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Learning about the Moon | Making Moon Bread

Close up of Moon Bread Recipe and Astronaut Toy

A tasty way to learn about the moon with kids! Connect science, literacy and life skills by making moon bread with your child today! Today, the kids and I made moon bread. But the lesson was so much deeper than just whipping the bread together (which you can see in the video). It was learning facts about the moon, reading stories of moon celebrations around the world, and then sitting down at the family table to eat our moon bread and share about the things we had just learned. This ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes, Science Tagged With: Amanda, Cooking with Kids, grade school, Playful Preschool, Preschool, Recipes, Space

By Kim Vij

Action Songs for Babies

Actions Songs for Babies

Music time with your baby teaches more than you think. Take time with these baby songs each day and watch your baby grow. Here are our favorite action songs for babies that your baby will fall in love with for hours of fun and developmental growth. Let's explore how to add these baby action songs into your baby's routine at home. Baby Songs There are so many fun songs for babies out there but I bet it's been years since you've sung them. As a new parent, these baby songs ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Parenting Tagged With: baby, Baby Time, clap, Kim, Music, Songs

By Kim Vij

Baby Time: Let’s Make Music

How to Make Your Own Instruments for Babies and Toddlers

Making your own instruments can be so much fun with your little ones. All you have to do is save your snack containers to make an instrument! Eco-friendly and fun for everyone! Make your Own Instruments for Babies & Toddlers It's so important for babies and toddlers to have music in their everyday lives. With some of your child's favorite action songs you can have some fun with making your own instruments for shakers. We found all sorts of containers over the past month to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: baby, Baby Time, Eco Living, Music

By Kim Vij

Making Baklava with Kids

Learning How to Make Baklava with Kids

Making Baklava is easier than you think. Here's a fun way to explore the world with food with your child and a yummy baklava recipe from Greece. I wish we had enough money to take our children to Greece, but let's be honest with 3 kids, one in college and the others 2 and 6 years old add to that a Hardworking Dad and a Stay at Home Mom we'll probably never get the chance to afford that trip. So we decided on the next best thing... we packed up our bags and headed to a local town ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Recipes Tagged With: Around the World, Bilingual Babies, Greece, Little Hands That Cook, Recipes

By Kim Vij

30+ Virtual Field Trips for Kids

virtual field trips for kids featuring white house, yosemite, manatees and elephants and DC zoo

Want to explore our world? Here are 30+ great Virtual Field Trips for early learners to explore from your home. From zoos and landmarks to famous museums, you can explore the world with your child with over a month of virtual field trips! One thing that the recent global quarantine has made us all realize very clearly is that we're all part of one earth. We all have many commonalities and many things that are unique to where we live. As we are at home, working from home and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Travel Tagged With: Around the World, grade school, Preschool, Travel, Virtual Field Trip

By The Educators Spin On It

Gingerbread Heart Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes Recipe

Have you ever tried Gingerbread Pancakes? Gingerbread happens to be a favorite at The Educators' Spin On It. Here's a fun twist on your family's favorite... pancakes! If you read your kids, "If You Give a Pig a Pancake," by Laura Numeroff, chances are, they will ask you to make PANCAKES for breakfast dinner. One thing I adore is cooking with and for my kids, so when the request came in for gingerbread pancakes and I happily obliged. Quick and Easy Option for Busy Parents: With three ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Amanda, Cooking with Kids, Gingerbread, grade school, pancakes, Preschool, Recipes, Valentine's Day

By The Educators Spin On It

Teaching Kids About Envelope Format

Yes - e-mail skills are important. But writing traditional snail mail is exciting PLUS, excellent writing skills give children a lifelong advantage. The only way they will know the envelope format is if we teach them. This activity is great for parents to do with their kids or teachers to set up as a literacy station. Envelope Format for Kids In school, children with strong writing skills often outperform their peers in daily work and tests. Outside the classroom, writing skills ... Read more...

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Amanda, grades school, Preschool, writing

By Kim Vij

Camel Race STEAM Activity Inspired by The Wooden Camel

Camel Race STEAM Activity for Kids with Recycled Cardboard, Straws and Watercolors for kids

Learn about racing camels as you create this Camel Race STEAM Activity with your child. Discover this tradition in world culture through a storybook inspired by the lives of the Turkana people of north-west Kenya. Here's how we made this Camel Race STEAM Activity...  Disclosure: I received a complimentary review copy of The Wooden Camel, all opinions expressed are my own and I did not receive compensation for this post.  Books have the ability to take you places all ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading, STEM Tagged With: Bilingual Babies, Book Activity, camel, grade school, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Preschool, STEM, watercolor

By The Educators Spin On It

Newspaper Engineering Challenges for Kids | STEM at Home & in the Classroom

Newspaper structure built with kids

Keeping kids entertained and learning on a budget is easy when you use recyclable materials. The possibilities for designing and building with newspapers are endless. When you have finished reading the Sunday paper this week, hand it to your kids and see what they can create! This is featured as part of our 50+ STEM Activities for Kids. Disclosure: Amazon Affiliate links to products. Newspaper Engineering Challenges for Kids STEM at Home OR in the Classroom STEM is a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, STEM Tagged With: #afterschool, Activities for Preschoolers, Activities for School Ages, Creative Crafting, engineering, STEM

By Kim Vij

Exploring Northern Lights with Kids through Art and Music

Exploring northern lights with kids through art and music

This northern lights art project for kids is so fun and easy as your child learns the science behind why they are formed. Plus we'll use art and music to explore together to create our very own Aurora Borealis. Come join us as we have our first Science Lesson about Sweden. While we explored the globe we discovered that Sweden is located in the Arctic Circle, a great place for watching the Northern Lights.  Here's a fun way to learn about Science using both Art and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Science, STEM Tagged With: Around the World, Art projects, grade school, Kim, Space, STEM

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