This small resource contains ready-to-go printables to supplement the story My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, by Patricia Polacco. It is perfect for those times when you need a quick assessment or want to provide extension or enrichment activities for a few days! Best of all, the activities are little to no prep! Just print and go! Answers keys are included. The resource includes: • Comprehension – Written Response • Adjectives That Compare (er, est) • Point of View Writing This resource is part of a Grade 3 Interactive Read Aloud Set (Exploring Memory Stories). Check out the set by clicking here.

Puzzles from our series “science from inside” will give you a closer look to the anatomy of the honey bee. Those puzzles were made with consultation from veterinarians, to make teaching your kid anatomy of animals as easy as it can get. Dimensions approx: 24×28 cm. -9 elements+frame and cover. -Base thickness : 3 mm. -Puzzles thickness: 5 mm. -Cover thickness: 3mm -Secured with a colorless, odorless varnish with a certificate for children. Recommended for children age 3 years old+ Made in Poland.

We love mini quilts! Yes, we do! The Busy Bees Wall Hanging uses several different quilting techniques to create this whimsical wall hanging. The Busy Bees Wall Quilt is perfect for a baby’s nursery, kitchen, or office space. It also makes a great gift for your favorite hard working friend. In this online video class, […]

Because you can always use a cute trivet when there is a hot pot that needs a resting place. SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions: 8"w x 6.5"d x .5"h Finish: As Shown Material: Iron Ships: Ground Delivery, Shipping is included in the price. (No handling fee on orders of $100.00 or more)

Embark on a journey through the enchanting world of bees with our collection of 50+ Bee Junk Journal Pages, available as a Free Printable PDF at the end of this article. These vintage printables are a treasure trove for crafters and journal enthusiasts alike, offering a delightful glimpse into the industrious life of bees set against a backdrop of bygone charm.

This is a blanket with an alternating open-work honeycomb pattern and an adorable bee border using the filet crochet technique. This pattern includes written directions in US terms and a crochet symbol chart. You can make this blanket in any size. Materials used for blanket in image: size I hook and worsted weight yarn Stitches/crochet techniques: chain, double crochet This pattern has been tested. You can check my Instagram (@mangomumcrochet) for photos. This is a mangomum original design. You do NOT have permission to sell or distribute this pattern or use the images. You DO have permission to sell any items you make with this pattern.

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Shapes are everywhere! When learning about 2D shapes, you can point them out in almost everything we see. There are squares on the windows, rectangles on the door, circles on clocks and so much more. You can make learning about shapes even more fun by letting students get creative with animal shape crafts. Give them

Our busy bee chunky pompom hat pattern is made with the popular Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick yarn. This free knitting pattern will give you all the details to make this hat in sizes baby, toddlers, children and women. * Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive... Read More

Overnight oats have revolutionized the way we think about breakfast, offering a nutritious, customizable, and convenient option for busy mornings. This article dives into the world of overnight oats, providing a collection of recipes that cater to various dietary preferences and tastes.

