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Spring Photo Scavenger Hunt with Kids

Teaching your child to have an eye for observation can be lots of fun. Create a spring photo scavenger hunt with kids!Here's how you can encourage them this spring to be on the lookout for the change in season. Spring Photo Scavenger Hunt with KidsThere are a variety of ways that you can teach your child about science at home to enhance the science curriculum at school. Recently we shared tips for Lady Bug Science and we've been sharing a bit more about S.T.E.M activities. Here's how we ... Read more...

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The Ultimate List of Book Activities for Kids

The ultimate collection of activities to use with popular children's books! These picture book activities for Kindergarten and Preschool are fun and easy to do! Grab your favorite children's book and let's READ! At The Educators' Spin On It, we've been sharing with you fun and easy Book Activities with our Virtual Book Club Weekly Plans for many years! These have made quite a collection of popular children's books and book extensions to do with them. They are now all available in one spot in ... Read more...

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March After School Activities for Kids

Looking for activity ideas this March to do with the kids after school? Here are spring themed activities for you to use as a parent after school with your child to celebrate them. You can add them to your After School Planner or get our free Monthly Activity Calendar. March this year has quite a few special holidays in it to celebrate with your child. The first place we usually start is with our Spring Photo Scavenger Hunt and Printable Spring Journal as we ... Read more...

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Dinosaur Shapes Game for Kids

Creating dinosaur shapes with playdough is the challenge I'm sharing with you this month for Virtual Book Club for Kids. This fun dinosaur game for kids was inspired by the book Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs.  This game is ideal for a toddler activity, preschool activity, and even Kindergarten activity.  Here's how to play...This post contains affiliate links. Dinosaur Shapes Game Materials Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems Directions1. Read the story ... Read more...

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Mo Willems Inspired DIY Bunny Costume Felt Headband

Grab some felt to make this Knuffle Bunny Inspired Bunny Costume Headband. This project is great for beginning sewers. No sewing machine needed. (If you don't sew - just hot glue!!!) affiliate links included in this articleDIY Bunny Costume with FeltKnuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Williams is a delightful tale of a little girl and her father on their walk to do laundry. A missing bunny creates tears the whole way home.  Mama knows what's wrong and Daddy heads back to the ... Read more...

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Raising Chicks in the Classroom

Learn how to work with local farmers for your students to experience raising checks in the classroom. An amazing hands on science experience for kids.An unforgettable science experience for your children either in their classroom or you might want to consider at home too.Egg and Chick Fun with Kids: an opportunity for scienceThere are certain times when children tend to share a bit more information about school than others.  Each day you pick them up form school and ask how was your day and ... Read more...

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DIY Mo Willems Inspired Duckling Costume Felt Headband

Grab some felt to make this easy D.I.Y. Ducking Costume Felt Headband. This project is great for beginning sewers. No sewing machine needed. (If you don't sew - just hot glue!!!) Affiliate links included in this article.Duckling Costume Felt HeadbandThe Duckling Gets a Cookie by Mo Willems is a picture book for the young reader about Ducking, his friend Pigeon, and a nut cookie. Duckling is the model for politeness, whereas Pigeon lists all the things he has asked for, but never received.  It ... Read more...

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Drip Painting Rainbow Name Activity

Working on name recognition? Your child will have so much fun with this drip painting rainbow name activity. The vibrant rainbow colors will have your child recognizing the letters in their name in no time plus you can even add more to make it an alphabet activity too! Disclosure Affiliate links to Amazon used in this post. Here's how to make this rainbow preschool activity No matter how old you are rainbows are quite magical! This week we're featuring the book A Rainbow ... Read more...

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Let’s Make Rain: A Pre-writing Activity for Preschool

Try this rain painting craft with your preschool child. The down strokes provide practice for developing good writing habits.Children are naturally curious about the changes in weather. My preschooler was staring out the car window this afternoon with a million questions about the cloud. Why are there clouds in the sky? How do they get there? Why do they move? And how can they make rain?This rain painting craft project uses this interest in weather.Let's Make Rain is a fun and easy activity to ... Read more...

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100+ Eric Carle Activities and Crafts for Kids!

Eric Carle is a beloved author of colorful picture books for kids. Here are several Eric Carle Activities to do with your child. One of the easiest ways to connect with his books is to encourage children to paint their own versions of his colorful characters. Here are a few ways to create art, games, and activities inspired by Eric Carle. Learning about authors and connecting with them can be one of the greatest ways to teach your own child about becoming a writer and inspire them to ... Read more...

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