I have the sweetest little pinecone bee craft to share with you today! Your little one will flock to them like a bee to honey. While you could absolutely create these pinecone bees with your children, this craft is also lovely to create solo. I encourage you to get those little ones to bed, make a
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I stir a little honey in my coffee each morning and firmly believe it’s much better for me than sugar (please don’t break the illusion!). It’s sweeter and tastier, so I use less. …
We think of bees and flowers as inextricably linked, and the flowers we typically picture as the most “bee-friendly” are garden stalwarts such as sunflowers and lavender.
We savored each moment rowing this book. We explored bees, honey, trees, Michigan, Canada, and SO MUCH MORE! READY TO ROW: I made a simple kick-off breakfast with Honeycomb cereal, fruit, and milk.…
There are four versions of a bee anatomy worksheet below to differentiate for different grade levels/different ability levels (I teach K-5th grade). Each version comes in black and white and in color. I recommend using the word tracing with kindergarten, cut/paste with 1st and 2nd grade, and fill in...
I was pruning some bushes over the weekend and reminded how years ago I greened up our plain retaining wall with an invisible wire trellis, I wrote about it ...
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I love honeybee crafts of all kinds, but typically beehive crafts look more like Winnie The Pooh beehives hanging from trees. These really look more like paper wasp nests if you think about it, and…
FREE Shape matching activity for toddlers and preschoolers featuring bees and flowers. Perfect for Spring, Summer, or a bug theme!
Crafted with meticulous detail, this hand-carved linocut artwork exudes retro vibes, bringing the essence of tropical paradise to your home decor.
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This parts of a bee preschool worksheet is perfect for your life cycle, insect, and general bee-themed preschool activities this spring and summer.
After spending the year collecting more materials for my students now that I have a much better idea of what they will love and learn from, I have 'reinvented' our classroom. I hope you will enjoy the whimsy and magic as much as I know our children will this year. I have attempted to fully load the room with curriculum presented in child-friendly vignettes. Enjoy... Word Work and Writing Centers At the beginning of the year we build letters with driftwood, use manipulatives from Handwriting Without Tears, match upper and lower case letters, stamp letters. string letters, use magnetic letters, build the letters of our name, identify beginning sounds, etc. Gathering spot - teaching/learning center, chart, pocket chart centers. A favorite clipboard... Vista Print Welcome Banner Vista Print 3 Ways to Read Lawn Sign Math Graphing Center and Prepositional Word Center Math Resource Wall and Work Center There is also a rectangular table for math strategy group work next to this area that can double as a reading group/science group table. Student supply and organizational centers near tables to reduce transition time. Beginnings of a Social Studies Center - a work in progress. This area will include books, a mini-word wall, additional center materials with a specific rotating purpose. Beginnings of a Science Center on the 5 Senses - a work in progress. In addition to this area, part of my counter top is devoted to science observation materials. Student Science Journals will be placed in this area as well as response sheets for students to record their observations at each center turn. Computer Center 1/2 of Dramatic Play area towards front door view. I have included pocket chart mini-word walls on the stove and sink for our 'cooking words' and our 'shopping words' to start! The magnetic Poetry Cafe Center. The photos above are the Poetry/Puppet Theater/Dramatic Acting-Retelling Center. This includes an area for writing with poetry journals [to follow], puppets, poetry pocket charts, a magnetic poetry board, supplies, and more. I think the kids will love this center! Cozy Reading Center. Our library books are currently being sorted by genre, organized in labeled bins - complete with color coded stickers. Kids will learn to choose books from different genres and to put them back in the correct bin this year! This is my reading strategy bulletin board, ready to create for The Daily 5, the Literacy Cafe, and our Beany Baby Reading Strategies! Our honey bees are ready for grouping once I get my class lists and assessments done at the beginning of the year! A tree is born... Our tree is leafing out, getting ready for a full school year of Foss Science studying trees! Our tree has leafed out and is ready for apples when the kids arrive. Should the apples have their names on them or should they be true 'science' apples? Hmmm'.....I'll need to think about this and get back to you with an updated photo. What will you predict? One clue: We will be labeling the parts of a tree using this life size model. Classroom from Word Work/Writing Center view. Front door view to tree corner. Sensory Table Center full of foam ABC's. Our kids will search and find the letters in their names, gluing them onto a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom coconut tree. This center will rotate into themes or science unit connections over time. I hope you have enjoyed the photos so far. I'll be adding photos to this year's diary as the year progresses and our classroom evolves. Bee Happy, Mrs. D
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Cute and easy crochet acorn autumn decoration pattern. Acorn or oaknut is the nut of the oaks. Add some eyes and make an acorn amigurumi. Use the crochet acorn for decoration of your home, autumn wedding theme, jewellery pieces, bookmarks, key chains and more.
