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Easy Ideas for Making Games for Kids

Making Games ebook by Kim Vij

Discover how easy it is to create your own learning games for kids that are fun and budget-friendly! Using everyday items for your house you can make games for your child! Disclosure: Affiliate links to amazon are included in this post.  Making Games at Home ebook Grab our book 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids on AMAZON  **BUY NOW ** DOWNLOAD my Making Games eBook!   ... Read more...

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Teaching Kids How to Type with Game Based Learning

Learn to Type with game based learning, tips and classroom ideas for teaching kids how to type. Sponsored by Typtastic!

Call it a coincidence, but last month I started researching free online and paid typing programs for kids, specifically for my 5 and 7 year old. One week later,  WeAreTeachers and Typtastic, a program for teaching kids how to type, reached out to me to review and share about the program with you! As I browsed the new kids typing site, I felt like this learn to type program was created just for my kids. It was kid friendly with bright colored, fun games, easy to navigate and well organized. ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Games Tagged With: Amanda, Apps for Kids, Technology

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Preschool Unit Lesson Plans: Hands-On Activities to Build Skills and Teach Thematic Units

Get ready for fun and learning with all our preschool unit lesson plans. These thematic units are packed with literature based activities that are easy to prepare and fun to implement.

It is time to stop searching for preschool activities!  We both know there are some great ideas on on the internet, but let's get honest here.  Social media sucks us in and becomes more of a time waste than a helpful tool.  Our kids need US, not us on the computer.  A team of 12 teachers and preschool parents have created an awesome resource packed with hands-on fun and learning activities. Save time by downloading Preschool Unit Lesson Plans with some of the best activities ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Preschool

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Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas

BOOK ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS

You're invited to join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids for themed book activities. We're excited to be sharing with you weekly preschool books and activity ideas for the school year. It's your own personal preschool lesson plan with books for you and your child for the school year. Are you ready to join along? JOIN US FOR THE NEW 2024-2025 VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to amazon for easy shopping online. Join our Weekly Virtual Book ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Book Activities, Book Extensions, Book List, Fall Activities, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Increase Your Students Movement in Just 3 Minutes a Day

It's simple, healthy choices and academic performance go hand in hand. Activate healthy choices where children can live, learn, and play. fit4Schools is designed for educators to linke well-being with education standards. Sponsored

Many thanks to fit4Schools & WeAreTeachers for sponsoring this conversation about healthy lifestyles and FREE health activation program! All opinions are 100% my own. 6 hours of sitting at a desk is too much for young kids.  It is important to give children the opportunity to move and be active throughout the day.  Good teachers get kids moving and incorporate healthy lifestyle choices into existing curriculum. From hands-on lessons to activity breaks between classes, there ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, grade school, Movement, Review, Teachers

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Fidget Spinner Math Challenge with LEGO Bricks

My kids have been whirling their spinners non-stop the past few weeks. In between spinning, they're building with their LEGO bricks. I'm smashing two of their favorites into an interactive fidget spinner math challenge with LEGO bricks. It's a fun activity to get kids to explore more about weight and measurement. This article contains affiliate links. *Keep  FIDGET SPINNERS out of reach of young children. They are a spinning toy made up of a variety of materials that could include ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Amanda, kindergarden, LEGO, math

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Using Kiwi Crates within a Homeschool Curriculum

Kiwi Crates within a Homeschool Curriculum: The best ways to effectively manage and extend the use of Kiwi Crates in the homeschool environment.

Just last week, my kids roped the kitchen cupboard doors together and were trying to figure out how to get two to open at the same time with their new contraption.  I’ll admit, my kids are naturally curious.  I’m equally as passionate – about their education.  My brain was in overdrive, trying to think of how to extend their rope activity into a lesson on simple machines? Knot tying? Cause and effect?  As a parent homeschooling their child, sometimes it’s challenging to ... Read more...

Filed Under: STEM Tagged With: Amanda, grade school, homeschool, Kiwi Crate, Review, School Ages, STEM

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May Book List for the Virtual Book Club for Kids

May Featured Books at the Virtual Book Club for Kids

Get outdoors this month of May with fun books about butterflies, pond life, ocean life and more.  We've hand picked our favorite books for preschoolers to share with you and your child to our May Book List! I'm excited to share with you our book list for May with the Virtual Book Club for Kids.  5 Weeks of books filled fun as we close out the preschool school year.  To take a peek at all of the books we've shared this past year you can visit here Weekly Virtual Book ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Preschool, Spring, Toddler, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Virtual Book Club for Kids Summer Camp

Virtual Book Club for Kids Summer Camp. Join us for 3 weeks of book themed fun with your child at home. Perfect for ages 18 months to 8 years old. Sibling summer camp ideas too! Starts June 12, 2017. Early bird price is 14.99

Join the Virtual Book Club for Kids Summer Camp! 3 weeks of camp themed fun created by early childhood specialists and busy moms. An answer to the question... what to do this summer with the kids at home? Do you have a preschooler at home this summer ages 18 months to 8 years old? Are you wondering what to do with them at home to make it memorable with tons of fun but simple too? Plus sneak in a little bit of learning too during the summer. I'm excited to announce that we are ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: grade school, Preschool, Summer, Summer Camp, Toddler, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Reading FUN with The Humphrey Book Series by Betty Birney

Humphrey Book Series for Kids deals with BIG issues including

Are you looking for a lovable, cute book that deals with kid-issues from a hamster perspective? That’s right.  Big tough issues like bullying, making mistakes, and being faced with new situations are all things that Humphrey, the hamster encounters in the Humphrey book series by Betty Birney Modified Image via © lightsource. Affiliate links. Reading Activities with The Humphrey Book Series by Betty Birney Interest Level: Grades 2 – 5 Reading Level: Grade level Equivalent: ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Lists, Chapter Books, grade school

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