Posts by Mariah
Create Story Puzzles
By Mariah on February 25, 2009
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 {read more}
By Mariah on February 25, 2009
Valentine’s Heart Math
By Mariah on February 11, 2009
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 {read more}
By Mariah on February 11, 2009
An Experiment in Smell
By Mariah on February 4, 2009
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 {read more}
By Mariah on February 4, 2009
My Book of Numbers
By Mariah on January 14, 2009
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 {read more}
By Mariah on January 14, 2009
A Great Parent Resource: Raising Bookworms
By Mariah on January 7, 2009
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 {read more}
By Mariah on January 7, 2009
Making Learning Fun: Great Reading Games
By Mariah on December 17, 2008
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 {read more}
By Mariah on December 17, 2008
Pomanders: Historical Holiday Decorations
By Mariah on December 10, 2008
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 {read more}
By Mariah on December 10, 2008
Family Time: Making Inspiration Boards
By Mariah on November 26, 2008
My favorite activities lately have been the ones that involve the whole family in the creative process. The time spent together creating and chatting allows for wonderful conversations and new insights into one another.
The other night we decided to {read more}
By Mariah on November 26, 2008
Learning to Draw with Ed Emberley
By Mariah on November 19, 2008
One afternoon I walked into a conversation my four and five year old daughters were having about how to draw different animals. Their discussion reminded me of the great resource we have in books by Ed Emberley. I took out two of our favorites, Ed {read more}
By Mariah on November 19, 2008
Create a Leaf Family
By Mariah on November 12, 2008
Over the past few weeks we have been collecting leaves and putting them into our leaf press. After reading the book, Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, the girls got very excited about the idea of creating leaf people. When the leaves were ready they got straight {read more}
By Mariah on November 12, 2008
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