I love teaching and being a teacher. There are a few tiny things that do annoy me in the classroom, however. Perhaps the most, is that little consistently-occurring question of "what do I do now?". For as long as I have been a teacher, and a little time before that, I have told my students "Be Busy". In just 2 words words, I am telling them both WHAT to do and HOW to behave. When I first introduce them to this idea, we explore what being 'busy' looks like. I have had "Bee Busy" stations set up in a few different ways. I have had them: in a stand of trays (tote tray shelf) a little low-table with activities in containers and baskets, a Bee Busy Cupboard and a pocket chart holder. Now I am trying drawers! In the past my Bee-Busy learning center has been very flexible, largely write-n-wipe activity cards. For my drawers, I want more of a structured system. I have combined these ideas in one easy-to-prep packet, - the Bee Busy Drawers. Start with a 6 drawer unit (or more if you need it)! Each drawer houses a different STYLE of activity. The goal is to have your students as independent as possible. If the drawers stay the same, students will become increasingly independent and focused each week. Structured drawers help create more freedom and flexibility for you. I know, how does that work?! Well, it makes your other resources more versatile. Slip them into the routine and piggyback off the experiences your students have built up. You can add ANY printable activity you already have, or find on sites like TeacherspyTeachers and incorporate it into a framework your students are confident and happy with! Optional: Cup of Popsicle sticks on Top Have one for each activity, matching the color of the drawer. If you have 4 activity options in the green drawer, have 4 green sticks. When students take an activity out, they take the matching stick. Students become more responsible for returning equipment (and put their stick back) They can quickly see what is available - instead of opening and flipping through drawers - if there are no green sticks, they wont need to open the green drawer. First Drawer The top drawer is where you keep all your bits and bobs - pencils, dice, clips etc. Label the Drawers Label each drawer, so the student become familiar with the activities and can return the equipment properly. Keep it Simple For each activity, think of the simplest way of presenting it. I like elastic bands around the cards, but you could also use baggies, small containers or pouches. The less fuss, the more attractive to students that are eager to do something. It also strips back your classroom routines. Your students will be engaged in a focused skills based activity in a a matter of seconds. Why is this important? Well, you can use up those little 5 minute blocks of spare time and make them irresistibly valuable! I hate wasting time, and like to squeeze every once of learning I can into the school day. Starter Pack My packet includes 16 activities to get you started. That is 4 per drawer. I have selected activities that focus on the basics. The idea of a "Bee Busy" station is that students are reinforcing and consolidating skills already learnt. No need to monitor, assess, regulate. Print and Play Activities I took extra time to 'package' these activities as 'Print and Play Games" - if you use my resources you will know what I am talking about. These are packets I make to use in small group rotations and center-based learning time. Each file includes a cover page, worksheet and detailed instruction sheet that is handy for giving to an adult helper working with your small groups. These additional pages are not necessary for the Bee Busy Drawers, but I included them so that this packet can be multi-use to you! Once you have used them in the Bee Busy Drawers, you can file them away for use in other areas of your program. Yay! If you would like to try my 'Bee Busy Drawers" idea, I have just listed it at TpT. Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I wish you a successful and creative year! I know that most of January is already over and I am hopelessly late with my wishes but better late than never. Right? I hope that I find this year a little more time to crochet, to write in my blog and also to publish some new amigurumi patterns (one pattern will be available very soon in my pattern stores. Keep your eyes open!). Today I will show you a project that kept me busy last week. *** Soovin teile edukat ja loomingulist aastat! Tean küll, et suurem osa jaanuarist on juba läbi ja olen oma soovidega lootusetult hiljaks jäänud, kuid parem hilja kui mitte kunagi, eks! Ma loodan, et leian ka ise sel aastal rohkem aega, et heegeldada, postitada blogisse ning ka uusi mustreid kirjutada (kusjuures üks uus muster on üsna varsti minu juhendipoodides ka saadaval. Kui huvi, siis hoidke silmad lahti). Täna näitan projekti, mis hoidis mind rakkes eelmisel nädalal. Maya the Bee is a character of a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels. Maya's adventures were animated in the 70s and newly produced into a TV-series in 2012. The cute bee and her friends are quite popular among Estonian kids, too. My version of amigurumi Maya the Bee is based on the character created by Studio 100 Animation. I made it as a custom order for a baby girl who loves Maya. I was asked to make a little version of the toy so the tiny hands could easily grab it. *** Mesilane Maia on saksa kirjaniku Waldemar Bonselsi loodud raamatutegelane. Maia seiklustest on tehtud ka populaarne multifilm 1970ndatel aastatel ning uus TV-sarja versioon 2012. aastal. See armas mesilane ja tema sõbrad on kindlasti populaarsed ka Eesti laste hulgas, kuna sari on jooksnud ka ETV-s. Minu versioon amigurumi Mesilane Maiast põhinebki praegu populaarsel multikakangelasel. See oli eritellimus ühe beebi jaoks, kes väga Maiat armastab. Mul paluti teha sellest väike versioon, mida pisikestel kätel lihtne haarata oleks. I searched the internet for a crochet pattern for amigurumi Maya the Bee. I thought that maybe I can take the easy way out this time but could not find a perfect one. I had to come up with the pattern myself again (not that I am complaining...). Inspiration how to make Maya's hair came from the blog of amigurumiBB who has a great Maya and Willy (Maya's best friend) pattern available for free. Crocheting and attaching the hair was a fiddly job indeed but the result is definately worth it. I used 100% mercerized cotton yarn and a 2.25 mm crochet hook. The little Maya is 18 cm tall. I placed also a little rattle inside Maya's head to attract the baby's attention. *** Otsisin internetist juba valmis amigurumi juhendit Maia heegeldamiseks. Mõtlesin, et äkki saan seekord lihtsamalt läbi, aga ei suutnud ühtegi sobivat leida. Tuligi siis jälle ise välja mõtlema hakata (mitte, et ma nuriseks...). Maia juuste tegemiseks ammutasin inspiratsiooni amigurumiBB blogist, kus on saadaval ka tore Maia ja tema sõbra Willy tasuta inglisekeelne heegeldamise juhend. Juuste heegeldamine ja kinnitamine oli üks aeganõudev nokitsemine, aga tulemus oli kindlasti vaeva väärt. Kasutasin Maia heegeldamiseks 100% merseriseeritud puuvillast lõnga ja 2.25 mm heegelnõela. Väike Maia on 18 cm pikkune. Mesilase pea sees on peidus ka väike kõrin, et beebi tähelepanu äratada. Thank you for visiting and have a good day! Aitäh, et külastasid ja head päeva jätku!

