Happy New Year! Why not kick off the new year with a creative story activity? We are loving the new website Storybird. Their tag line is "Collaborative storytelling for families and friends." Doesn't that sound fantastic? Click here to see a tour of the website. I especially love the art
Here are two great ideas for autumn scavenger hunts that work in some reading and alphabet practice too! – Make a checklist for an autumn "treasure hunt". Idea found here. This is the list they used: something that is alive a leaf with jagged edges an interesting weed a dry
Just in time, we have a couple of FREE Halloween Printable skill/activity sheets for you! The first activity is Halloween Candy Store. Students decide what candy they would buy with $1.00 to spend! Click HERE to download for free. The second activity is Halloween Colorful Hats. Students color the witch
Two Halloween/book ideas we're loving today: – Books for Treats " Books for Treats is a program that encourages you to give 'gently read' children's books at Halloween instead of candy." We're teachers, so of course we love this idea. We're no scrooges, we think kids should still get candy
Just saw this on the Scholastic blog and thought they were great suggestions for educational activities when your kids are home sick from school. "Being sick is no fun…but learning while home from school can be! Francie Alexander, our Chief Academic Officer, offers these tips for keeping kids learning even
Check us out over at the Back to School Market on Poppytalk Handmade. And be sure to check out the other fabulous vendors participating as well. We're so proud to be among such talented artists.
Check out our Back to School Bingo in this fun Back to School Treasury!
Can you believe it's been 40 years since the moon landing? I can't! Well, mostly because it happened 10 years before I was born, but I do remember the 20th anniversary of the moon landing. At the time I thought 20 years was an eon. Now it's 20 years later,
"If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise!" Well maybe no surprises today, but definitely on July 10th. This Friday is the official Teddy Bear Picnic Day! It's time to celebrate that classic, and slightly menacing, children's song. Really, that song used to scare
It seems a bit sad that July is supposed to be the month of parades and fireworks and picnics, but they're all finished by the 4th! If you're not quite ready to be done celebrating, then we have some ideas for you! July is full of holidays if you know
Here's another of our mom's summertime plans. One summer she set up a "Token Economy" for our summer jobs. It had a few simple parts. – There was a set of jobs we each were required to do daily. Each job had a set amount of money associated with it.–
Heidi and I were discussing our theme this week we recalled some of the summer plans my mom came up with to keep us busy during the summer. She remembered one I had forgotten where you got to choose your own job. The plan went like this. Everyday you had
