Mariah
Create Story Puzzles
A fun activity to do with beginning readers, is to create story puzzles out of their favorite books.
Choose a simple book that only has one sentence per page. We worked with the book, Who is the Beast? by Keith Baker. I started by writing a few sentences on sentence strip paper (although you can use [...]
Valentine's Heart Math
Do you ever wonder what to do with all of the Valentine's Day candy that your children collect this time of year? We put it to good use by doing this simple graphing activity, using the popular candy conversation hearts.
Materials:
one box of candy hearts per child
one printed copy of the Valentine's Heart Graph per child
Start [...]
An Experiment in Smell
I have to start out this post with a confession – the idea for this experiment came from Sid the Science Kid. The girls loved the episode that explored smells and have been asking me to do this activity for weeks. What I loved about this learning experience was that it was a playful way [...]
My Book of Numbers
Recently, my oldest daughter brought home her own "Book of Numbers" from her wonderful Kindergarten class. Upon inspection, my four year old immediately wanted to make one of her own.
Materials:
printable template for "My Book of Numbers"
variety of child-friendly magazines
scissors
glue stick
I created a simple template, stapled it together and gave her a variety of catalogues and children's [...]
A Great Parent Resource: Raising Bookworms
Emma Walton Hamilton is a best-selling children's book author, editor and arts educator. Together with her mother, Julie Andrews, Emma has authored 16 books for young readers of all ages, four of which have been on the New York Times Bestseller list. Emma also serves as Editorial Director for the Julie Andrews Collection publishing program, [...]
Catching and Making Snowflakes
“Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.”
Henry David Thoreau
There is nothing that can replace the soft and graceful flutter of the first snow. This year, we were ready with pieces of frozen, black construction paper to use as “snowflake catchers”. We had a great [...]
Making Learning Fun: Great Reading Games
There are many different playful ways to help preschool and kindergarten aged children build solid literacy skills. Some of our favorites are: Beginning Sounds Sort & Match Game, Mystery Word Builders, Boggle Jr., and Zingo. These games have support built into them so children can play and enjoy them at any skill level. Both my 4 year old [...]
Pomanders: Historical Holiday Decorations
After reading this article from a local newspaper, I became excited about starting a new holiday tradition in our family of making pomanders.
After doing some research, I discovered that there are many different techniques for making pomanders. We decided to take the simple route this year and look forward to our pomanders becoming more and [...]
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