Spring is in the air and Little Bee has been asking about the changing seasons. As we walk around the neighborhood, I have pointed out to him the budding trees and birds building their nests. I explained that the buds are on the trees in the spring and the leaves will appear in the summer. […]
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Six experienced teachers share how they teach their kids about the world with easy and effective Montessori Geography lessons and activities.
With the exact same purpose as a Busy Bag, a Cutting Busy Box is essentially a box of supplies and materials designed to keep little ones busy.
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
We’ve been learning about the continent Australia! One of our parents brought along some wonderful items from Australia to share with us. Boomerangs! Holding a Koala What’s on the Shelf? Here’s our unit studies shelf with materials about Australia Geography of Australia This is our Australia Geography folder full of images from Australia and the Pacific […]
The challenge of this game is to learn about various animal classification. They have been divided up into 6 groups & you just need to match them up!
Kids can learn so much when taking part in weaving activities and crafts. Keep on reading to find out how to make your own popsicle stick weaving looms! Follow our Creative Play Pinterest board! Weaving provides a wonderful opportunity for kids to discover patterns and textures and to encourage growth in fine motor skills and eye …
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Never planned to homeschool, now wouldn't trade it for the world
Emotional regulation involves recognising emotions, using language to express feelings, learning to calm oneself down in the face of overwhelming emotions, and learning to treat others with kindness and empathy. And these are skills and behaviours that need to be learned. Toddlers and preschoolers are learning so much about themselves and their place in the...
It’s that time of the year to get dirty and grow things! But not everyone has the space or time for their own backyard garden. With this fun activity, kids can plant their own miniature garde…
This post is filled with over 30 free anatomy and human body resources for all ages. Tons of free printables, unit studies and even some videos and games!
Nothing Earth shattering here. No new groundbreaking idea. Just my boy, some contact paper and a beautiful fall day. Leaves, petals, grass...some tissue paper found its way out here too. He is enjoying the light shining through. Yes, he is kissing his creation. And hugging it... (his cuteness is unreal:)) We hung it on the garage door to brighten the view once those leaves are all gone! This was actually done a few weeks ago and it is a good thing it was. Things are not so green anymore, most of our leaves are gone. The marigolds have withered and our days to play outside without mittens and hats are numbered. Brrr. The thought just gave me a chill.
The Dallas Museum of Art has a wonderful Monet Painting in a beautiful gold frame which inspired me to create this lesson for our Big Art Day which is fast approaching in Texas schools. For our Big Art day this year I have a Theme....Circle Art! Themes are the way to go when organizing events. I love this new lesson that was inspired by one of my favorite artists, and two favorite bloggers: Painted Paper and Cassie Stephen's who also use themes. I ordered the 10 inch cardboard circle rounds for this lesson, the same size Cassie used in her Dot Day Art. School Specialty has various sizes. The kids loved painting on this canvas instead of paper. We read about Monet's garden and look at prints of his masterpieces. I even show them some of my pictures that I took when I visited his garden in France. On day one, we painted the pond and the water lily pond on a 10 inch cardboard circle on the white side with Prang tempera paint. We also made some Painted Paper for the water lilies Have you check out the Monet lesson over at Painted Paper? On Day two we read another sweet Monet book that emphasized his love of nature and the reflection of light. We also added a shiny frame with Metallic Playcolor sticks similar to the beautiful DMA Painting. Lovely!! The children created the water lily's from the green paper using oil pastels. No tracers here! The flowers from painted scrap paper with tissue centers. Some had a really hard time with the cutting, but we did it! I know Monet would be so proud of their work! I can't wait to hang them up for our Big Art Day Open House next month! Now on display!
This is the first in a unit series on animals. We will be learning about mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles with about four-six weeks per animal type. I started out wanting to study animals that we…
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What is a ten frame? Ten Frames are awesome for preschool math and developing number sense. A quick and easy preschool math activity!
I know there are all kinds of seasons in life and I’m cool with that, but this season of our life could possibly be entitled “On the Brink of Insanity.” I’ve been keeping u…
These are to be used as an extension with the continent map cards. The pictures are VERY general and so the work should be backed up with a continent folder or box with more items of interest from the continent and pictures of people, plants, buildings, animals etc. I suggest backing these cards on the appropriate colour card. Europe - red South America - pink Asia - Yellow Antarctica - white Australia ( Australasia) - brown North America - orange Africa - green These cards are for personal use only, they are not to be sold in any way, digital, printed or otherwise.
the set contains 4 sets of cards, 16 cards in all. These cards are for personal use only they are not to be sold in any way, shape or form If you are looking for more Montessori style cards, you can find them on my website My Organized Chaos
Tips and tricks from a sensory bottle addict on how to make a PERFECT sensory bottle! Includes recipes, materials, and much more.
