool, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Holi Fun to Welcome Spring

Celebrating holi with family and friends with kids

Celebrating Holi with kids? Here are fun ways to introduce this festival of color to your child plus a few special craft ideas too including a Holi t-shirt. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. DIY Holi T-Shirt for Kids We prepared for our Holi Color Fun this year by making our own Holi T-shirts. This way we can continue to wear them and remind us of all of our Colorful Fun for Holi. It was literally made in just a few minutes but turned out to be a big hit with both ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Kids Activities Tagged With: Bilingual Babies, Cultural, Festival, Hindi, Holi, India, Spring

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GIANT Color Wheel Collage

Giant Color Wheel Kids Activity #eduspin

Create a giant color wheel collage with your kids! A fun, hands-on art project that encourages sibling teamwork, creativity, and color recognition. I LOVE when kids are busy collaborating with each other on big projects. This particular activity encourages kids to look for colors in their papers, magazines, and craft closet materials and glue them to a GIANT color wheel collage. Disclosure: Affiliate links to products. GIANT Color Wheel Collage Learning Objective: Children will ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Activities for School Ages, After School Activities, Art projects, Colors, Creative Crafting, grade school, Preschool, Rainbow, Toddler

By Kim Vij

Cloud Themed Spelling Word Game with ABC Beads

ABC Beads on cloud cutouts to create sight word game for kids.

It's time for a cloud themed spelling word game! Here's a playful way to get your child practicing their spelling words AND having fun with weather at the same time. Print out your spelling words and grab a few bags of ABC Beads at your local craft store and it's time to PLAY! Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. This spelling game was inspired by the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle as part of our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids. Little Cloud by Eric ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: After School Activities, Eric Carle, grade school, Preschool, Rainbow, Sight Words, Spelling Words, Weather

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Quick and Easy Rainbow Busy Bag for Kids

Rainbow Busy Bags for Preschoolers and Toddlers

This 3 in 1 rainbow busy bag is easy to prepare and fun to play. Great for helping young children improve fine motor, develop early math skills and make literacy connections with words and letters. Affiliate Links are used in this post. Quick and Easy Rainbow Busy Bag for Kids There are times when we all need a little color to brighten our day. This activity is great for young children of a variety of different ages. Have a preschooler? Encourage them to help you hunt for and cut ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, Busy Bag, Colors, Playful Preschool, Preschool, Rainbow, Spring

By The Educators Spin On It

Rainbow Stew Inspired Felt Food Tutorials

Felt Food for Kids for Pretend play

Fall is Harvest time! It the perfect time to snuggle in with a good Harvest Book and do a related activity with your children. Affiliate Links Included in this article. I received a copy of the three Harvest books courtesy of Lee and Low Publishing. All of my thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. #LOVEdiverseBOOKS Rainbow Stew Book and Sibling Activity One of our favorite harvest books this month is Rainbow Stew. Rainbow Stew is a delightful tale about a group of children and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education Tagged With: Amanda, Book Activity, Diversity, Fall, Harvest, PLAY, Preschool, Rainbow, Raising Global Kids, Sewing

By The Educators Spin On It

Make a Rainbow | Teaching Technology

How to Make a Rainbow with Technology for Kids

My preschooler is very curious about how things work when it comes to technology and wants to learn more about it. This simple activity, Make a Rainbow, allows older preschoolers and grade schoolers an opportunity to create a rainbow using technology. The repetitious nature of this activity allows for repeated practice. A simple understanding of how to use a mouse is helpful. #PLAYfulpreschool PicMonkey is a free online photo design and editing program. How to Make a Rainbow ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities, Amanda, Colors, grade school, Preschool, Rainbow, STEM, Technology

By Kim Vij

Sidewalk Chalk Alphabet Cookie Themed Game

Sidewalk Chalk Alphabet Cookie Themed Fun inspired by If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Create a fun movement game outside inspired by the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Here's how to play this game for some sidewalk chalk alphabet cookie themed fun. This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. This week we're having a little fun in the kitchen with our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids  with the theme of Baking!  Do you have any favorite books about baking with your child? Over the past few years we've shared so many recipe ideas with books in ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Games, Reading Tagged With: Book Activities, chalk, cookies, grade school, mouse, outdoor game, Preschool, sidewalk chalk, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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