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By Kim Vij

Let’s eat a RAINBOW!

Rainbow Recipes for Kids

Explore creative ways to encourage your kids to "eat the rainbow" while enjoying colorful fruits and vegetables. March is National Nutrition Month, and with St. Patrick's Day approaching, it's the perfect time to teach your child about healthy eating with fun, rainbow-themed snacks and activities! Let's Eat a Rainbow! With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner and rainbows everywhere, here's your teachable moment to talk about Nutrition with your child and how they can eat a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cook, Cooking, Kim, Little Hands That Cook, Nutrition, Rainbow, Recipes

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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

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Learn to Read Color Words with the RAINBOW!

Learn to Read with Color Words and lids

Help your child learn to read color words with fun, hands-on activities! Boost early reading skills through play, crafts, and engaging learning strategies. Use color words and lids for a hands-on rainbow activity for kids.  Here's how to play. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Rainbows are so much fun to make, eat, play, find, and learn with. We had a tot-school with a theme of rainbows and I was trying to decide what to bring when I thought of my Baby Food Pouch ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Activity, Amanda, Colors, Eco Living, Lids, Preschool, Rainbow, Sight Words, Toddler

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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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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

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5 Math Games Using Painted Rainbow Math Counters

Rainbow Math Games for Preschoolers with Painted Acorns

Math games for your preschooler can be colorful and fun with these painted rainbow math counters using natural materials in your own backyard! Work on counting, sorting and patterning as you get them ready for Kindergarten with these math skills. Here's how to paint and play this math game!   This post contains affiliate links. Painted Rainbow Math Counters with Acorns This rainbow activity pairs well with the book is A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman. In the story a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Acorns, After School Activities, Colors, counting, Fall, Games, grade school, painting, patterning, Preschool, Rainbow, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

St. Patrick’s Day STEM Activity Sensory Bottle

STEM St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bottle Activity for Kids

Create a fun and easy St. Patrick's Day Craft for Kids as they explore STEM concepts with a Sensory Bottle! This St. Patrick's Day STEM Activity uses magnets that are sure to discover GOLD or at least stir up some lucky shamrocks with kids! This activity is a perfect addition to your after school fun or even part of your STEM education for preschooler. Here's how to add a little STEM this St. Patrick's Day with Kids. We wanted to add a little fun to this St. Patrick's Day Discovery ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science, STEM Tagged With: grade school, Preschool, Spring, St. Patrick's Day, STEM, Toddler

By Kim Vij

St. Patrick’s Day Activities

20+ St. Patricks' Day Activities for Kids

Here's a little fun for the kids for St. Patrick's Day. We're sharing some of our favorite St. Patrick's Day Activities. We've included a little everything including snack ideas, printables, craft ideas, and more! Come join the fun! St. Patrick's Day Activities for Kids There's always something quite special about exploring St. Patrick's Day with your child. From the playful green colors to the adorable leprechauns, enter the magical world where rainbows and pots of gold exist this St. ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities, grade school, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

By Kim Vij

Outdoor Spring Activities

Shamrock Shapes Activity for St. Patrick's Day

Looking for outdoor spring activities for the kids?  Create these playful shapes using shamrocks for a little St. Patrick's Day fun this spring. We're always looking for a variety of ways to explore the outdoors with our children when they get home from school and on the weekends. The yard is our go to source that we try to visit each afternoon. I've found that if we go outside after snack time once we get home from school my kids have a much better afternoon together, eat better ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: grade school, Outdoor Fun, Spring, St. Patrick's Day

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