Oh my, I was busy with this beautiful bee quilt created by Kim, I'm so head over heels in love with this one, I have to make one of my own. I know you may have seen this on Facebook and Instagram. But on the blog is where I'll go into more detail on the quilting process, how the quilting design came together, the things I loved, the things I didn't and would like to do better next time.....So with that, lets get to it! But first my most favorite picture of this beautiful kind Bee. I hear Kim might be doing a workshop by use, I hope so I really want to learn this process! I really wish I had taken a before and after picture. When I tell my friends about the business I'm starting, they always say "oh so you're making quilts and selling them, I like quilts" Then I explain to the business plan for actually making a quilt is almost non existent. It's nearly impossible to pay for materials, pay for your time (at a reasonable above minimum wage for a skilled worker) and sell a quilt. I try to explain more about the quilting process, the three layers and how hard it is to actual "quilt" , putting all those layers together. And that is the part that I do. That I love, that I just can't wait to get out of bed in the morning to do. By this time I'm all wound up about the different quilting style, free motion, ruler work, fills, and I'm glowing. Sigh, but the interest on the other side just isn't there. Good luck Sue, you sound very passionate! Yep, that's ok, those are the friends that don't have a quilt from me..hehehehehe. So I started a new quilt and this time I have a before picture, sent to me by the owner. And I'll definitely get an after. Back to this bee...... Alright back to this quilt. That Bee did not have a single stitch in it. It's a collage bee and it has all sorts of layers and little good things sprinkled all over it. I knew this was going to be a hanging so no qualms at all with throwing down some thread. On this quilt I didn't want a sheen on the thread, I wanted it to be like it was just a part of the flowers, so I used So Fine 50 Wt thread. Two layers of batting were used ; one 80/20 Hobbs heirloom and one Hobbs wool. Originally I wanted to use a layer of Poly Down and Wool. The dense quilting on the poly would make it stiffer for a wall hanging. But with that stiffness you also get creases. I have a panel with poly down and wool, I folded it to take to a guild meeting and the folds were still there a couple days later. Thus the switch to 80/20. And this is a panel which makes flatness less of a concern. That gets the biggest questions out of the way - thread for the back ground and batting. All that's left is the design. Since this is a collage quilt I really wanted to have the flower petals enhance that collage look. I also want the bee to look like it is popping off the quilt. Originally I wanted to try Trapunto, but I've never done it and while I'm definitely willing to learn new things, on a paying customers quilt just didn't feel like the correct learning environment :) I knew I didn't want to have much quilting on the bee, only what it takes to make it pop. I quilted in the ditch around the bee and then just barely inside the bee, about 1/8 in. There is no stitching at all on this bee. Just layers and layers of fused fabric. as I did want to make sure it was quilted on and wasn't going to fall off. I found other areas that I thought were interesting, like the wings. I quilted the segments of the wings to give them dimension and the words to draw your eye to look a little closer. I can't tell you how nice it is to quilt something that tells you you're "Exceptional". It really was uplifting in ways that surprised me! I was very careful to only quilt the bare minimum on the bee to give dimension. The end result was great, it did look like trapunto! I think the thickness of the fused layers, the wool and cotton batting and then the dense quilting around the bee, really accomplished the look I was after. It was hard to get photos, but that little thing looks like it's just hovering right over it. I used YLI invisible thread which worked great. I had a bit of gunk on the needle which I used an alcohol swab to clean during the quilting and then changed the needle as soon as I was done with the bee. Once done with the bee, it was a back ground fill party!!! I've seen so many dream panels, wonderful ways of quilting. Two stood out to me Margaret Solomon Gunn at Mainly Quilts of Love and Julia Quiltoff who you can find on Facebook. Both of these artist have some mad crazy skills that I dream of aspiring to one day. I love how they did both of there's with a different fill in each petal. I wanted something very similar. I wanted dense fills in the center and then looser as you travel out from the center. So the center being very compact, like it's just waiting to burst open into an amazing flower and the outside a bit softer and soothing like those first petals of a flower with all their beauty. I got out my Fill book from Margaret Solomon Gunn and got busy, I have my 3/4 in grids from Deloa Jones, I have my handy marking pencil, a couple of rulers to help guide and quilting is what I did. I used 4 different shades of thread, machine run time for this quilt is 5.03 hours. I had a couple of hours staring and thinking, marking, ripping a few stitches out. But all in all an 8 hour job. Total number of stitches - 90,940,000 - WOW almost 91 million stitches!!! Now that's a whole lot o' stitching fun! A little more about the tools of the trade. I floated this quit , which I don't normally do on the A1. The reason I floated this was the fusible was very stiff and I was worried how it would roll on the bar. It was small enough quilt, I just floated it, all was good. When I float a quilt, that's when the painters tape come in handy. you need leave only your dominant eye open (hold a pencil up, and open one of your eyes at a time, with the dominant eye the pencil won't move) tape the bar where the edges and any key seams you want to keep in line through out the quilt. This keeps everything nice and straight. My roll of painters tape is running out. Love the green, the blue tends to come off a bit too easy for me. Rulers you can't beat the set of curves from Quilted Pineapple. That set is almost exclusively used by me for the bigger curves. I used 8 on this on I think. Deborah Pooles Rule it has become my favorite straight edge. It has 1/8 in lines on it and it's just the right size for my hand. I can control it better than most. Of course the Kelly Bean from Kelly Cline is great for going around the applique. Blue marking pencil. I actually prefer these to the purple air erase. They seem to come off easier. The purple air when they are new take for ever even with a spritz of water. And the good ol punce pad for the grid, make marking those grids so easy!! Hopefully you've enjoyed some of the details about this quilt. If there are other areas you would me to focus on just let me know. I love to share my process of long arm quilting with anyone that is willing to listen (or read!) If you just want to look at the pictures (I get lazy all the time, just want to see some eye candy) I'll have that too! Hope everyone has a great week and don't forget to check out the linky parties on the side bar, that's where most of my inspiration comes from!!