Claude Monet was one of the best loved Impressionist painters of the late 19th-early 20th century. He painted many scenes of his gardens at ...
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My oldest son starts half day PreK in a few weeks. I made some activities for him to practice basic skills such as letters, shapes and numbers. I am so excited to share them with you! These activities are perfect for Preschool and Kindergarten. I love that they practice fine motor skills as well. Each activity can be printed and placed in a clear view pocket (such as the dry erase kind), or the activities can be laminated and then placed in a Math or Literacy center. Just add your favorite manipulatives. I chose to use pom poms. First up are Letter Cards. The cards come in 4 different printing options: -Full sheet color -Full sheet black and white -Half sheet color -Half sheet black and white Students practice building capital and lowercase letters. Next are the Shape Mats. Students practice building 2D shapes. The sheets come in color and black and white printing options. Next, is Color Word Practice The Find and Cover Alphabet Sheets and Find and Cover Number Sheets are designed to help practice letter and number identification. Find and Cover Teen Numbers The Find and Cover Numbers 0-10 is FREE to download in my store here. Lastly, I have made a few sets to practice sight words. All of these sheets can also be used as Print and Go activities. Just grab markers, crayons, colored pencils, bingo dabbers, etc and you have activities for morning work, small groups, sub tubs, fast finishers and more! If you haven't already grabbed the Number Freebie, just click the picture below! I hope you love these activities! Be sure to check these out it my money saving bundle here! Please be sure to note that when purchasing the bundle the items have been discounted by 50 percent!
***Due to local staff shortages at Royal Mail your order may be held up longer than the estimated wait times. If your order is particularly time sensitive I would suggest choosing special delivery at the checkout.*** Now you can build bright and happy natural habitats for your favourite stickers to live in! This set of two tree branch designs is the perfect accompaniment for birds, squirrels, fairies bees and butterflies. Transform your home by bringing the outdoors indoors! Save £ when buying two branches together! Each branch measures approx. 25 x 40cm They are suitable for any smooth flat surface such as walls, windows, furniture, vehicles, lunchboxes.. They're suitable for outdoor use too! Stickers are printed on UV-stable high quality self-adhesive vinyl from original hand painted artwork by lola murals. Now printed with a matte laminate to ensure a real hand-painted finish! Easy to apply- simply peel off the backing paper and apply to any clean surface. Rub/smooth over with a clean dry cloth or plastic card to remove any air bubbles. Within the UK, this item is sent via Royal Mail tracked delivery within 48 hours.
I hope you all had a great holiday – I’m finally getting everything back to normal around here and can’t wait to get back to my sewing machine. I finished this quilt before Christ…
Of het nu te heet óf te regenachtig is; met dit lijstje leuke zomerknutsels kan je al je creativiteit kwijt met knutselen in de zomer.
E and I have been trying out some squirrel crafts for next term as we have a large amount of orange tissue paper remaining from the fox paper plate craft. I've come up with two crafts... the first is using the printable from twistynoodle.com and covered in tissue paper, the tail made of scrunched up tissue, and the body flat square. The second craft is a template adjusted from the design from twistynoodle, decorated in felt, ribbons, terry's chocolate orange wrapper, paper and corrogated car
