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Exploring Food History and Culture with The Traveling Taco

The Traveling Taco Book Review

Discover the surprising history and global roots of favorite foods in The Traveling Taco by Mia Wenjen. A fun, fact-filled picture book perfect for curious kids, food lovers, and families who enjoy learning through reading. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I received a copy of this book to review, all opinions expressed are my own. The Traveling Taco Book Review Did you know many well-known dishes are food immigrants? The Al Pastor Taco traveled ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: After School Activities, Book Review, Cooking with Kids, Diverse Books, Diversity, grade school, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Read Your World, Recipes

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Kids Gardening – Best Vegetables to Grow with Kids

Best Vegetables to Grow with Kids in the Garden

Now is the time to learn about what are the BEST Vegetables to Grow with Kids this year in your garden. We are excited to share with you our top picks of vegetables for gardening with kids. Best Vegetables to Grow With Kids By Becky, author of Kids World Citizen It’s just about that time of year to end this miserable cold (finally) and start enjoying spring weather and thinking about what vegetables to grow with kids in our gardens! Gardening is the ideal outdoor learning ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: grade school, Kids in the Garden, Plant a Seed, Preschool, Seeds, Spring, Summer

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10 Flowers to Grow with Kids

10 Best Flowers to Grow with Kids in Your Garden

Looking for what flowers to plant in your garden this season? Here's our pick of the top 10 flowers to grow with kids. I am so happy to be here today thinking about spring and getting into the garden with my kids. Hi, I'm Jen and I write at the blog Kitchen Counter Chronicles. If I look out my window right now, all I can see is snow, snow and more snow. It amazes me how under all that snow the flowers in our garden are busy getting ready to re-emerge. I have always thought of ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening, STEM Tagged With: Flowers, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Plant a Seed, Preschool, Spring, STEM

By Kim Vij

Painted Cinder Blocks Fun Garden Project for Kids

Pink Flowers planted inside of painted cinder block

Add some wow factor to your patio or balcony with these fun & colorful painted cinder blocks. This is such a wonderful garden project to do with kids and makes a great spring or summer outdoor family activity. We had so much fun making these planters and picking out our flowers. They look amazing on our balcony and bring in some much needed color after all of the cold winter weather. This is a great project for kids of all ages, but because the cinder blocks are quite heavy kids ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Art projects, Flowers, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, Spring, Summer

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Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps

Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps : An easy science experiement to do with your kids

A must-try windowsill science experiment for kids: Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps in step-by-step photographs. Let's get our kids learning and growing, not just today, every day!!!! Here is a simple, but extremely effective science project to do with your children: Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps. Grab your science journals and record the results. Affiliate links including in this post Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps By Betsy Finn Did you ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: grade school, Kids in the Garden, learning garden, Plant a Seed, Preschool, STEM, Vegetables

By Kim Vij

Teacher Appreciation Super Hero Themed Week

Super Hero Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas for Planning

Do you want to celebrate the teachers at your school for teacher appreciation week? We recently discovered a fun way to celebrate your teacher's superpowers in her classroom.  Here's how... Teachers truly are our modern day superheroes. Teacher Appreciation Super Hero Themed Week Day in and day out they show up before the sun rises to prepare for the day.  They work all day long making sure that each student is working to their fullest potential.  They are usually ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grade school, Kim, superheros, Teacher Appreciation, Teacher Gift Ideas

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Kids in the Garden – Learning and Growing

Kids in the Garden Learning and Growing Activities

Discover how time with kids in the garden becomes a hands-on learning experience, teaching math, science, reading, writing, and social skills through nature. Here at The Educators' Spin On It, we strongly urge parents and teachers to PLANT A SEED with your child and watch them grow. Kids in the Garden - Learning and Growing Kids in the Garden - Learning and Growing, is a collection of articles all geared to help parents and teachers interact with their children in the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Eco Living, gardening, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Outdoor Fun, Preschool

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Gardening Books for Kids

Gardening Books for Kids

A complete collection of non-fiction and fiction Gardening Books for Kids! Make a garden theme bookshelf for your garden unit. Let's explore the nature-inspired books from the garden with your child. Gardening Books for Kids If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a FIRM believer in getting kids in the garden to learn and grow. I would also admit that I am a book addict. My Master's degree is in Reading Education K-12, so you know I'm a fan of reading with and to kids! ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening, Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book List, gardening, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Preschool, Spring, Summer, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

A Zoo in My Backyard? Discovering Wildlife with My Baby

Discovering Backyard zoo with your baby

Turn everyday moments into adventures with a zoo in my backyard for babies—spot real animals and insects while enjoying simple, sensory-rich nature play. Babies and Toddlers are naturally interested in animals. Many times your family pet ends up being one of your babies first words. Then they begin to discover animal toys, our toy animals currently get lined up one by one when she's playing with them and carried all around the room. Her next thing she loves ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Animals, baby, Baby Time, Kids in the Garden, Kim, Nature, Outdoor Fun, zoo

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Living and Nonliving Garden Walk with FREE printable

living and non-living lesson plan for kids

Teach kids to pay attention to the world around them with a Living and Nonliving Garden Walk. Free printable to guide their discovery. How do you know if something is alive? For adults, it's an easy question. Your children may not easily identify. Teach them how to decide if something is with a Living and Nonliving Garden Walk How to Organize a Living and Nonliving Garden Walk Not only do I get to garden in my backyard, but I also volunteer one afternoon a week in my daughters' ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: gardening, grade school, Kids in the Garden, outdoor, Preschool, science, Summer

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