Help those kids from getting the “summer slide” with this 100 page packet! Included is 50 pages of math and 50 pages of literacy including reading and comprehension, grammar, writing, and word work. This would also make a great addition for any beginning of the year work for 1st grade too! Click here to download. here …

Lazy Susan Spin Art Back in January, I tried this cool lazy susan spin art activity with my preschoolers, but because I was taking a break from blogging, I never posted it. This activity is definitely a big hit with the children and best of all, it promoted team work. Today, I recreated the activity with

Learn how to make a dreamcatcher! These paper plate dreamcatchers are so pretty, and they're incredibly simple to make! Keep bad dreams away as you make this easy kids version of a dreamcatcher. Make a Dreamcatcher A dreamcatcher is a Native American item which is traditionally hung over a child's bed as protection. Dreamcatchers allow good dreams through, while catching and stopping bad dreams. Most kids will enjoy this craft, but a DIY dreamcatcher is particularly great for kids who have trouble with nightmares. You can work through the problem together as you make the craft, and the dreamcatcher will

Our I Spy Summer Printable Game for Kids is the perfect activity for those hot afternoons when it's too warm to play outside. Simply download, print and play!

This week has been just a little crazy with the announcement of the new Pokemon Go app… the hubby and I are obsessed! We started playing in an attempt to get the hubby outside and walking around more but it’s definitely a fun (free) way to hang out together in the evening. Unfortunately it’s also […]

This butterfly craft is so fun and it's super easy to make! Kids of all ages will love watching the paper butterfly flap its wings just like a real butterfly. The mechanics of the moving wings also add a fun lesson in engineering, making it a great STEAM project. Butterfly Craft We used drinking straws to create the moving wings of our butterflies. It's SO COOL how the butterfly flaps its wings. It really looks like it's flying! This butterfly craft is the perfect activity to go along with a butterfly or insect lesson at school. It's also a great spring

The nicer weather gives kids the chance to take the mess outdoors. Children who interact with nature tend to use their imaginations more frequently. My go-to for outdoor crafts for my daughter were sidewalk chalk, bubbles and paint. I have found 5 outdoor themed crafts to help beat the boredom this Summer. They may require a bit of pre-planning and a trip to the craft store as I am not sure that these would be items that you would necessarily have on hand. They will also need parental supervision and assistance.

FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.

Who doesn’t like the ‘idea of summer, and all things hot’? And for our little friends, it’s the time when they get to relax and have fun in the sun. School’s out, and they are free to do whatever their heart desires. Since coloring pages are always close to a child’s heart, here is a […]

This moon sand recipe is so easy to make! With only two ingredients, you'll be playing with this soft and sensory sand within minutes. Moon Sand This moon sand recipe is so much fun. The texture is soft and crumbly, but it also molds really well into different shapes. The kids thought it was the best thing ever! I've tested different kinetic sand recipes before (like this kinetic sand, this moldable play sand and this foam sand), but this one was BY FAR the best. And with only 2 ingredients it's also super easy to make. We loved how the

Kids can make these Colored Paper Collage Sculptures as a sculpture and colored paper collage project all rolled into one.

Back to school season is here! If you're looking for a fun printable school activity, you'll love this free back to school word search.

Check out this fun free Summer Olympic Games Word Search, free for use at home or in schoolThis is a printable Summer Olympic Games Word...

Sunscreen painting! Creative STEAM activity teaches the science of sunscreen and is a fun art project. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and all kids.

Easy summer mazes up to difficult summer maze puzzles for all ages as a fun summer activity sheet for summer programs or at home fun for kids

So I figured it was about time I shared some more details on our recent trip to France. You might remember the Madeline post! This ...

