A super fun activity that will be a crowd-pleaser for your young men and young women! AN ESCAPE ROOM! Solve clues, figure out what's next to finally open the treasure! A great test of your
Fun STEM activity for outdoor play and makes a great science lesson! (Includes a printable rocket template).
A perfect little gift idea to help kids (and adults ) to remember to say their prayers- prayer pillowcases! Two different ways to make them!
This is such a fun, simple activity to help kids review Bible verses. Use this Tower Stack Bible Verse Review Game with any verse.
Teach kids self-regulation in the classroom and beyond with this collection of super fun Zones of Regulation activities, games, worksheets, and lesson plans!
The Story of Esther hinges on an ordinary woman, in an extraordinary situation, having to show a great deal of courage. Although the nam...
These wonderful crafts for girls are super fun for kids of all ages to express their creativity this weekend. These adorable kids' crafts also make a great kids activity for your girls to make with their friends this weekend! Have fun DIY'ing and making these cute projects.
Peter, James and John had the privilege of seeing the Lord in His heavenly glory and majesty , hearing the voice of God, and seeing Moses and Elijah. Read about it in Matthew 17, Mark 9 and Luke 9 …
I am amazed at what all of these little kiddos need to know before entering kindergarten. This worksheet is one that I made for my middle son a few years back, to help him get ready for kindergarten. The idea is that you tell them the name of the shape and they draw that shape in the square. It tests them to see if they know the shapes and how to draw them. If they are not quite there yet here is a printable to help them get there. The idea on this one is that they trace the shape and then draw it by themselves.
3 Easy (and fun) kindness activities for your classroom that will engage your students and motivate them to choose kindness.
This is a fun way to help students learn the Doctrines associated with each Doctrinal Mastery Scripture. It is not my original idea. Thi...
From southern food to fun activities the things to do in Savannah list is long! Plus, the best historical attractions for kids and adults.
This free Leprechaun Letter Search Activity is fun way for preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice identifying and matching letters.
Plan to host a party celebrating your graduate this past year. Here are a few ideas that will help make planning easy for graduation day!
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Team spirit may not come naturally to all teenagers. So they must learn the skill through various activities. Find practical teen team-building activities here.
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A fun and different way to encourage creativity through drawing is by mixing up the drawing tools and using different mediums as your base. Here we explored the use of highlighters on bubble wrap. Such a quick and easy activity to set up. You will need: Highlighters, bubble wrap and plain paper Setting up your "Invitation to Play" I put a piece of plain paper underneath the bubble wrap to make visibility easier. Noticing straight away that the plasticy surface of the bubble wrap allows ink to sit on top. It isn't absorbed like with paper Because of the see-through nature of the bubble wrap, Maddie kept checking underneath to see if the ink was on the paper She insisted on continuing until ever part of the bubble wrap was covered Design done. Now what? Flip it over, rub over the other side and take off. Maddie was impressed. Examining the patterns. Talk about why some parts are darker/lighter. Why did some parts work and not others? Which colour showed up the best? etc Try drawing actual designs and printing those. You can reuse the same bubble wrap over and over. Prints can work really well You're a star Handy Tips: - Simplify this activity by just letting your child draw and be creative. Demonstrate printing and what can happen when they flip over the bubble wrap. - Extend this activity by using to talk about other concepts such as symmetry. Try writing letters or numbers on the bubble wrap and see what happens to them when flipped over and printed. Challenge their problem solving. Can they find any letters of the alphabet that are the same when printed? etc - Talk with your child about what they are doing. This will help them understand the physical and mental processes they are going through as well as giving them the vocabulary to describe it. - Use new language and descriptive words like, "absorb," "symmetry" etc. This will help with their language development. - Remember that children need to create and explore, they don't need it to be a specific item at the end or to have drawn a specific picture. Allow this and don't push them to think they must make something "real." Happy playing, Debs :) New Here? Subscribe to get all activities sent directly to you Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner If you haven't come over to play with us on facebook yet, we'd love to see you there. Hey, we're also on Twitter now too.
Each year, our sixth graders create a Legacy Project to leave behind for our school. The first year I introduced this, we worked pretty small, framed it without much pomp and circumstance, and hung it quietly in the hallway. It's beautiful, but I underestimated how powerful a project could be if over fifty students worked on it at one time. We used Kandinsky's painting as our inspiration and now this piece rotates between the hallway and the Art Room (depending on the empty spots in our Hallway Gallery.) Kandinsky's Squares with Concentric Circles - 63 small canvases The second year, our school was undergoing a large renovation and I stumbled upon the very fitting quote "Without change, there would be no butterflies." Each sixth grader received a butterfly shaped canvas and selection of acrylics in our school's new interior color scheme. Next thing to figure out was where we were going to put all those butterflies! There is a long, empty hallway that every student goes through to get to our music room and gym and it was just aching for some color and pizzazz I adore these butterflies and am really pleased that the heavy-duty double-sided foam tape has held them up without any problems. Without change, there would be no butterflies. Last year, we jumped on the Bottle Cap Mural bandwagon. It was the first time all the kids worked on one piece together. Logistically, it was a little strange having over twenty kids work in one small space, but I saw beautiful teamwork. They had gone to school together for so many years that they knew each other's strengths and knew how to work really well together. Celebrating the four seasons of Wisconsin weather ( using +2,000 bottle caps) This year, I wanted to make the final result more random and not so teacher-planned (that's hard to admit for this control freak!) Each student rolled a set of two interactive dice on the SMARTBoard; one to choose a shape (circle, square, heart, sun, star or zigzag) and the other to choose a color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue or purple). The combinations and options seemed endless and so were their imaginations! Each student then painted a 5" square with watercolor paints. They also applied what they knew about composition, emphasis, value and stippling (which they had used within previous projects.) The finished composition of all sixty squares is just stunning! And considering how "random" it was, it sure looks balanced and organized! Now, it will hang in our school's health room for all to enjoy! To see each piece up close, check out our Artsonia Gallery. I've got some more ideas in my head for the next few years - the computer lab is a little lackluster and the hallway into the gym needs some fun, active colors! Hmmmmm…… ~Amy
I found another great activity days idea over at the fickle pickle blog. I love when others make my calling so much simpler. I changed thi...
