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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

By Kim Vij

January Themes and Books for Preschoolers

Child playing with snow featuring January themes and books suggestions for kids

A printable list of January themes and books for preschoolers. You'll enjoy this hand-picked selection of books to read with your preschooler this January. Plus fun winter themed activities to go along with them! January Themes and Books for Preschoolers This winter we'd like to invite you to join along in our Virtual Book Club for Kids. Each week we featured a book and themed activities to go along with them. We email these books and ideas to you each week for free and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: grade school, January, Preschool, Toddler, Tot School, Virtual Book Club for Kids, Winter

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Gingerbread Man Books

Gingerbread Man books are great for reading with young children because of the repetition with words and strong picture clues. They are also a great way to celebrate the season in schools that do not celebrate holidays.  Here are our favorite gingerbread man books. Affiliate links to books The Gingerbread Man Books Read a classic Gingerbread Book, Retell the Story  Gain familiarity with the traditional story line by reading and retelling a classic or traditional ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book List, Christmas, Gingerbread, Gingerbread Man, grade school, Kindergarten, Preschool

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DIY Bats and Cats Chocolate Graham Crackers for Kids to Make and Eat

Bat Chocolate Graham Crackers

Don’t let diet restrictions limit your creativity! This Halloween, channel your inner ghoul with these 25 unique vegan Halloween recipes that kids of all ages will love. Make a batch of these Bats and Cats Chocolate Graham Crackers with your kids and SHARE THEM! Your youngest helpers can help measure, mix, and cut out shapes! Cooking with kids is a great way to strengthen vocabulary and math skills.  It is great a way to teach life skills and make meaningful moments with your ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: bats, Cooking with Kids, Fall, grade school, Halloween, Preschool, Recipes

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