Practicing mindfulness is incredibly empowering for children. It can help them better manage stress and anxiety when it does occur. It helps with self-regulation, promotes positive emotions and self-compassion. Here are five simple mindfulness activities for kids to help them live in the present and focus on the positive using mindfulness.
Learn how to make suncatchers with this fun, fine motor raindrop art activity that has preschoolers peel and sharpen crayons to create raindrop shapes.
These Foundation history activities are fun and engaging for younger children. Learn about the past and present through creating, making and play.
Are you looking for (or wondering about) STEM or STEAM activities for kids? If so, you are in the right place, my friends! This is the ULTIMATE resource list for the best of the best Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art), and Math (STE(A)M) activities. My boys have always loved STEM challenges. And I completely understand why!
Chia Pets/Grass heads! Here's what we did. We took a bunch of too small little girls tights and cut the feet off... We p...
Are you looking for (or wondering about) STEM or STEAM activities for kids? If so, you are in the right place, my friends! This is the ULTIMATE resource list for the best of the best Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art), and Math (STE(A)M) activities. My boys have always loved STEM challenges. And I completely understand why!
Lacing activities help children develop fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, motor planning and visual perceptual skills.
Build a wind-powered car in this fun engineering project.
Mindfulness is a critical self-regulation strategy for people of all ages. It can help us feel calm, focused, and in control. Learning to be mindful doesn't have to be confined to the four walls of a building or classroom. In fact, there are numerous opportunities to practice mindful activities outs
Every year when I sit down to plan my Valentine's Day activities, I tend to lean more towards math and literacy activities. Anything literacy holds a special place in my heart. However, I realized I needed to offer a variety of activities for this unit and this heart anatomy activity was just what I needed!
The Best Animal Habitat Activities for Preschoolers and Kindergarten, STEM for Preschoolers, Building animal habitats with preschoolers through Reggio Provocations, Animal Sensory bins and animal research for kids. STEM Activities for Kids with Hands on Activities
If you are looking for some fun charades ideas for kids, check out this printable set of 96 printable cards with pictures!
All kids benefit from practicing mindfulness. Who wouldn't love the kids and young adults we work with to become more focused, calm, in control, and self-aware? Mindfulness is a technique that can help teach and strengthen those abilities over time. By practicing mindfulness, people can learn to bec
Here’s a fun STEM challenge, and the materials couldn’t be simpler! Challenge kids to build the longest possible paper chain with just one sheet of paper and tape. That’s it! This math activity will appeal to a wise range of ages. I’d recommend it for kids age 5 to 10. If they can safely cut […]
Ready for an outdoor spring activity? Kite crafts for kids are perfect. Have fun decorating and building your own special kite and run in the outdoors
This Finish the Drawing girl worksheet features a funny girl who needs your kid to finish the drawing. Try our Finish the Drawing girl worksheet with your kid.
Take Rocks and Crayons and a little heat and you can create awesome melted hot rocks! Kids and adults totally love making these creations!
Roar into learning about these dinosaur literacy activities for preschoolers that are all about hands-on fun! Dig up fossil letters & hunt for dino eggs!
FUN melting snowman experiment where they will use winter science with a SIMPLE snowman activities for preschoolers!
I'm sharing 5 Mindfulness Activities for Kids. Now, more than ever is the time to teach them how to manage stress and emotions.
1-2-3 Come Do A Back-To-School Icebreaker With Me. My Y5's LOVED playing games as icebreakers for the first week of school. They are a quick, easy and fun way for students to learn about each other. With a wave of my "magic magnifying glass" I'd often turn my kiddo's into ABC-De-tectives. They especially enjoyed running around with a clipboard interviewing their classmates. With that in mind, I designed this "Find A Friend" icebreaker. Here's What To Do: Teacher runs off “rap sheets.” (A list of 5 simple questions.) Older students can fill them out in class; you may want to send the questionnaire home with younger students, to have parents help them out. Remind students NOT to put their name on their paper. Pass out a rap sheet to each student. Make sure that no one has their own. Inform your students that they are all detectives and that their mission is to find their new friend. Explain to your students, that by interviewing their classmates, they will eliminate suspects, until they find their new friend.When everyone has found their friend, detectives will introduce them to the class, using their rap sheet to tell about them. Helpful tips: Choose one question from your list. Ask this SAME question for each suspect. If you get a no response, move on to another suspect. If you get a matching response, then ask them another question. If their next response does not match, then move on. If it does, ask another question. This may be the friend you’re looking for. For added fun, I've included detective badges, a congratulations certificate of praise, that students earn when they find their new friend, a rap sheet, as well as an interview form. Click on the link to view/download the Find A Friend Icebreaker Activity. Thanks for visiting. Feel free to PIN anything you think others may find useful. My "Pin It" button is at the top. "Education is not received. It's achieved." -Unknown
Check out this easy butterfly craft for kids! Using just a few cheap craft supplies (hello Amazon), kids can paint butterflies with tissue paper! What a fun idea! These beautiful painted paper butterflies are made even easier with our free butterfly printable. This may be the perfect craft idea for spring and summer!
This week we have a gingerbread man lacing activity and craft to share with you. It's great fine motor practice and a perfect pre-sewing activity.
Are you looking for (or wondering about) STEM or STEAM activities for kids? If so, you are in the right place, my friends! This is the ULTIMATE resource list for the best of the best Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art), and Math (STE(A)M) activities. My boys have always loved STEM challenges. And I completely understand why!
Oobleck is one of the coolest kitchen science experiments out there! Why not make it peppermint oobleck for the holiday season.
A whole month of daily low-prep STEAM activities for kids. You are going to love all of the low-prep STEAM activities that we have in store!
Build a marble run with an unlikely material… play dough! There are actually two STEM challenges with marbles and play dough in this post, and they are both a ton of fun for a wide range of ages. Best of all, the materials are cheap and can be used again on another day. Here’s a […]
Make a coffee filter parachute for quick and easy play! Add a lego figure and test your LEGO parachute. A mini parachute is great science!
Have you ever wondered how to preserve leaves? We tried out two different methods- one using glycerin and one using wax paper. Here are our results and how you can try with kids for a fun fall craft! Follow our Fall Crafts and Learning for Kids Pinterest board! Once the first local trees started …
FREE Detectives Lapbook and Unit Study
Use this fun I spy dinosaur activity with the kids while you are stuck inside, for quarantine, or save it for a dinosaur birthday party activity.
It's all good.
Learn all about non-Newtonian fluids for kids and make your own simple non-Newtonian fluid from cornstarch and water.
Lovely simple play ideas for kids.
My kids love being outside...LOVE it. We could be playing in the backyard, walking to the park, playing baseball, going on hike, or just enjoying nature and my kids are as happy as can be. One of our favorite outdoor activities to do as a family is going camping. On our last camping trip we
Printmaking is magical for kids and adults as well. The process of creating an image then transferring that image to another piece of paper is so exciting. There are so many different ways to print…
New Years classroom activities that include free activities, games, and other favorites to celebrate the New Year in your classroom.
