Our friend Lori has a fun post up about how her 2.5 year old son E enjoys lacing the wooden beads she found at Target. Photo courtesy of This Little Life of Mine She also shares how she used some of the beads to make a "cutting" activity. Photo
It's starting to feel more like winter than fall outside, but I'm not ready to give up on my favorite season just yet! Let's stretch out these glorious golden days a little longer. Are you with me? kbteachers offers some free season themed math worksheets. The nice thing about these
When I put this book out in my Thanksgiving box, my students aren't immediately drawn to it, but once I read it out loud it becomes a hot commodity! In fact, my copy is getting a little worn down. I may have to spring for a replacement hard cover! A
Adelaide likes our new Harvest Bounty game. We decided that since only 3 people decided to enter the giveaway that all of them would win! So congratulations to Shannon, Kim and Joyce. I'll e-mail you about your prizes. Don't forget: – You can snag the Harvest Bounty game for yourself
When I think of Thanksgivings of my childhood I often remember singing the song, "Over the River and Through the Wood" at school, although I only remember learning the first couple verses. It's a sweet song, isn't it? Over the river, and through the wood, To Grandfather's house we go;
Veterans Day resources are hard to come by! So I made my own. It's a printable book that discusses Veterans Day AND Remembrance Day for our friends in Canada, Australia, and Britain (although I did keep the date as November 11 instead of 11 November 🙂 ). You can download
source Last week we talked about ideas for teaching gratitude to toddlers. We started with being thankful for our body. This week we're talking about being thankful for food! Writing these lessons every week is making me excited for when my daughter (7 months) is old enough for these kinds
Growing up, the focal point of our Thanksgiving decorations was mom's cornucopia. I was fascinated by all the different fabric foods and how they were arranged–especially the mushrooms. I hate mushrooms now, so I'm not sure about the attraction, but I loved to sneak and play with them. 🙂 Those
After posting our turkey snack idea and round up of darling edible turkey ideas yesterday we came across even more ideas! We thought it would be a shame not to share a few more of them with you today. source: Our Best Bites source: Cookies and Cups source: The Party
In need of a quick and easy edible craft, I decided that graham crackers would make the perfect base for a turkey themed snack. After some in depth Googling revealed nothing, I had to take matters in my own hands. It took some trial and error, but I ended up
One of my favorite Thanksgiving poems is a short one from Jack Prelutsky. If turkeys thought, they'd run awayA week before Thanksgiving Day.But turkeys can't anticipate,And so there's turkey on my plate. I introduce this poem to the students by showing it on the board or a chart and reading
November is a great chance time to teach children about gratitude. Even toddlers can learn to appreciate their blessings. A great place to start is teaching young children to be thankful for their body. You could easily break this topic into smaller lessons (my hands, my eyes, etc.) but this
