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By Kim Vij 2 Comments

A week of just being a Kid: Afterschool Express

It was so nice just to have my daughter home this week from school for Thanksgiving!  It gave her lots of opportunities for playtime with her younger sister who will be turning two next weekend.  I think with our busy schedules sometimes I forget she's just six and needs just as much play as ever with the schedule she has at school in first grade.  After School Playtime This week they had a baby nursury with the baby dolls and even an airplane trip with them.  There were lots of handprint ... Read more...

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By Kim Vij 12 Comments

Afterschool Express: Top Summer Reading & Writing Resources

Have you ever wished you could bring home a teacher for the summer so your child didn't lose anything they learned during the school year?  Here's your chance!Do you follow us on Pinterest?  Start now! I've spent many hours searching the internet, collecting ideas and activities for reading and writing.  As I'm reading, evaluating and pinning things I'm thinking of YOU and YOUR CHILD and what your child would need for SUPPORT and what they might ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading, Writing Tagged With: Kim, Pinterest, Reading Comprehension, Summer Reading

By Amanda Boyarshinov 1 Comment

Screen Free Week

 This week is screen-free week, a time to un-plug and re-connect with the people in your life. Look UP! Look OUT!   Take as much time as you possibly can this week to UNPLUG from electronic devices and PLUG into wonder, play, experiences, and re-connect with the PEOPLE that you love. Here at The Educators’ Spin On It, we believe in the power of parenting with purpose and have pledged to turn off our screens for the week and make even more meaningful connections with our ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, grade school, Preschool, Screen Free Activities, Screen Free Week

By Kim Vij 6 Comments

Best Activities for After School with Kids

I'm excited to share with you our TOP CHOICES of Activities to do with your elementary aged child selected by the After School Team.  Thank you so much for visiting our sites every week to discover After School Activities and to share your own activities in our Weekly After School Linky Party.   We're doing something a little different this week and celebrating the end of 2013 with our Favorite After School Activities from our hosts. I'm amazed that week after week our hosts share ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: #afterschool, #learningafterschool, Activities for School Ages, Afterschool Express, Kim

By Kim Vij 1 Comment

Learning about Emotions: Tot School {24 months}

Let's face it our Toddlers at this stage in life are full of emotions that they just don't quite understand just yet let alone verbalize.  My daughter is 24 months and she just started using the word sad and happy which has helped us quite a bit in communicating her wants and needs. Our focus this week was Emotions for Tot School.    Here are a few books we read during Tot School  Baby Faces, My Many Colored Days, and Today I Feel Silly.     We used a child safe mirror and ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Emotions, Social Skills, toddlers, Tot School

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