Why Morning Invitations? I started them because my children are early risers and I am sooo not a morning person. Morning invitations allowed us to: Start our morning slowly Start our morning quietly-ish Start our morning creatively (and often bookishly) What is a Morning Invitation So this slow, quiet, creative, bookish morning sounds nice, but […]
Early kickoff has nothing on you. With these tailgate breakfast ideas for a crowd, you'll actually be excited when your team gets scheduled for an early game.
I’ve got some quick and easy activities to help calm your morning routine with just five minutes of prep so you can include them in your Breakfast Invitations!
Imagine wrapping yourself in a cozy blanket on a crisp autumn evening, the scent of cinnamon and apple in the air, as you curl up in your perfectly decorated fa
Keep these preschool activities on hand! Low prep activities for three, four, and five-year-olds. The best activities for preschoolers.
This KIndergarten word activity is a hoot! Find a fact, and create this engaging way to read with your six-year-old! Big kids love this hands-on activity!
Strewing is an amazing way to inspire your child’s natural curiosity. Did you know you may already be doing this unschoolish habit? It’s a practice that can provide amazing learning opportunities regardless of your homeschool method. Plus, it’s easy! So, I’ve put together 100 strewing ideas for your homeschool! This post may contain affiliate links. […]
I’ve got some quick and easy activities to help calm your morning routine with just five minutes of prep so you can include them in your Breakfast Invitations!
I have recently begun a new series on my Facebook page where I post one or two photos each day, and it has become very popular. These are pictures of the little Invitations to Play that I have set up for our girls in various places in our home. I’m hoping through this series to...Read More »
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This Foil Painting activity literally took me less than a couple of minutes to prep, requires a couple of plain old craft supplies and
Keep these preschool activities on hand! Low prep activities for three, four, and five-year-olds. The best activities for preschoolers.
Setting up invitations to play doesn't need to be complicated, time consuming or use expensive resources. Find out how to create your own using simple materials and the reason why we use invitations for early learning. Includes a huge photo gallery of real ideas from educators.
Geoboards are a motivating, hands-on way to work on so many STEM skills at once – 2D shapes, measuring, counting, angles, scaling.
Morning workouts have many health benefits. Learn more about them and take this 7-day morning workout challenge made just for beginners!
Are you homeschooling and looking for a way to integrate morning time? Here is what you need to get started with morning time today!
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A morning work alternative, Morning Tubs offer Primary Students a play-based opportunity to explore, create, and build social skills.
We LOVE playdough! As evidences by these ideas and these play dough recipes post we've been already sharing with you. If you're looking for more craft inspiration for your kids or new activities that will
Inspire the kids to create with 100 Invitations to Build, a free printable filled with fun & unusual building materials inspired by Iggy Peck, Architect.
Frozen fans will love this icy science-based activity! Preschoolers can work together to melt Elsa's frozen hands and release all the gorgeous baubles inside.
A simple invitation to create Play-Doh Faces using left over craft supplies. Toddlers imagine and build Play-Doh creations.
Stretching your whole body is an amazing way to start your day. It can help loosen up your body, relax your mind and get your blood pumping first thing in the morning. When you hear the word "yoga", most people can start feeling a bit intimidated like you need a special invitation to start, however,
Build my Name a simple STEM activity for preschool children working on letter recognition, engineering and shape recognition.
In Part One of the Art Elements Review, we worked on Line, Shape, Color and Form. This post will talk about Part Two, which is Value, Space and Texture. VALUE: the kids illustrated a value scale with either crayon or pencil SPACE: This was shown through overlap, perspective, positive/negative space, filling the page, etc. TEXTURE: The kids used texture rubbing plates and crayons to show texture. All of these element exercises were on small pieces of paper and we taped them into our sketchbooks. Right after I finished teaching this, I saw this post by Monument Valley Regional Middle School, which turned out very cool. I will have to try that next year! See... they are in circles... they are a work of art!
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Provocations can be overwhelming. Let's take a look at some simple ideas for literacy provocations found in a Reggio-Inspired Preschool.
Some say: follow your children’s delight! Let them play and see what they want to learn. Others say: plan your day with check boxes so that your kids know what to do when, and what to expect. I found a third way—a practice that led to our greatest productivity most engaged learning least conflict-producing atmosphere […]
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