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Zoo Crew is fun for the whole family. Kids will love trying to knock down the five solid wood creatures with the cotton bean bags. Zoo Crew can sit on the floor or a table, can be played alone or with friends, and comes with 6 cotton bean bags for a super fun competition!Product Overview:Material: Rubberwood, Plywood, Cotton Canvas, and LLD PE Filling Dimensions: 31.5" x 2.6" x 10"Weight 6.2 lbs.Ages 3+
I love to see my children get excited about a book. Seeing them get excited about history is awesome. Having them sit through two hours of non-stop reading just because they want to hear what's next is nothing short of impressive. I was introduced to the books put out by YWAM Publishing a couple of years ago, but I had no idea the treasure they actually are. Until this review came along I had never read one of their publications, and I could not be more impressed. We were blessed with a copy of Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels' Den by Janet and Geoff Benge along with a copy of the accompanying Unit Study Curriculum Guide from their Christian Heroes: Then and Now series. Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels' Den is a captivating chronicle of the life of Corrie Ten Boom and her family in Holland when the Germans invaded and occupied during the second World War. Her family is an excellent example of true courage in the face of great evil. Their story is one of faith, moral conviction, and forgiveness. A true example of standing firm for what is right no matter the cost. From the first page we were all hooked. I must admit that my children have a lot of practice by now sitting and listening to a story. They have their things that they do to keep their hands busy. Bella is the youngest at four. She's most always coloring. Avery just a year older will color, play with his cars, or find a game he can enjoy on his own. Harmony at 10 isn't always as easily entertained. If she thinks a story is "boring" or she's just not in the mood for listening it can be a greater challenge for her to pay attention no matter what. We had none of that this time around. In fact, a couple of times she asked, "Can we read just one more chapter? I want to know what happens next!" Once the deadline for this review was nearing the horizon I wanted to step up the pace and finish the book ahead of time. So, I read my way straight through the last four chapters of the book after breakfast one morning. That's our preferred read aloud time. We all sat around the dining room table for two full hours, without a single complaint to be heard (the complaint would have likely come had I stopped reading), and we finished the story. Two hours of reading! They were present and alert. Wow! Once we finished the story we worked our way through the discussion questions located in the Unit Study Curriculum Guide. We focused primarily on the vocabulary questions. It was interesting to see which words she figured out on her own and which ones required a little more discussion. The guide holds so many possibilities for building on the story. One could do a rather impressive unit study with these resources. Let me just say right here that all it took was reading this one book and using the Unit Study Curriculum Guide rather minimally this one time, and I want them all. Yes, I want all of the books and their guides from both collections; Heroes of History and Christian Heroes: Then and Now. They really are that great! The Unit Study Curriculum Guide is an amazing resource. It thoroughly covers every aspect of a great unit study. There are plenty of choices in each category. You can make it as academic or creative as you like. There are fun ways to focus on the history, culture, art, English, and biblical aspects of the story. It can be as casual or as involved as you like with discussions or large projects. It's just chock full of resources and ideas. After our discussion I took a look at what they had been doing while I was reading. Harmony and Avery had use our block collection along with some of our other "busy bag" supplies to create her own version of the prison camp where Corrie and her sister had been held before her release. It was fascinating to me to see them work together like that so intently while I was reading and even pull something out of the story in their play. If you've never read about Corrie Ten Boom, this is the place to start. If you've not yet introduced Christian heroes from history into your homeschool, this is the place to start. If you've not yet started consciously adding quality literature into your library, this is the place to start. Reading just one book from YWAM Publishing is all it takes to see just how well written, captivating, and informative their books really are. We are officially hooked!
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Time for a Trip to the Zoo!!! Going to the zoo is my favorite field trip to take with primary grade students. When I taught Kindergar...
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Check out this awesome Preschool Zoo Theme Lesson Plan! Print all 10 printable worksheets for free! Build fine motor skills!
