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By Kim Vij

Planning January Activities and Games for After School

january activities for school ages

Create time in your after school schedule this year with these January Activities and Games for kids.It's a fresh start to the new year for your child. It's officially time to plan out some after school activities for them. As we look to the new year we begin to set goals and one of them for me is to spend more focused time with my daughters after school with the activities we choose.Will you join me on this goal in the new year?  January Themes for School Ages For this month I'm choosing ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities, grade school, January, Kim, Monthly Planner, Preschool, School Ages, Winter

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January Books for Your Preschooler

January Books for Kids

We're excited to announce our featured selection of books and themes for January. Take a look and print out your January books list for your preschooler or toddler. This book list includes hands-on fun with themed weeks inspired by these popular children's books for winter.This post contains affiliate links to Amazon for easy book shopping. January Books for Your PreschoolerThis month we'll feature 4 books and 4 themes inspired by Winter and January holidays. Are you ready to join our ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Book Lists, January, Random Acts of Kindness, Snow, Snowflakes, snowmen, Virtual Book Club for Kids, Winter, Winter Animals

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New Year’s Interview for Kids

new years eve activities for Kids

As the year comes to an end you plan to welcome the new year, it's always fun to do a new year's interview with your child. A special keepsake for years to come for you and your child. Welcome the new year with this fun family tradition. New Year's Interview for Your Kids Here's a printable new year's interview which also includes a coloring sheet for 2025 and a 2025 word of the year printable. Plus a special Remembering 2024, a month-by-month recap of this past year. 5 Activity Pages in ... Read more...

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: grade school, New Years, New years eve, Preschool, Winter

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Snowflake Stamping – the perfect craft for kids on a cold winter day!

Snowflake stamping - the perfect winter craft for kids of all ages

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 postSeriously. There are no ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Snow, Snowflakes, Winter

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What makes ice melt faster? Simple ICE Science Experiments for Kids

Ice Science Experiments for kids

Brr... it's cold outside.  Use the freezing winter weather as inspiration for a little science experiments to explore what makes ice melt faster. The following simple ICE Science Experiments for Kids will help kids explore topics from the color of ice, how fast it melts, and where you find ice in the world.What makes ice melt faster? Simple ICE Science Experiments for KidsHere are 4 activities about ice that are perfect for young learners ages 3-7. Complete them as a whole group science ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Science, STEM Tagged With: Colors, grade school, Preschool, STEM, Winter

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Winter Theme Alphabet Sensory Bin

Winter Alphabet sensory Bin

Activate your child's sense of sight, hearing, touch in this hands-on alphabet sensory bin activity.  Set the prepared bottle and bin out the night before on a kid-friendly table as an invitation to learn letters right after breakfast.Affiliate links included Winter Theme Alphabet Sensory BinLearning Objectives:The child will identify the letters of the alphabet.They will use their pointer finger and thumb to pick up and move letters and pom-poms to work on strengthening fine motor ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Alphabet, Kindergarten, learning activities, Preschool, Senses, Sensory, Winter

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Snowflake Number Train Game for Kids

Learning to count can be such fun when you include a little snow and trains! I'm sharing with you a number train game to encourage your child to learn their numbers with a winter spin.  Grab your snowflakes and it's all aboard!Winter Themed Number Train Game There's is something quite magical about children and their interest in trains. This winter creates this playful snowflake train game for your child to help them learn to count one to one and recognize their numbers. Here's ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: counting, grade school, Kim, numbers, Preschool, Snow, Snowflakes, Trains, Transportation, Virtual Book Club, Virtual Book Club for Kids, Winter

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How to Host an After School Playdate

How to Host a Winter Playdate After School with Friends! Includes activity station ideas, crafts and more!

Want to get together with your child's friends? Here are some fun ideas for how to host an after school playdate with friends. Super simple tips that make it easy for you and fun for all who join.  Parents - I know that we are all recouping from the holiday season. I know that my house is just now feeling back to normal with all the holiday decorations. Many places around the globe have snow on the ground and we are beginning to get cabin fever. Winter is a great time on the year to host an ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: #afterschool, Afterschool Express, Amanda, grade school, playdate, Preschool, Winter

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Water Beads and Ice Activity

Water Beads ON Ice

Explore winter science with water beads and ice activity this season with your child. A fun and easy winter science activity! Here's how to set up this water beads science activity. When you live in a climate where the weather is not necessarily super cold it's always fun to create a few icy moments with kids so that they can have a little fun.  It's a simple hands-on way to teach children about science by experimenting with temperatures and properties of matter. Here's a peek at our ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science, STEM Tagged With: Activity, Fine Motor Skills, Fun, ice, Kim, PLAY, STEM, Water Beads, Winter

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Mitten Sight Word Games

Sight word game using snowballs made from ping pong balls and mittens for kids

When the weather outside is chilly, warm up your reading skills with these Mitten Sight Word Games. Great for literacy centers! Mitten Sight Word GamesLearning 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 "the" for example is made up ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Kindergarten, Preschool, reading activities, Sight Words, Winter

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