Discover nocturnal animals art ideas to inspire your toddlers to create! From glow-in-the-dark owls to bat silhouettes, there's a project for every artist!
This is the home of the Catholic Friday how-to-draw! Each Friday, I post a new how to draw video especially for Catholic kids. I also always sneak a little Catholic learning in while they draw,
I’m bringing back the Ghibli fanart! I’ve been wanting to make something Howl’s Moving Castle themed for a while, and I finally decided to take action after reading the original book and rewatching…
Not everyone is the biggest fan of snakes, but I hope this newest free pattern might help change your mind! This one got a lot of votes on the pattern poll, and many of the written requests came fr…
Hi everyone! Those who saw Gengar on my pattern poll must have known I was going to break out this bad boy for October! It’s the perfect time to sew up this awesome ghost Pokemon! It’s …
Fun Friday in the classroom is a great way to celebrate the week of hard work! Find 6 tips and free resources for having your own Fun Friday!
A suncatcher craft is just so cheerful. Add them to the windows to add color and cheer to any room. Here are some fantastic Suncatcher crafts for
Hey everyone!Of course for October I had to do Oogie Boogie! He’ll be a perfect companion to Jack & Sally if you’re a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas. This version is sort of …
Hi everyone! Today’s free pattern is a Pokemon that’s been a fan favorite ever since it was first released — Mimikyu! This lonely little guy is a ghost-type that doesn’t sho…
Hi everyone! I’m continuing on my pattern poll quest which means a manta ray was up next! Patterns for these are relatively plentiful on the internet already, particularly this awesome one by…
Hi everyone! Finally got to make this highly requested pattern! Dinosaurs are always such a hit with kids so I hope this one is also well loved <3 This cute T-Rex has classic stubby little arms …
If you’re just joining us here on Needle ‘n Thread, we’ve been exploring five different ways to interpret wheat in hand embroidery. Last Friday, we looked at how to embroider wheat in two quick and simple ways, using daisy stitch and granitos on two different stalks. Before that, in Part 1, I posted the free ...
I created this first file and had so much fun that I decided to make this one! Then I stripped some of the pieces apart so you can use them without the frame. Or without the heart. You could stamp inside the flower center with a small greeting or just write one in there! Or the frame alone to stamp a greeting inside of, or another image you have at home.Use your imagination and be sure to show me what you come up with! If you take one of my files, please leave me a comment to let me know you were here. Please direct anyone here that you think might like to download my files. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Friday! Hugs, Dawn
Happy Flannel Friday! Click here to check out the rest of this week’s Round Up. A few months back, my kiddos absolutely LOVED the flannel I made to go with KCLS’s fun 5 Baby Owls. I wan…
Hi everyone! More Halloween fun today! I’ve got a creepy animal plush that I hope will make your day a little spookier <3 This spider plush has a simple little chubby body, eight tiny legs, and …
Hi everyone! The new pattern poll hasn’t been up for very long, but I knew right away that I had to do Squirtle this year 💙 I’ve had so many requests for him since I finished Charmander…
In order to stay alive, your body is always taking in oxygen! Your lungs are SO important! They remove carbon dioxide from blood, and transport oxygen and deliver it to the blood!
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Tracing Lines - Worksheets For Little People As your little one learns how to write, tracing lines is a great activity! And there are benefits to it too! Line tracing is one of those activities that develop your child's control of the small muscles in his/ her hands (fine motor skills). Tracing will teach your child to make the precise movements that are necessary for forming letters. Tracing improves hand/eye coordination. Line Tracing By Age Line tracing is predominantly for little ones as they learn how to write. It's therefore perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. Your child's age and
Today is the last day to enter my Weekend Wishlist Giveaway for the fabulous Maggie Tote! The winner will be announced tomorrow morning! Let's link up to share what happened in our classrooms this week. Me first! :) In math, we are working on our place value unit. Students practiced writing expanded form by playing "Bull's Eye" using a target and paperclips. They wrote their scores in expanded form (ex. 100+30+2=132). Students are also learning to write numbers in word form. To make sure they are mastering the spelling of these words, we made flashcards and "Mastery Pockets." We'll save these to use for MANY activities this year! Here's how to make a "Mastery Pocket": Step 1: Take a 2-pocket folder. Cut a semi-circle shape ABOVE the inside pockets. Step 2: Cut down the fold along the white semi-circles (in pic above) so it creates two flaps. Fold flaps down. Step 3: Use velcro dots to secure flaps down so that they create pockets that can open and close. I got these Velcro mini-dots that worked PERFECTLY at Wal-Mart in the craft section. Step 4: Print labels that say "Practice" and "Mastered" to go on each pocket. You can download mine here! Voila! Now you have a cheap, easy solution to storing flashcards that students are using to master skills. And, students LOVE being able to move cards from the "practice" pocket to the "mastered" pocket! They also love to decorate them and make them their own. ;) In science, we're still learning about animals. This week we finished up learning about all of the animal classification groups. Students created flipbooks to help them remember the characteristics of the different animal groups. I love using different textures to represent the animals' body coverings! Mammals - fur fabric from a craft store to represent hair/fur Reptiles - onion sack to represent scales Amphibians - wax paper to represent smooth, moist skin Birds - craft feather to represent feathers Fish - onion sack to represent scales Insects - a piece from a hard plastic 3-ringed folder to represent an exoskeleton Inside they wrote examples of animals that would belong in each group and characteristics of that group. (Animal Groups Flipbook from Teacher's Clubhouse) I ended my week by taking one of my SWEET students to Frankie's Fun Park for putt-putt, bowling, and games! She won a date with me from the silent auction at our school's carnival. It was a fun time and a perfect ending to the week! She won over 2,000 tickets and insisted on buying me something with them - a Gamecock Hello Kitty! I'm pretty sure it's going to bring my Cocks good luck tomorrow...maybe I'll take it to the game -ha! Gotta love those sweet students! ;) What happened in your classroom this week?
