This post was originally posted back in 2015 on my blog and has been a popular post since that time. I worked for a decade as a family counselor and elementary school counselor before staying
Our collection of Germany Crafts for Kids are ideal to help you learn about this amazing country! Perfect for German Unity Day and Oktoberfest!
Plenty of interactive ideas and activities to teach landforms for kids. Find videos, worksheets and even experiments to help.
If your child likes to color outside the lines, give her creative control over her next work of art with this cute and comical "Finish the Drawing" activity.
Study the human body anatomy with kids by making an anatomy model with these free printable life-size human body organs!
While everyone just finished welcoming in the New Year, my family and I are awaiting another New Year’s celebration. January 28th is the Chinese Lunar New Year and for my Vietnamese family it is Tết . *This post contains affiliate links* I have been talking to my daughter about the upcoming holiday, so over the weekend, we made […]
My kids weren't really interested in learning about cells until I said slime. Okay, it was a fairly cheap trick since I knew they loved slime. But I also knew that slime would be the perfect way to learn about cells. I can't say I've ever touched cytoplasm but it sounds very slime-like to me.
Grab a set of marshmallow and toothpick geometry cards to print and build with your kids. It is such a fun way to learn geometric shapes!
Kids can test our patience. Despite your best efforts at positive and gentle parenting, there are certainly days where our emotions get the best of us, and we might even snap. These powerful mantras can
1st Grade Reading Worksheets can help your kids get off to a great start of a life-long love of reading. Reading is knowledge. Stimulate their imagination and help them expand their understanding of the world and communication with others. Grow a strong and intelligent future with a passion for learning. Print all of our 1st […]
In our classroom we have been learning all about prepositions. I usually hate teaching grammar, but these hands-on reading units have made it so much more fun! Pinterest I started off by introducing prepositions with a song… These songs were PERFECT!! If you play them, be prepared for a classroom of little singers that will […]
1st Grade English Worksheets are a great way to get your little ones off to a great start in reading. Worksheets are fun and perfect for little learners. We have all kinds of fun themes to keep them interested. Help them with reading comprehension, spelling, word sounds and more. Print all all of our worksheets […]
Helping children understand and express their emotions is critical to their emotional development. By using fun and interactive activities, ...
Learning about the human anotomy is fun and easy for kids with My First Anatomy game. Identify, match, and learn! We are fearfully and wonderfully made!
This colorful rainbow jar is a surprisingly simple kids' science experiment! In fact, you probably already have everything you'll need.
Your kids will have fun learning fractions with these FREE Fraction Worksheets from Worksheet Fun! Stop by and download your copies today! The post *FREE* Fraction Worksheets appeared first on Mama
Looking for a fun way to teach 2D shapes? This marshmallow geometry activity will do the trick - and fill your tummy!
This 7 minute animal themed HIIT workout for kids improves emotional regulation and reduces meltdowns. Loved by OTs, teachers, and parents alike!
ADHD, Trauma, Autism, Behavior Problems – today’s students come into the classroom with a range of difficulties that can affect their physical and mental well-being, as well as make it difficult to keep themselves regulated at school. Yoga has been used in classrooms across the world to improve student strength, body awareness, flexibility, and focus. ...
Learn the skeletal system for kids with FUN human body projects and ideas for all ages like lego layers of bone, candy spine, and more!
Practice words of feelings with your students with this fun cut out worksheet!
Practice gratitude and encourage a growth mindset in your kids. Get our end-of-year activity for kids and talk about what you’ve accomplished this year.
Introduce children to a lifelong love of science, math, and physics with these simple and hands-on physics experiments for kids!
The best back to school games for your classroom including Minute to Win It, printable word search and charades and pictionary clues.
Crafts, activities, and printables you can use during your brain or nervous system unit study
Ring in the new year with these January Writing Prompts! Fun, educational, and imagination building ideas for Opinion, Narrative, and Informative writing.
I wanted to stop by today and share some a few of my “go-to” activities during the first week of school to build our classroom community and set expectations for […]
A free covid-19 time capsule kids activity. A free download to capture family memories. A great way to keep kids busy and record their experiences.
12 interactive and fun games to teach self-control and build self-regulation skills for kids and teens. Strong skills for self-control are the foundation for success in and outside of the classroom.
Games, songs, and more!
I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!
Looking for something fun to do with your kids? Try the spell your name workout! The spell your name workout is a fun challenging way to...
The Summer Olympic Games have begun! It's so fun watching people who are so amazingly talented and who love what they do! Since the games started, we've been watching them together as a family in the evenings and really enjoying it! So far my son loves the swimming and is mesmerized by the gymnastics. I think it's great for our kids to watch these athletes achieve their dreams. I also love that they get to hear some of the athletes' stories and learn that their lives haven't always been all that easy and that hard work and dedication can take you so far in life!
Need a creative idea for teaching money to kids? The Money Game is a fun hands-on way! Inspired by the Beth Kobliner Book- Make Your Kids a Money Genius
“Consider, too, what an unequalled mental training the child-naturalist is getting for any study or calling under the sun — the powers of attention, of
It's Antarctica Day on the 1st of December and we're all set to learn about this continent with some awesome Antarctica Day Activities for Kids!
This oil resist Escher tessellation art is a great way to combine science, art, and math into one masterful STEAM activity for kids!
Synonyms and Antonyms Anchor Chart! This blog post contains the material to create this anchor chart, plus a FREE interactive notebook entry for synonyms and antonyms!
Working with kids and young adults who are oppositional can be challenging. Being oppositional might mean refusing to do work, breaking rules, and engaging in other challenging behaviors. The truth is, many kids can be oppositional from time to time, so many of these strategies work with all learner
The kids and I have been talking about words with ing added on the end. My youngest has just started coming across these words in his reading and his big sister was showing him how to break the wo…
Adverbs Anchor Chart Plus, this blog post contains a fun, engaging class book project to do to reinforce the concept!