A new Etsy baby quilt. This one is square, roughly 42" x 42" ... so a good size for a baby growing into a toddler. https://www.etsy.com/listing/120220452/handmade-large-patchwork-baby-quilt A simple, soothing pattern ... 2 inch squares joined with bands of white. The quilting is an overall meander with all the seams well secured so it will hold up to many washings. The fabrics are 30's reproductions, sewn together in a random scrappy way. There are puppy dogs, and kitty cats, and rabbits riding airplanes, jacks and balls and geese in bonnets. The back of the quilt is larger pieces of the fabrics used on the front. I love patchwork backs on quilts ... they look so homey. The binding is the same white fabrics as the white bands that run through the quilt. This quilt has a really nice 'hand'. I haven't figured out how to convey the 'hand' of a quilt, how it feels. A good 'hand' on a quilt makes you want to wrap yourself in it. My favorite part of quilts is how they feel. The only thing better than a snuggly quilt is someone you love wrapped up in a snuggly quilt. Folded up ... it would look cute over the rails of a crib.

Springtime means welcoming back our friends, the bees! They're our friends in the garden and our friends in crafting because they make such adorable subjects and inspiration for projects! Check out these great bee patterns that I found for you to make! This sweet bee hive pin cushion knitting pattern would make an adorable addition

Shapes are everywhere! When learning about 2D shapes, you can point them out in almost everything we see. There are squares on the windows, rectangles on the door, circles on clocks and so much more. You can make learning about shapes even more fun by letting students get creative with animal shape crafts. Give them

Style: Baby Fine Jersey T-Shirt Your search for the ultimate basic infant T-shirt is officially over. This cotton tee is soft enough for even the most sensitive skin. It's available in basic and not-so-basic colors, from red, white and blue to key lime, lavender and raspberry. Dress it down with jeans or up with khakis. No matter how your little guy or gal wears it, it's guaranteed to be in style. Size & Fit Standard fit Garment is unisex sizing Fits true to size Fabric & Care 4.5 oz., 100% combed ring spun cotton jersey Double-needle hemmed sleeve EasyTear™ label White is sewn with 100% cotton thread Machine washable. Washing before first use is recommended Fully committed to providing high quality and safe products, all Zazzle baby products are Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) compliant. Tracking label available in side seam.

Let your mind wander into the fancy world of the Smurfs with this super soft crochet Smurfette! Use our free Smurfette Amigurumi Pattern to create the lovely toy for your little ones :)

Paper creations made by me! I love making cards, 3-D projects and more! I love sharing my passion for creativity!

The end of the school year is the perfect time to use some adorable crafts! I have seen some really cute things over the years, but one of my favorites was community helper themed! The kids each chose their favorite community helper. They did a craft to represent that job and then wrote a little

Nursery rhymes are a fantastic way to introduce kids to rhyming and fun with words. Nursery rhymes are used all over by preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teachers to encourage kids to rhyme and improve their reading fluency. I thought it would be fun to have nursery rhyme crafts to do after reciting popular nursery rhymes.

Kindergarten worksheets are available for you to choose with each worksheet provides different subject. Print these Kindergarten Worksheets PDF to facilitate your kids’ learning process. These fun kindergarten worksheets will sharpen their basic knowledge before they enter school.

Grab this Mayflower ship freebie to use with your Thanksgiving products and projects! The image comes in color as well as black and white with a transparent background for easy layering. Please consider leaving feedback if you like this freebie! Thank you! You might also be interested in these clip art sets: Thanksgiving Clip Art Christmas Kids Clip Art Valentine Kids Clip Art Easter Kids Clip Art These graphics may be used for personal or commercial use. No extra license is required for commercial use. However, all designs and images are the creative property of Sarah Warner (Busy Bee Clip Art) and should be incorporated and secured in a new, original product.

Embark on a journey through the enchanting world of bees with our collection of 50+ Bee Junk Journal Pages, available as a Free Printable PDF at the end of this article. These vintage printables are a treasure trove for crafters and journal enthusiasts alike, offering a delightful glimpse into the industrious life of bees set against a backdrop of bygone charm.

Learn how to Cross Stitch or simply refresh your memory. Supplies & cross stitch techniques. Cross Stitch is one of the easiest ways to make lovely artwork