Each student was given one page to color with either crayons or colored pencils. They could use any colors or combinations that they wi...
It’s Friday so it’s time to make a wombat. A 3″ tall one to be exact. Square poop not included. So fun fact about me: I have a deep and unwavering love of big rodents. Groundhogs,…
Projected based learning using quadrilateral robots to engage and teacher students about quadrilaterals while they invent their own robot.
Pipe cleaners are a versatile craft material easily obtainable if not already in your craft supplies at home. Kids can make all sorts of pipe cleaner crafts, and they're also perfect for learning activities such as STEM projects or fine motor activities. Kids can even make little toys to play with using pipe cleaners! Below
This spider web suncatcher craft is a fun craft for kids for Halloween. Make a colourful spider web this Halloween with your kids!
Today is Friday Friday means - Party! Its our Friday Paper Piecing Party! What have you been working on, designing, frustrate...
Let's trace lines! Have fun with this Printable Tracing Lines Worksheets for Preschool. A learning activity for kids that you can download from Mom Nessly Printable. The beginning in learning how to write is through tracing lines. From connecting the dots, tracing broken straight to circular lines and more because helps children to develop their
For those of you who do not Facebook, this was posted on the LD wall today: CLICK HERE to go to Sheri McCulley's new Facebook page and tell her that Jin sent you. ;-) Scroll down her wall and you will find the insanely adorable printable postage stamp sets. Also, here is another sneak peek of a freebie that LD will give out when they hit 20,000 fans on Facebook: If you have a Facebook account, please CLICK HERE to go to LD's wall and Like them. The sooner they reach 20,000 fans, the sooner we'll get the freebies. Don't forget to tell them that Jin sent you! Have a Super weekend, everyone! :-)
Looking for fun All About Me Activities for kids? Check out these 16 Hands-On All About me Learning Activities and Crafts for Preschool or Kindergarten.
Finally, Christmas break is here! The last few weeks have been craaaaazy! So many things to do and clean but.....our tree is up, and our gingerbread houses are made. We're ready to take a break and spend some serious family time together. :-) But first, here are a few things to share with y'all. LD introduced their "Expanding Bundles" today. I read about it on their site and it sounds like a prepaid deal that also comes with a giant discount. Awesome! This is LD's first Cut Its "Expanding Bundle": The way that I am reading the offer is this: when you buy the Cut Its Expanding Bundle, you are effectively pre-paying for 48 sets of (new-release) cutting files (including 24 cut sets, 12 cut projects, and 12 cut alphabets). LD will add 2 Cut It sets, 1 Cut It project, and 1 Cut It Alphabet to your library automatically every month from December 2014 until November 2015. If you use the "Merry25" coupon code, an additional discount of 25% will apply, thus bringing the price down to only $45. This means that each set averages out to less than 95 cents each! That's one heck of a deal! If you find yourself buying LD's new releases all the time, you may want to consider getting the "Expanding Bundle" while the coupon code is still valid. LD is also offering a Graphics Expanding bundle: Click HERE to read all about LD's Expanding Bundles. Here is your Friday Freebie: Click HERE or the image above to go to the LD site. Add the DB Nativity Doodlebat font (dingbat) to your cart and checkout. You pay $0.00! The link to the download will show up after the "transaction" is completed. scrapNfonts is a sister site of LD and they also have a freebie to give away. Click HERE to go to their blog to get their Santa's Milk and Cookies Labels (printable). Silhouette has been giving away two free shapes daily as part of their 12 Days of Christmas promotion. Click HERE to get all the free shapes that are currently available from the Silhouette Design Store.