Trying to limit screen time for your kids this summer? Me too! Here are 25 nature-inspired summer activities for kids to get your children outdoors and

Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready? Here they are!! Putting together (or taking apart) flashlights. Bonus points if students can get the batteries in correctly and get the light to turn on! (Motivation!!) Ice cube tray and colored pebbles with tongs. I love the fine motor aspect added here. Marker packaging. I absolutely love this task and would be a great one to buy during back to school marker sales (especially on those really cheap markers you don't really want to use in your classroom!) Erasers on pencils. This has always been one of my favorite tasks! Silverware sorting. A must for every work task station, am I right? And a super easy and cheap one to put together. Silverware rolling / packaging. I love this task as it is perfect for vocational preparation. Putting together curlers. Ribbon threading around a wire basket. I never would have thought of this task! I love using the wire basket to thread the ribbon, and bet students would have fun with this task too. Sewing kit packaging. Packaging tasks like this are great! Tea candle sort. I love this age appropriate color sorting activity. Toiletry packaging. Wouldn't it be awesome to get donations of items like this and put together kits to give out to the homeless as a classroom service project? So, there you have it! Did you get some more good ideas? Happy task box prep! If you ever have anything you want to share, feel free to email me. I love being able to share your fantastic ideas with other special education teachers like yourself!

Can your kids build a floating city? This is a great engineering based STEM challenge for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

We love sensory bags at our house. Ever since I made our first sensory bag, Jumbled Snowman, over a year ago, they are always a guaranteed hit. It is a great way to provide hands on play for toddlers and preschoolers. So of course our Study of the Stars would not be…

11 qiuck science experiments can be done in just 5 minutes! Learn hands-on about chemical reactions, density, and more.

I love having a science lab in my own kitchen! I don't really understand the physics of what’s happening when each of those balls bounces, but it sure is fun to experiment with the kids. This...

One of the things that I am asked to do most often when training teachers or teens in ways to become more inclusive is to share specific activities that can be replicated in the classroom. I believe that some of the most important activities for those who want to be more inclusive involve teaching the difference between fairness and equality and teaching the value of diversity. Here is another simple activity to teach the value of diversity to students of any age. Teach Diversity Using Oranges 1. Give each student an orange. 2. Direct each student to study their orange carefully by sight, touch, smell, etc. 3. Put all of the oranges into a bag or a box and shake it up. 4. Dump out all of the oranges into one contained space. 5. Direct each person to find their orange. When everyone has found theirs, they return with it to their seats. 6. Have students explain how they knew which orange was theirs. 7. Make a point to highlight the unique features they identify, noting that each of us has them, too. The conversation around this activity will be most rich when teachers use it as a jumping off point for students to share their own gifts and imperfections. There is also the potential for an interesting conversation around the last few to find their oranges and why this happened. Finally, this activity could be easily extended by adding an art project, using it as an introduction to teach colors or foods in Hebrew, cooking something with the oranges (what a great way to connect this to an Israel lesson - Jaffa oranges!) and/or creating a classroom bulletin board. Be sure you don't miss a post from Removing the Stumbling Block:

Our kids love, love, love scavenger hunts. They always ask for one when we are darting out the door on our way to an activity or when I have a gazillion things happening. I made a

Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.

This resource was made to help build an awareness of being safe in and around the water and sun! This is super important for kids! This sorting page provides a number of scenarios to read and think about before cutting & gluing them. It's sure to produce some good talks about visits to the pool, playing at the beach, boating on the river, or trips to the lake! Students will sort the following into "Safe" or "Not Safe": swim without an adult go in deep water wear sunscreen drink up the water you are swimming in wear goggles do not wear a life jacket on the boat wear a swim float wear sunglasses your mom catches you in the deep end of the pool run around the pool Water safety is an important discussion, this helps makes it meaningful yet simple for Kindergarten and First grade! Be sure students have an opportunity to share their thinking in regards to these situations and why they sorted they way the did. If you need other resources for Kindergarten and First Grade check my store for even more! Thanks for stopping by….

Download for free Summer Activity worksheets Pdf File for kindergarten, with 10 different Summer Activities games

Trucks theme for preschool. Cars and Trucks activity for kids. Get creative with teaching kids shapes and colors. Boys, Toddlers, Preschoolers of all ages will love this build a truck activity