What is my purpose? Young children might not worry too much about a grand plan or purpose for their lives, but it’s still meaningful to communicate to them that God loves them and has chosen them for something important. We might not know much about the future, but we can be confident that God promises us amazing blessings, and that He has a plan for us that was known long before we were even born!
Looking for some fun lessons for teaching children (and getting them excited!) about Jesus, can kind of be difficult. Especially when you have children in your classroom that can range in age from three months to almost 6th grade. I found this on Pinterest- Fizzy Forgiveness Prayer Station. What I really loved about this was the fact that you can take something relatively easy to find (fizzy tablets) and turned it into something really cool! Kids LOVE fizz. Even I as an adult, feel child like exuberance when I see fizz. There is something just so awesome about effervescence. I took this fizz idea and made it my own. Sometimes to come up with a cool idea, we just need a little help from above-and others! My lesson was to teach children about prayer. I don't think you can stress enough, the importance of building a strong relationship with our Lord. Prayer does this along with reading His word. Welcome to the lesson of: "Jesus Gets Excited When You Pray!" I used 1 Timothy 2:1-6 (NLT). I wanted to stress that Jesus hears all prayers, not just prayers that come from adults, and we should pray for everyone! Also, I wanted the children to understand what praying actually means. I looked up and printed out the definition, and some easier words, to help describe what it means to pray. After we took turns reading and discussion what prayer means and how it applies to the verse I showed the kids what happens when we pray. I used two glasses and filled them with some regular tap water and for extra "fizz" some sparkling water. I went to our local City Market and bought these Alka Seltzer generic tablets. We got 30 tables for roughly $2. I wanted to make sure we had enough for two child, at the very least. I allowed the children to pick what color we would make the water-they chose green, purple. My children at home chose orange. I had them gather around and I said, "Tell me how this makes you feel." I dropped a tablet into the water and it immediately began to fizz. The excitement on their faces was extremely evident and also, they said it was pretty cool. I asked them if it was exciting to watch the fizz, and they all said, "Yes!" I told them, that every time we pray to Jesus, that's how he feels. He feels excited, because we're building a relationship with him. We're talking to him, we're including him in our lives. Jesus loves us so much and he wants to be a part of our lives. I handed each kid two tablets (there are two in each pack) and said that each one of us could pray together for someone or about something in their lives. I also gave them personal discretion that if they didn't feel comfortable praying out loud, we would just pray in agreement silently with them. To watch the kids pray with excitement was just amazing! I know it partly had to do with the fizzy tablets they got to play with, but we also got to watch them gain understanding that praying is a good thing. Praying can be fun! If it's fun to go to the movies, shouldn't it be fun to spend time praying to God too? I think so! Also, I told the kids, after we had gotten into a few prayers, that we needed to be quiet and listen. They could hear the fizzing noise in action. I said sometimes that's how God works. He answers our prayers, but sometimes we have to be quiet and listen. God is a gentleman and he never forces us to do anything. At the end of the class, I allowed the kids to save up their fizzes and they all dropped their remaining ones in together to see if they could over flow the water (which of course they managed to do! I'm pretty sure that was the one silent prayer we had!!). We finished up the lesson with another coloring page from TwistyNoodle! I mentioned them before in our Lamb of God lesson we did over Resurrection Sunday. I hope you found this fun and can some how use it to teach your kids about how awesome and amazing Jesus Christ is! Just an FYI-I have a few left over tablets and I kept the orange glass out for our kids, and when they pray I let them drop a fizz into the water. Make sure to monitor your kids too! If you use the alka seltzer tablets, make sure they don't eat them or drink the water that you use. I'm not sure what exactly could happen, but we don't need to try to imagine it either! Have fun sharing and learning about God! I'd love to hear your ideas or how you've incorporated this into your own lessons and teaching! Do you follow me on Facebook? Do you follow me on Pinterest? You should! Stick around and check out some of my other blog posts! Leave a comment, too! Pin It
I thought it would be fun to make kindness cootie catchers (or fortune tellers) for the kids to play with their friends. We wrote kindness ideas under the flaps of the fortune teller.
With Lent and Easter just around the bend, I thought it was a great time to re-share my friend's Prayer Hands with a free printable. It's a simple way to remind your kids of what is important and remind them of all that they have to be thankful for, not only during this time of
