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Blowing Cloud like puffs with a straw from one cloud to another is a wonderful sensory activity and a science exploration. Your children will experiment with how strongly they need to blow each puff to get it to get to the paper cloud. Let me walk you through this sensory activity and share with you… [Continue Reading]
Teaching children how to write an algorithm or set of rules for completing a task doesn’t have to been challenging. You can take a book that they are familiar with The Day It Rained Hearts, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, or Going on a Bear Hunt. Then you can have them connect the events in… [Continue Reading]
Kids love baking or at least my son does. I created this fun cookie themed set of alphabet letters in honor of the Virtual Book Clubs cooking week. You can cook up ways to use the letters with your children. I have few idea of ways to use them I want to share with your… [Continue Reading]

Not all animals eat their food the same way. Animals that are big like elephants or as small as macroinvertebrates eat in a variety of different ways. Let’s look at how animals eat their food. Wait! What is a macroinvertebrate? They are small organisms that don’t have spines and are large enough to see with your… [Continue Reading]
While it would be nice to think that cleaning water is an easy task to do, it can actually take a number of steps to get it clean. Your children will have better understanding of cleaning water after completing these water pollution experiments. Water Pollution Experiments Removing Objects That You Can See Before your children… [Continue Reading]

Sensory Activity- Blowing Clouds with a Straw

February 13, 2017 By Deirdre

Blowing Cloud like puffs with a straw from one cloud to another is a wonderful sensory activity and a science exploration. Your children will experiment with how strongly they need to blow each puff to get it to get to the paper cloud.Let me walk you through this sensory activity and share with you how to turn into a science Continue Reading

Coding for Kids- The Day It Rained Hearts Algorithm

February 6, 2017 By Deirdre

Teaching children how to write an algorithm or set of rules for completing a task doesn't have to been challenging. You can take a book that they are familiar with The Day It Rained Hearts, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, or Going on a Bear Hunt. Then you can have them connect the events in the story in order.Let me walk you through Continue Reading

How Animals Eat Their Food- Let’s Explore Macroinvertebrates

January 29, 2017 By Deirdre

Not all animals eat their food the same way. Animals that are big like elephants or as small as macroinvertebrates eat in a variety of different ways. Let's look at how animals eat their food.Wait! What is a macroinvertebrate? They are small organisms that don't have spines and are large enough to see with your naked eye.Here are some Continue Reading

Water Pollution Experiments for Kids

January 28, 2017 By Deirdre

While it would be nice to think that cleaning water is an easy task to do, it can actually take a number of steps to get it clean. Your children will have better understanding of cleaning water after completing these water pollution experiments.Water Pollution ExperimentsRemoving Objects That You Can SeeBefore your children clean up a tub Continue Reading

Kindergarten Math Worksheets – Penguin Number Activities

January 25, 2017 By Deirdre

$Kindergarten Math Worksheets - This set contains a number line, number and picture cards, and muffin tin numbers. They can be used to work on a number of math concepts.$

Earlier this week I promised to share activities using the penguin acorns I shared with you. Today I have two sets of kindergarten math worksheets and printables that would be great to use with the penguins.While I am calling these kindergarten math worksheets, they could easily be used with younger and older children. You can use the Continue Reading

Penguin Action Song and Gross Motor Activities

January 23, 2017 By Deirdre

Wadding Penguin Action Song and Gross Motor Activity Facebooks

Your children are going to love these gross motor activities that will have them moving like penguins. They will have a great time flapping their arms and doing the other actions found on a set of penguin activity charts and action sequence cards I created. When they are done with them, they waddle around while reciting a fun penguin Continue Reading

Acorn Craft- Wobbly Penguins

January 22, 2017 By Deirdre

Wobbly Penguin Acorn Craft - These fun penguins are fun to make to use a game pieces, counters or to display.

I have been working on a variety of penguin themed learning activities to share with you during the Virtual Book Club's penguin week. On Tuesday I dropped a whole bunch of books into our local libraries book drop. The book drop was surrounded by fall acorns. I grabbed a bunch of them to bring home. They would somehow find their way into one of the Continue Reading

Quantitative and Qualitative Observation Skills for Kids

January 19, 2017 By Deirdre

Quantitative & Qualitative Observation Skills for Kids- Children can use both when conducting science experiments.

There are two different types of observations that children will need to do while conducting STEM experiments. They can be a part of the each step of the STEM design process. (You can learn more about the STEM engineering design process in a post I wrote called What is the STEM Engineering Design Process?) Both can type of observations will ask Continue Reading

Kindness Activity – 5 to 1 ratio of Positive to Negative Printable

January 18, 2017 By Deirdre

I cringe when I realize I have said something negative. Why? I heard a long time ago for every negative comment said to someone they will have to hear five positive comments. I think it is important for us to share this fact with our children. This kindness activity can be used to help children understand the impact of their words. I made a Continue Reading