Read “Frosty the Snowman” … The original Little Golden Book is one of our favorites. There are several versions available here and here. Check your library! Dangling Snowman Craft … a cute snowman from Family Fun Cut out three circles from white cardstock or white craft foam paper Glue or tape spaced out along a length of string (loop at the top). Use glue dots to attach buttons and a carrot nose. Add coal eyes and mouth with a marker or crayon. Tie on a ribbon scarf. Snowflake Counting … photo and idea from Making Learning Fun Print these great snowman counting cards from Making Learning Fun. Use wagon wheel pasta (you can spray paint the noodles white to look like real snowflakes) Count out the number of snowflakes to match the snowman’s number. Snowman Names … love this idea from Under the Big Top Make a simple snowman head from a white circle, black top hat and decorate with coal eyes and a carrot nose. Cut out enough white circles for each letter of your child’s name (first or last) Write one letter on each snowball. On a long blue paper, glue the snowballs stacked up to make a tall, tall snowman name! Or make a small version with white dot stickers and use as a bookmark! Snowman Snacks … a couple of variations Use three slices of banana (skewered or just on a plate) Add two pretzel stick arms. Use blueberries or mini chocolate chips for buttons & eyes. A small apple slice topped with a grape for a hat. A sliver of carrot for a nose. Frosty the Snowman Bagel … from Family Fun Spread cream cheese on a bagel Put a baby carrot in the bagel hole. Add 2 black olive eyes (or grapes!) Slice a red pepper stick to make a mouth. Click here for more Snowman activities!
Here is the set of felt Matroyshka doll puppets I made! They are so fun to play with and fun to make. You can get the pattern to sew these ladies yourself.
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
This adorable toilet roll owl craft is easy to make with cardboard rolls, fabric scraps and a few buttons and gems. Great fall craft for preschoolers!
Fun geography printables plus recommendations for hands-on Geography materials, including felt & wood maps, globes, and Montessori puzzles!
Should you introduce letters to your preschooler in their order in the alphabet? Surprisingly, no. There are actually better ways to introduce letters.
Hello Everyone, It's time to learn about time! Finally! We've been doing some informal work on telling time throughout the year, but this week we began more formal instruction. I say formal, but I still like to make it fun and multisensory for the kids. We began with an anchor chart (of course) brainstorming things we already knew about clocks and telling time. Then it was time to make a giant clock together. We used hula hoops for the face of the clock and cut out numbers and hands. We arranged all the pieces and practiced telling time to the hour as a group. Then we talked about the minutes in between the numbers on the clock. We added hands to represent the 5 minutes. We then talked about telling time to the half hour. They could see that 30 is half way around the clock! Then the kids had the opportunity to make a clock with their table groups. Each kiddo was responsible for certain parts of the clock. When they got it put together, they could work together to show certain times. During our ELA block we integrated our study of time by practicing a fun Time Chant! For a printable of our telling time activities click here! Or click here! :) Whoa!! Gotta Run!!! Still have house guests!! Have a great night!! Joyfully! Nancy
At the beginning of December we did a pushpin activity that was a huge success with the kids. The activity is wonderful because it is a gr...
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Okay the Australia Continent Box is pretty much done and I thought it was high time I posted about it since L and I finished covering it months ago. So here we go. This is the simple box which I found at a craft store and painted brown. Eventually I will put a sand paper cut out of the continent on the top as well. Inside we have four fabric folders of classified cards. These are landmarks, plants, animals, and people. The cards also have short definitions on the back. I was debating on how to put the names of each category on the front of the fabric folders but luckily I learned in my Assistants course that the best thing to do is to have a card at the front with a few pictures of whatever the folder is about. This way the folders can be used for readers and non-readers. Since these Continent Boxes are ultimately intended for the classroom I am going to add them in. Here is a picture of more of the contents. At the top we have a tea towel with Aboriginal artwork and an Australian flag sticker. Below we have some postcards of Aboriginal artwork, animal magnets, Australian coins, a wood carving of an Aboriginal boy, animal stickers, two magnets of Australian scenes in the shape of Australia, and an embarrassingly upside down felt cut out of Australia. Here we have a map of the different states, some recipes, a tiny pewter koala with baby, Vegemite, a toy koala with boomerang, a real boomerang and the boomerang template. I'm also still working on a CD with all of our Australian music. We have the wonderful books from the Rebecca Johnson Australia series. It's amazing how life works sometimes. At the exact time we were doing our Australia unit I went to a small import shop that was going out of business. To my delight they had this didgeridoo on for a ridiculously cheap price and I couldn't resist. It was perfect timing to bring into my music class and have them all try it out. At home we've all been learning through Youtube videos! I've also pictured the learning materials that came with the True Blue Wonders package. Wow looking at these pictures I'm amazed at how much I was able to fit into that tiny box!! A huge thank you to our wonderful bloggy friends from Australia (you know who you are!) for sending us some of the cool things in the above pictures. So now for the giveaway. I've decided to share all of my files (via email) for my classified cards, definitions, pictures and recipes with three lucky winners. All you need to do is leave a comment below. You will get three extra entries if you blog or Facebook about this giveaway and leave a separate comment. The giveaway will be open until Monday August 8th. Good luck!
Nocturnal Animal 3-Part Cards Freebie in English and in French---this version has photos of animals, free instant download
783 original hands-on activities for kids (as well as a compiled archive of ideas from all over the web) with a strong focus on inquiry, design thinking, problem-solving skills, imaginative / creative thinking, nature, drama, learning with movement, music, arts integration and PLAY! - Creative Genius Kids! - for teachers and homeschoolers