Illustration and motion from Christian Borstlap and the crew at Amsterdam creative studio Part of a Bigger Plan combine with Johnny Reilly's VO to bring a feel-good fuzzy charm to this piece for the Artis Royal Zoo. [Watch]
Today we are hopping with the New At SU June Blog Hop as we showcase Kids Cards. Our talented Design Team members will be sharing their fun and creative projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects using products from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. Creating cards for kids can be challenging but also so much fun. For today's card design, I decided to create an Accordion Fun Fold that was inspired by fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Jacque Williams (you can watch her You Tube video here) using products from the Zoo Crew Suite in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. I love the fun animals in this suite and I thought they would be perfect for a kid's birthday card. The colors I chose are from the Zany Crew Designer Series Paper (which is on sale during the month of June) and include Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist and Basic White and I use a variety of Stampin' Blends Markers to add a pop of color to the focal images. The cute flute playing frogs have been die cut directly from one of the sheets of the designer series paper with one of the small circle dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I love how interactive this fun fold design is and I am sure that any child would love to receive it to celebrate their special day. Products Used: Zany Zoo Bundle (item #161315) Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183) Scalloped Contours Dies (item #155560) Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper (item #161304) Granny Apple Green Cardstock (item #146990) Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock (item #144245) Basic White Cardstock (item #159276) Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708) Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161682) Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161673) Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154894) Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154893) Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154904) Pebbled Path Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161658) Boho Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161659) 2022-2024 In Color Baker's Twine (item #159195) Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #160387) Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108) Mini Glue Dots (item #103683) Measurements: Granny Apple Green Cardstock Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4") 3 Medium Circles die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies Lemond Lime Twist Cardstock Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Inside Layers (2) - 5 1/4" x 4" Basic White Cardstock Scalloped Rectangle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies Inside Accordion - 5 1/8" x 10" (Scored at 2",3",4",5",6",7" & 8" along the 10" side) Small Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies Stamped & die cut images with the Zany Zoo Bundle Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper Strip - 1" x 5 1/4" 2 Frog images die cut using the Small Circle Die from the Stylish Shapes Dies This Accordion Fun Fold has that Simply Wow factor that kids are sure to love. I chose to use bright cheerful colors to bring it to life. The accordion mechanism on the inside of the card is simple to create and I got the idea from fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Jacque Williams here. Simply score the Basic White cardstock using the measurements above. I layered Lemon Lime Twist on the front and inside panels of the card to help make the card pop and I colored the alligator, balloon and raccoon images using Stampin' Blends Markers. For the inside accents, I die cut out two of the flute playing frogs from the designer series paper using one of the small circles dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a Basic White small circle and then layered each of the circles onto Granny Apple Green cardstock circles to create a frame for each one. I attached the circles to the inside folds so that they were staggered from left to right, with the sentiment in the center and the frogs facing it from each side. The cute little raccoon was left over from when I stamped and die cut the balloons image and I colored it and attached it to the bottom left corner of the inside of the card to give the impression he is peeking in. For a touch of bling, I added some Gold Pastel Adhesive Backed Gems and to finish off the front design, I added a small bow tied with Parakeet Party Baker's Twine. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give this Accordion Fun Fold a try. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my fun fold card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful kids cards to help brighten their day. There are so many wonderful possibilities in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog to choose from, including the Zoo Crew Suite. Remember, the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper is just one of the select designer series papers on sale during the month of June. Save 15% on this cute designer series paper and so many others by visiting my Online Store. Please take the time to visit with my fellow Design Team members to see their wonderful projects. Just use the Roll Call List below to find your way along our blog hop for inspiration. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. Blog Hop Index If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you. Until Next Time Happy Stamping, Tricia Butts Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Like What You See? 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View of Valdez Harbor from the Conference Center At the end of March I went to Alaska to speak at the Alaska Library Association conference in Valdez and to do two library programs. It was an exciting week with breathtaking scenery, a late winter snowstorm, meeting librarians from all over Alaska, and doing some fun activities with kids. At the conference I gave a presentation called Think Outside the Book: Projects and Activities that Reinforce Reading in which I highlighted various ways books like mine can be used as jumping off places for other activities. These include writing projects such as animal pyramid poems, art projects, miniature and life-size models, watching wildlife on live video cams on the web, and more. A list of links to all the projects can be downloaded from my website. I thank Carol Race from the Juneau Library for organizing my book signing at the conference and the conference organizers for making everything run smoothly. Wiggle and Waggle puppets, Wasilla After the conference I went to Anchorage--a spectacular ride (7 hours) over the pass and through beautiful snow covered mountain valleys. One morning I did a story-time presentation at the Wasilla Public Library (about an hour’s drive from Anchorage) to a group of lively pre-schoolers. The focus of the program was my Wiggle and Waggle book. The children helped act out the story with my sock puppets, sang the song with me, and participated in the story. Then they each made their own stick puppets to take home. Click here to download the Wiggle and Waggle activities. Thanks to Sara Saxton for coordinating my visit and for cutting out all the Wiggles and Waggles! Zebra art, Loussac Library, Anchorage Later that day I did an after school program at the Loussac Library in Anchorage which included a craft project, Put Stripes on the Zebra. As always, I was amazed at the children’s creativity both in the arrangement of stripes on the zebras and in adding elements to the background. Some put in trees and clouds and suns, others added flowers, and one boy added a cart and a helmet for the zebra! I thank Linda Klein for coordinating the program and assembling all the craft materials, Mary Crosby for her assistance helping to make everything run smoothly, and Sherry Douglas for making it possible. I also did some sightseeing in Anchorage, visiting the Alaska Museum and the Science and Nature Museum. Altogether, it was an exciting trip!
We loved learning about the zoo! I used Julie Lee and Deanna Jump's zoo unit. I think the zoo animal faces created by Julie are so adorable...
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This activity covers an array of skills your child should have mastered before starting kindergarten. This teaches pincer grasp which is vital in learning how to write. Most children do not have the strength yet to do most pinching tasks, this will exercise those little fingers and get them strong to start writing. Close pins do not only teach this simple skill, but they also take a lot of concentration and finger balance to master. Not only will your child learn how to pinch, but they will learn colors, and matching as well. It can also be adapted to other animal. The possibilities are endless. I colorized my horse by printing them on to construction paper. They are laminated and I painted the close pins with matching non toxic tempera paint. You can also color the close pins with markers or crayons, but I found that paint seems to last longer. I lined the close pins up on the rim of a plastic cup, weighted the cup down with a few rocks, then painted and let dry. If you have any ideas or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thanks for looking!
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